It makes images that look like handmade clay models photographed on a miniature set. You name the clay, the marks a hand leaves in it and the light on the set, and the model sculpts the scene. On Nano Banana 2.1 an image costs 10 credits. You can start for free.
What makes the look
A smooth 3D render looks like plastic. Clay needs the marks of the person who made it and the light of a small set.
Plasticine is soft and matte with rounded edges. Polymer clay is smoother, with crisp edges and a faint sheen.
Fingerprints, tool lines, seams where two pieces join and shapes that are a little uneven. Perfect symmetry gives it away.
Everything is small enough to sit on a table: chunky details, thick limbs, props pressed together from simple shapes.
One warm key light, soft shadows and a shallow depth of field, like a stop-motion still shot close to the model.
Attach a photo of yourself and ask for clay.
Each card shows the prompt, the model and what the image costs. Copy a prompt and swap in your own subject.
A stop-motion film still of a claymation character: a small round-bellied fox shopkeeper in a knitted green cardigan stands behind a tiny wooden counter, holding up a jar of honey and smiling. Everything is sculpted from matte plasticine, with thumbprints, tool marks and slightly uneven seams where the pieces join. Warm key light from the left, soft shadows, shallow depth of field.
A breakfast still life sculpted entirely from polymer clay: a stack of three pancakes with a melting pat of butter and a drip of syrup, two halved strawberries and a small cup of coffee on a pale blue plate. Smooth clay with a faint sheen, soft fingerprints and slightly lumpy edges. Shot from a 45 degree angle on a pastel yellow tabletop in soft daylight.
A cutaway diorama of a tiny bedroom made from clay, seen straight on like a stage set with the front wall removed: a bed with a lumpy patchwork quilt, a bookshelf of chunky clay books, a desk lamp glowing warm, a cat asleep on a round rug and a window with a clay moon outside. Matte plasticine with handmade imperfections, photographed as a miniature with soft blur at the edges.
A product shot of a pair of running shoes recreated in plasticine: chunky white soles, coral uppers with a mesh pattern pressed in with a tool, and mint laces rolled from thin clay strands. The shoes sit on a round clay pedestal against a seamless lilac backdrop. Soft studio light from above, a gentle shadow, fingerprints visible on the clay.
Five small clay monster mascots standing in a row, each a different pastel color and shape: a round pink one with tiny horns, a tall green one with a single eye, a yellow cube with a wide grin, a lilac blob with stubby arms and a blue one with clay fur made of tiny pressed strokes. Matte plasticine, fingerprints visible, on a plain cream surface in soft even studio light.
A wide stop-motion landscape built from plasticine: a road winding through rolling green hills, a little red bus halfway along it, lollipop trees, a white farmhouse with a red roof and fluffy clouds hanging on thin wires above. Every surface shows fingerprints and tool marks. Low morning light from the right, long soft shadows, photographed as a tabletop miniature.
Say whether it is soft plasticine or smooth polymer clay, and whether you want one figure, a plate of food or a whole room.
Ask for fingerprints, tool marks and uneven seams. Without them, the model drifts toward a clean plastic render.
Give one warm light and a direction, a plain backdrop or a tabletop, and a shallow depth of field so it reads as a small model.
The model fills gaps with its default, which is a clean 3D render. Name the clay, ask for fingerprints and tool marks, and say the shapes are a little uneven. Soft light from one side shows the texture.
Plasticine gives a soft, matte, stop-motion look with rounded edges. Polymer clay looks baked: smoother, with crisper edges and a slight sheen, which suits food and small figures.
Yes. Attach a photo or drawing as a reference and say what to keep: the colors, the shape, the logo. Nano Banana 2.1 reads up to 14 reference images.
Yes. Switch the composer to Video, put the clay image in the Start Frame slot and describe what moves. The clip opens on your image.
10 credits on Nano Banana 2.1 at 1K. 2K costs 15 credits and 4K costs 23 credits. You can start for free.
Yes. Attach it as a reference image and name the style. The face can change a little from run to run, so run a few and keep the closest.
Style3D renderSmooth rendered shapes, soft studio light and real materials, for mascots, product heroes, icons and rooms.Learn more
StylePixel artSprites, item sets, scenes and avatars in square pixels and a short palette, for games and profile pictures.Learn more
StyleWatercolorBotanicals, travel sketches, portraits and invitations in soft washes with the paper showing through.Learn more