Avatar generation using an image of a person with modifier description

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having program instructions embodied thereon, said program instructions being configured, when executed by at least one server computer, to cause the at least one server computer to perform a method for generating an avatar for a video game, said method including the following operations:

• receiving a captured image of a user, modification data generated from user input received at a client device, and game history data associated with the user, wherein the modification data describes characteristics for generating the avatar;
• determining at least one of a preferred character, class, character feature set, or style of the user based at least in part on the game history data indicating the preferred character across one or more video game titles of a certain genre;
• using an image generation artificial intelligence (AI) to generate the avatar based at least in part on the captured image of the user, the modification data, and a text description associated with the preferred character, wherein the avatar is configured for use in the video game, and wherein the image generation AI is configured to generate the avatar having a style consistent with a style of the video game in which the avatar will be used;
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• applying the avatar to a session of the video game.