How to Make Your Own Nano Banana 3D Model (Yes, It’s Free!)
The internet is obsessed with the weirdest things sometimes—and right now, it’s the Nano Banana 3D Model trend.
If you’ve been scrolling through Instagram reels, TikTok, or X lately, you’ve probably seen people everywhere turning their pictures into toy-like, high-gloss figurine like 3D models. That’s the Nano Banana trend in action, a catchy nickname for Google’s Gemini 2.5 “Flash Image” / Nano Banana image-editing tool.
Nano Banana is the Google’s advanced AI image editing model, officially known as Gemini 2.5 Flash Image. It has become popular on social media for its ability to transform ordinary photos into realistic 3D figurines and its powerful image-editing capabilities. What kicked it off was the ability to upload any photo, of yourself, pets, friends and get a polished 3D-figurine version, complete with packaging, acrylic stand, and a setting like a desk.
The best part? You can make one yourself, totally free. Here’s how.
Step 1: Head to Google AI Studio
This whole trend started with Google’s own AI tools. Open up Google AI Studio—you can find it in the Gemini app or directly on the website. This is where you’ll create your masterpiece.
Step 2: Decide How You Want to Start
There are two ways to do this:
- Photo + Prompt (the popular choice): Upload a photo (a selfie, your pet, or yes, a banana) and then add a text prompt to tell the AI how to transform it.
- Prompt only: If you don’t have a picture, you can just describe what you want.
People usually upload a high quality image clicked in proper lighting and let the magic happen.
Step 3: Use the Viral Prompt
Here’s the exact wording that’s gone viral (straight from Google’s official X account):
“Create a 1/7 scale commercialized figurine of the characters in the picture, in a realistic style, in a real environment. The figurine is placed on a computer desk. The figurine has a round transparent acrylic base, with no text on the base. The content on the computer screen is a 3D modeling process of this figurine. Next to the computer screen is a toy packaging box, designed in a style reminiscent of high-quality collectible figures, printed with original artwork. The packaging features two-dimensional flat illustrations.”
Paste that in, hit generate, and boom, you’ve got your very own Nano Banana 3D figurine.
Pro Tips for a Perfect Nano Banana
- Take a clear, well-lit photo—no blurry fruit pics, please.
- Stick with the official prompt for that toy-box effect.
- Once you’ve tried it, experiment! (Golden banana? Cyberpunk banana? Banana with sunglasses?)
Why Everyone’s Obsessed
Here are the main reasons this trend exploded:
- Accessibility — No cost, no steep learning curve. Just your phone + Gemini.
- Shareability — The results look “real enough” to impress, weird enough to amuse. Perfect for social media.
- Customization — It’s not always “just me as a figurine.” People are putting themselves in different decades, costumes, fantasy outfits, backgrounds, etc. The possibilities are open.
- Celebrity & Public Figures’ Participation — Once big accounts, influencers, and even politicians started posting their figurine avatars, it supercharged visibility.
The Nano Banana 3D Model trend is peak internet: random, creative, and surprisingly fun. It’s the kind of thing you try once for the meme… and then end up making five more because it looks so good.
So grab a pic (literally any pic), fire up Google AI Studio, and see what kind of collectible magic you can make. Who knows—you might create the next viral figurine.