Question: Can you suggest a tool that lets me turn a single image into a personalized AI avatar or character?

The first project you should check out is Lucidpic. This AI service is geared for photorealistic images of people, so it's well-suited for avatars, stock photos and custom characters. You can create custom AI photos and photorealistic avatars from a single photo, controlling factors like clothing, hair, style and age. Lucidpic offers a range of subscription plans starting at $12/month, so it's good for a variety of budgets and use cases, like marketing, design and social media posts.

Another tool worth a look is PFP.AI. It's geared for creating a variety of profile pictures from your own photos, with more than 357 styles ranging from realistic to fantasy and cartoon. It produces high-resolution output in 4K format. For $2.99, you can buy more styles, but it's a good option for sprucing up your online presence with some custom profile pictures.

If you like the idea of AI art generated from text prompts, ImagineMe is another good option. It creates images based on text prompts and requires 10-20 images of the user to train a private AI model. The service creates AI avatars, headshots and other image styles, including cartoon and fantasy portraits. Pricing is on a credit system, so you can pay for what you need and use it for social media or professional headshots.