These People Don't Exist: How to Create AI Influencers With Nano Banana and Seedance 2.5 (2026)

Complete step-by-step walkthrough

Original TECH4SSD tutorial and reference media

Tools

• Nano Banana Pro (image generation)
• Seedance 2.5 (any platform that offers it, e.g. Luma)
• Instagram or TikTok (the trend reference)

Before you begin

• Access to Nano Banana (Gemini image generation)
• Any website that gives you access to Seedance 2.5
• The trend video you want your characters in (download it from Instagram or TikTok)

Open the approved tutorial video

1. See what you're making

This guide makes three original characters (a tall cone-afro man, a ginger bowl-cut man and a black-bob woman) and puts them into viral trend videos with Seedance 2.5: the fashion-week dance, and the club clip where the dancer turns to the camera and slow-dances. None of them are real people. Every face, post and video below was generated, and each one is labelled as AI when posted.

Tip: Watch the full reel first so you can see the shot order before you start.

Open reference video

Watch the full reel

2. Design the face with Nano Banana

Open Nano Banana and paste the prompt below. Optional: add one or two screenshots of the uncanny style you like as STYLE references. The prompt tells the model to create a NEW person, not copy anyone. The trick is the weirdness: an unnaturally tall head, a long narrow face, a deadpan stare and a vintage suit. Keep regenerating until it looks like a real front-camera phone photo, not a render. For the other two characters, keep the same prompt and only swap the Character and Location lines: Ginger: "Character: a pale freckled man with a bright ginger helmet-like bowl-cut wig with blunt bangs, thin ginger handlebar mustache curled at the tips, one eyebrow raised, wearing a mustard-yellow tweed suit, white shirt and a polka-dot bow tie. Location: wide stone steps of a classical museum with tall columns, sunny day, tourists blurred behind." Bob: "Character: a pale freckled woman with a glossy jet-black helmet bowl-cut bob with blunt bangs, thin drawn-on eyebrows, long neck, wearing a vintage burgundy plaid blazer with a big white collar and pearl earrings. Location: a fashion week backstage with clothing racks, chandeliers and models in black, blurred behind."

Exact prompt

Match the exact surreal, uncanny photographic style of the reference images: a real-looking front-camera iPhone selfie, close-up from the chest up, deadpan expression, an unnaturally tall and elongated head and long narrow face, slightly too-long neck, natural skin texture, real-world location behind. Create a NEW ORIGINAL fictional character, not the person in the references and not any real or famous person. 9:16 vertical.

Character: a man with deep dark brown skin and a very tall cone-shaped head with short tight black hair rising to a high point, small eyes, a thin black handlebar mustache curled at the tips, wearing a vintage olive-green houndstooth tweed suit, crisp white shirt and a black and lime-green striped tie.

Location: a grand hotel lobby with crystal chandeliers and marble columns, people blurred behind.

Warning: Never upload a real person's photo as the face. Style references are fine; the character itself must be original.

The three AI characters' portraits made with Nano Banana: tall cone-afro man, ginger bowl-cut man, black-bob woman

3. Turn each face into a character sheet

A character sheet is what keeps the face identical in every photo and video. Upload the portrait you just made as the reference and paste the prompt below. Swap the Outfit line for each character. Ginger outfit: "Outfit: mustard-yellow tweed suit jacket and matching trousers, white shirt, blue polka-dot bow tie, tan leather loafers. The bright ginger helmet bowl-cut and curled ginger handlebar mustache must be clear in every panel." Bob outfit: "Outfit: vintage burgundy plaid blazer with a big pointed white collar, matching burgundy plaid wide-leg trousers, pearl earrings, black patent leather Mary Jane shoes. The glossy jet-black helmet bob with blunt bangs and drawn-on eyebrows must be clear in every panel."

Exact prompt

Professional character reference sheet of EXACTLY the person in the reference photo. Keep the face, skin tone, freckles, eyes, unnaturally tall elongated head shape, hair, mustache and outfit 100% identical. Clean plain white studio background, soft even light, photorealistic, consistent across every panel. Layout, 16:9 landscape: LEFT a full-body front view standing straight (whole outfit visible head to shoes); MIDDLE TOP a neutral headshot and a three-quarter headshot; MIDDLE BOTTOM a full-body side profile; RIGHT TOP a full-body back view; RIGHT BOTTOM a row of detail close-ups (eyes, hair, mustache or eyebrows, collar and tie, shoes). Small clean grey labels above each panel. No other text.

Outfit: vintage olive-green houndstooth tweed three-piece suit with matching trousers, white shirt, black and lime-green striped tie, polished brown leather oxford shoes. The very tall cone-shaped black hair must be clearly visible in every panel.

Tip: If a panel drifts (a different nose, a shorter afro), regenerate. A clean sheet saves you a lot of failed video generations later.

Character sheets for all three characters: front, side, back views and detail close-ups on white

4. Give them a life: a week of posts

Now make their Instagram feed. Upload the portraits (and the sheet for solo posts) as references and generate everyday scenes. The group selfie prompt is below. More post ideas, using the same style line at the start: Elevator mirror selfie (refs: tall-head portrait + sheet): "A mirror selfie inside a vintage brass elevator of a man with DEEP DARK BROWN African skin, a very tall cone-shaped black afro hairdo rising high above his head, a thin black handlebar mustache, wearing an olive-green houndstooth three-piece suit, white shirt and a black-and-lime-green striped tie. His tall hair almost touches the ceiling. Deadpan." Diner (refs: ginger portrait + sheet): "A pale freckled man with a bright ginger helmet bowl-cut, a big curled ginger handlebar mustache, wearing a mustard-yellow tweed suit, white shirt and a blue polka-dot bow tie, sitting alone in a retro American diner booth eating a huge plate of spaghetti, staring straight at the camera, deadpan, flash photo." Train (refs: bob portrait + sheet): "The black-bob woman in the burgundy plaid suit sitting by the window of a vintage train carriage, looking straight at the camera, deadpan, soft daylight." Six posts is a week of content.

Exact prompt

Real candid iPhone photo, photorealistic, natural skin texture, surreal uncanny look with unnaturally tall elongated heads and deadpan faces, exactly like the reference people. No text, no watermarks. A front-camera group selfie of exactly three people standing close together in a grand hotel lobby with crystal chandeliers and a black-and-white checkerboard marble floor. CENTER, holding the phone: a man with DEEP DARK BROWN African skin, a very tall cone-shaped black afro hairdo rising high above his head, a thin black handlebar mustache, wearing an olive-green houndstooth three-piece suit, white shirt and a black-and-lime-green striped tie (reference image 1). LEFT: a pale freckled man with a bright ginger helmet bowl-cut, a big curled ginger handlebar mustache, wearing a mustard-yellow tweed suit, white shirt and a blue polka-dot bow tie (reference image 2). RIGHT: a pale freckled woman with a glossy jet-black helmet bob with blunt bangs, drawn-on eyebrows, long neck, wearing a burgundy plaid suit with a big white pointed collar and pearl earrings (reference image 3). All three deadpan, looking into the lens.

Tip: Upload only the three portraits for group shots. Adding six references at once made the model drift (one character's skin tone changed). Describe each person's skin, hair and outfit in the prompt too.

Six AI-generated Instagram posts of the crew: group selfie, elevator selfie, diner, zebra crossing, street selfie, train

5. Pick the trend you want them in

Find the trend on Instagram or TikTok and download the video. Single-person trends work best: the fashion-week dance and the club clip (the dancer faces away, turns to the camera, then slow-dances) are what this crew used. Note the clip's length. You'll match it in Seedance.

• Trend video downloaded
• Clip length noted (for example 11s or 18s)
• Vertical 9:16 if it's for Reels or TikTok

6. Upload the sheet and the trend to Seedance 2.5

Open any website that gives you access to Seedance 2.5 and choose the reference mode. Upload in this order so the tags in the prompt match: @image1 = the character sheet @video1 = the trend video (motion reference) One character per video gives the most stable faces. Make one clip per character, then cut them together.

• Character sheet uploaded as @image1
• Trend video uploaded as @video1

7. Paste the prompt, match duration and aspect ratio, generate

Paste the full prompt below. Set the duration to match the trend clip and the aspect ratio to 9:16, then hit generate. Make two versions and keep the one where the face stays closest to the sheet. For the other characters, replace the CHARACTER block with: Ginger: "Pale freckled skin, bright ginger helmet bowl-cut with blunt bangs, big curled ginger handlebar mustache, long narrow face, light blue eyes, mustard-yellow tweed suit, white shirt, blue polka-dot bow tie, tan leather loafers. The bowl-cut and the curled mustache are his signature: keep them exactly the same in every frame. His face has the surreal, uncanny look of the reference sheet: an unnaturally tall elongated head, a long narrow face and a deadpan expression, yet completely photorealistic." Bob: "Pale freckled skin, glossy jet-black helmet bob with blunt bangs, thin drawn-on eyebrows, long neck, pearl earrings, grey-blue eyes, burgundy plaid suit with a big white pointed collar, wide-leg trousers, black patent Mary Jane shoes. The helmet bob and the giant white collar are her signature: keep them exactly the same in every frame. Her face has the surreal, uncanny look of the reference sheet: an unnaturally tall elongated head, a long narrow face and a deadpan expression, yet completely photorealistic."

Exact prompt

# SOLO: THE TALL-HEAD MAN RECREATES THE TREND VIDEO

INPUTS:
@video1 = motion / camera / timing reference (the trend video)
@image1 = CHARACTER identity reference (the character sheet)
@image2 = OPTIONAL location reference (only if you want a different place)

GLOBAL RULE:
@video1 controls ONLY the motion, dance moves, walk, gestures, timing, camera movement and framing.
Replace the main person in @video1 completely with @image1.
Keep the same location, lighting, crowd and atmosphere as @video1
(unless @image2 is uploaded, then use @image2 as the location).
Everyone else in the background stays an anonymous extra.

Treat @image1 as a fixed identity token.
Keep him identical in every frame, from the first frame to the last.

CHARACTER (@image1):
Deep dark brown skin, very tall cone-shaped black afro hairdo rising high above the head,
long narrow face, thin black handlebar mustache curled at the tips, small calm eyes,
olive-green houndstooth three-piece suit, white shirt, black-and-lime-green striped tie,
brown leather oxford shoes.
The TALL HAIR is his signature: it must stay exactly as tall and cone-shaped in every frame,
never shrink, flatten, bend or change shape.
His face has the surreal, uncanny look of the reference sheet: an unnaturally tall elongated head,
a long narrow face and a deadpan expression, yet completely photorealistic.

PERFORMANCE (follow @video1 exactly):
He copies every step, dance move, arm swing, head turn, walk and pose from @video1,
with the same timing, rhythm and energy. Deadpan face the whole time.
When @video1 shows a front-camera selfie close-up, show his face up close, filling the frame, exactly like @video1.

CAMERA AND LOOK:
Real iPhone footage, handheld exactly like @video1, photorealistic, not CGI, not animation.
Natural skin texture with freckles and pores, real fabric movement, real hair physics.
Same lighting and colour as @video1. Vertical 9:16.
Do NOT add text, subtitles, logos or watermarks.
Do NOT change his hair, face, mustache, outfit or colours between frames.

PRIORITY:
1. The character = @image1, exactly (face, hair, outfit never change).
2. Exact motion, timing and camera from @video1.
3. Same location and mood as @video1.
4. Photoreal iPhone look.

Tip: If the tall hair shrinks or the face drifts mid-clip, regenerate rather than editing: the PRIORITY block is what keeps the identity locked.

Seedance 2.5 settings: duration matched to the 12s trend clip, aspect ratio 9:16, Create button

8. Label it AI, then post

Before you post, turn on the AI label on every platform: Instagram (AI label in post settings), TikTok (AI-generated content), YouTube (altered or synthetic content) and X (Made with AI in content disclosure). The one rule: only use original characters. Never use a real person's face.

• AI label turned on
• Characters are original, not real people
• Caption says the characters are AI-generated

Instagram post settings with the AI label turned on, plus the rule: original characters only, never a real person's face