Overview

A custom avatar starts as a conversation with Blu, Intempt's AI chat panel, not a form. This guide walks through the three ways to start that conversation from the Avatars page, what to describe, and what you get back once Blu finishes: a character record with a main reference image, ready to open and refine.

How it works

Every entry point for creating a custom avatar opens the same thing: Blu, scoped to the avatar skill. You describe the character in your own words (or attach a file, or send a pre-filled prompt), and Blu creates the character record and a main reference image once the conversation produces one. The console doesn't navigate you anywhere when that happens. The new avatar simply appears in the Avatars grid, because the grid and the chat share the same live data, and you open it yourself once it's there.

Getting started

Opening Avatars

Click Avatars in the console sidebar, under Design (path /avatars).

Starting from the New button

1. Click New, on the right side of the toolbar above the avatar grid.
2. Choose Generate with AI to open Blu with an empty chat, or Upload file to attach a .md, .txt, or .json file describing the character. Upload file sends "Create a brand character from the attached file" to Blu right away, with your file attached. There's no separate confirmation step.

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Starting from the Custom avatar tile

In Feature and List views, a dashed Custom avatar tile (or row, in List view) sits at the front of the grid, before every existing character.

1. Click the Custom avatar tile.
2. Blu opens and immediately sends the prompt "Create a new avatar from scratch. I'll describe them and upload reference photos." on your behalf. You don't type or confirm anything first.

Describing the character in chat

However you started the conversation, this is where you tell Blu who the character is. Nothing about the character exists yet, so be as specific as you want to be:

• Name, category, and a short description.
• Demographics: gender, age range, ethnicity, build.
• Wardrobe, appearance details, and photography notes (lighting, angles).
• Voice: a description of how the character should sound.

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Use 1–3 clear reference photos with good lighting if you're uploading your own images, and include different angles for the best consistency across the images Blu generates.

Getting your character record

Once the conversation gives Blu enough to work with, it creates the character and generates a main reference image. The new avatar appears in the Avatars grid without a page reload. Click it to open its detail page.

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What you get, and what to do next

The character detail page opens with:

• A main reference image, generated from your description.
• A Settings panel on the right with the fields you described (name, category, description, language), editable at any time via the Edit button.
• An AVATAR.md tab next to Settings, showing the character's full markdown brief with a Copy button.

From here, use the Regenerate main + all renders button if the main image isn't right. A new main image implies a new face, so regenerating it re-renders every other image for that character too, using the new main as the identity anchor. Use the Emotions section to generate additional renders, and the reference image slots (Three-quarter, Full body, Product in hand) to round out the character's look. Both are covered in full in Avatars Overview and Managing Avatar Emotions.

Where to go next

• Avatars Overview – browsing the library, the full character detail page, and presets vs. custom avatars.
• Managing Avatar Emotions – generating additional renders and the 9-render cap.
• Brand Kit – manage your brand's broader identity, styles, and voice.