It is the first question almost everyone asks before building an AI character: how many photos do I actually need? The honest answer is fewer than you think, as long as they are the right ones.
The short answer: 10 to 20
KinkAI asks for 10 to 20 photos of your face. Below ten, the model has too little to learn from and tends to fill the gaps with guesses. Well above twenty, you rarely gain accuracy, and you raise the chance of including a few poor photos that pull the result away from how you really look.
What makes a good training photo
- Your face is clear. In focus, not tiny in the frame, and not hidden by hair, hands, masks or sunglasses.
- Good light. Daylight from a window is ideal. Avoid harsh overhead light that throws deep shadows under the eyes.
- Different angles. Straight on, both three quarter views, a profile or two, and a couple from slightly above and below.
- Different expressions. A neutral face, a smile, and whatever expression you use most in your content.
- Different settings and clothes. This teaches the model that your face is the constant, not the room or the outfit.
- Recent. Use photos that look like you now.
What to leave out
- Heavy beauty filters or face-slimming apps, which teach the model a face you do not have.
- Group photos, even if you crop them, as other faces can creep in.
- Blurry, dark or very low resolution pictures.
- Near duplicates. Ten photos from the same minute count as roughly one.
A simple way to gather them
If your camera roll is thin, take a fresh set in fifteen minutes. Stand near a window, prop your phone at eye level, and shoot a few frames at each angle. Change your top and move to a second room, then repeat. That alone gives you a strong, varied set.
After training
Training takes around ten minutes, and your first character is free to build. Make a few test pictures with simple scenes before anything elaborate. If something consistently looks off, such as your nose or eye shape, the fix is usually in the training photos: swap out the weakest few and build again (a further character costs 25 Kredits).
Take care over these ten to twenty photos and every set you make afterwards benefits.