# Self Hug Sketch: A Giant Pencil Drawing of You Hugs You > The self hug sketch is the hug yourself AI trend called "Embrace of my own self": a real color photo of you, leaning on a grey wall, held from behind by a giant graphite pencil drawing of yourself. Canonical: https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/self-hug-sketch-ai-trend Updated: 2026-11-14 Published: 2026-11-14 Author: MakeViral Team (https://www.makeviral.ai/about) Publisher: MakeViral (https://www.makeviral.ai) The **self hug sketch** is the hug yourself AI trend called "Embrace of my own self": a real color photo of you, leaning on a grey wall, held from behind by a giant graphite pencil drawing of yourself. Handwritten words sit on the wall beside you. Here you add one full-body photo and get the picture in one tap, or an 8-second video where the drawn arms hold you tighter. Add one photo. You lean on a grey wall while a huge black-and-white pencil sketch of you, drawn on the wall, wraps its arms around you, with "Embrace of my own self" written beside you. Also called: Embrace of my own self, Hug from my own self, El abrazo de mí mismo, Pelukan dari diriku sendiri. **Make it now:** [Make this photo](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/self-hug-sketch-ai-trend/create). 1 photo in · 2K photo out · 9:16 · 3 credits, charged once · ready in a few minutes · no prompt to write. Keyword: self hug sketch. 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On 10 October 2026 the Malaysian creator @coach__lea posted a portrait of a woman held by a giant pencil drawing of herself, with the full AI image prompt on screen (6,759 views). On 17 October a Thai CapCut tutorial by @brandyhkgvx described the look in words: a plain grey wall, a black-and-white pencil sketch of yourself hugging you from behind, handwritten text on the wall, a relaxed pose against the wall, and your own face and outfit kept. The trend went big as a CapCut AI template. On 8 November the Indonesian post by @rkvugcez, "Hug from my own self", reached 411,300 views. On 12 and 13 November the Spanish wave followed as "El abrazo de mí mismo", with the English words "Embrace of my own self" on the wall: two tutorials by @isolde3292 had 736,700 and 595,500 views within a day, and dozens of template accounts copied the same caption. In the CapCut results we saw, the person wears a red jacket, blue jeans and red-and-white sneakers. That is the Viral look on this page; Your outfit keeps your own clothes. ### Self Hug Sketch trend timeline - **2026-10-10**: @coach__lea posts a portrait held by a giant pencil drawing of the same woman, with the AI image prompt on screen (6,759 views by 13 November). Source: [TikTok](https://www.tiktok.com/@coach__lea/video/7694731094440037639). - **2026-10-17**: A Thai CapCut tutorial by @brandyhkgvx describes the self hug pencil sketch: grey wall, the sketch hugging you from behind, handwritten text, your face and outfit kept. Source: [TikTok](https://www.tiktok.com/@brandyhkgvx/video/7697458455707274517). - **2026-11-08**: @rkvugcez posts the "Hug from my own self" CapCut template in Indonesia; the post has 411,300 views and 5,676 shares by 13 November. Source: [TikTok](https://www.tiktok.com/@rkvugcez/video/7705737770509110535). - **2026-11-13**: The Spanish wave "El abrazo de mí mismo" ("Embrace of my own self") peaks: a tutorial by @isolde3292 reaches 736,700 views and 15,700 likes in its first day. Source: [TikTok](https://www.tiktok.com/@isolde3292/video/7707458336509201677). ## What the Self Hug Sketch photo looks like These are the trend's own posts, cut to their AI pictures (CapCut shows each picture with a slow zoom). Your result is one still picture, or an 8-second video if you pick the Video version. - **Example 1** (7 s before-and-after clip, 9:16 MP4): The post that took the trend big, by @rkvugcez (8 November 2026, 411,300 views): CapCut AI results with "Hug from my own self" on the wall, in the red jacket look. With the post's own sound. - Video: https://media.makeviral.ai/templates/self-hug-sketch-ai-trend/original-main-v2.mp4 - Poster: https://media.makeviral.ai/templates/self-hug-sketch-ai-trend/original-main-v1.jpg - **Example 2** (5 s before-and-after clip, 9:16 MP4): The "Embrace of my own self" version, from a tutorial by @celiaaamqp (13 November 2026, 33,900 views): four CapCut AI results, each held by a pencil sketch of the same person. - Video: https://media.makeviral.ai/templates/self-hug-sketch-ai-trend/original-red-v2.mp4 - Poster: https://media.makeviral.ai/templates/self-hug-sketch-ai-trend/original-red-v1.jpg ## How to make the Self Hug Sketch photo on MakeViral Everything runs in the browser. No editing app, no watermark. ### The one-tap way (no prompt to write) 1. **Add your photo.** Press "Make yours" and add you, full body, face clear. Take it with the camera or pick it from your library. Start here: https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/self-hug-sketch-ai-trend/create 2. **Press Generate.** The button shows the price. Nano Banana 2.1 puts your photo into the Self hug sketch scene and makes one 2K photo. You write no prompt. 3. **Download or share.** The photo is ready in a few minutes as a 9:16 2K image. Download it, share it from your phone, turn it into a video, or find it later in My videos. ### The by-hand way, with the exact prompts The one-tap flow runs this prompt for you. The photo prompt puts your photo into the scene (Nano Banana 2.1, image mode, 9:16, 2K). To change it, copy it and edit it in AI Photo. #### Variant: Viral look Settings: 1 photo (you, full body, face clear) · Nano Banana 2.1 · photo · 2K · 9:16 · 3 credits in one tap. 1. Open [AI Photo with this template](https://www.makeviral.ai/photo?template=self-hug-sketch-ai-trend) and add your photo (you, full body, face clear). Pick 2K for the same size as the one-tap photo. The photo prompt is filled in: ```text Use the uploaded image as the base. Ultra-realistic fine-art mixed-media portrait, vertical 9:16, real color photo + giant monochrome graphite pencil drawing on wall. REAL PERSON (use the uploaded photo for strict facial identity): the person from the uploaded image, with the same face shape, eye color and eye shape, eyebrows, nose, mouth, smile, skin tone, age, hair color, hair length and hairstyle, and any beard, moustache, glasses, headscarf or freckles, with the same face proportions and skin texture, a warm, happy smile toward the camera. Standing and leaning back casually against the wall, lower center, the whole body in frame from the head to the shoes. Clothing: a bright red jacket, open over a plain white top, light-wash blue denim jeans, red and white low-top sneakers fully visible, and any jewelry from the photo. GIANT PENCIL SKETCH BEHIND: the same person about 1.5x size, drawn on the wall right behind and above them, the drawn head above and just to the left of the real head, eyes closed, a loving smile, the same face and the same hair as the real person, loose sweater, all graphite HB/2B light cross-hatching, airy unfinished, NO color. The drawn body fades out in loose pencil lines toward the floor. KEY EMBRACE ILLUSION: giant drawn arms wrap protectively around the real person's chest/shoulders from behind, the drawn hands resting on the real person's upper arms, and the real person's own hands rest gently on the drawn forearms. Layered wall illusion, NOT 3D limbs, no extra real arms, no fused anatomy, correct proportions. Background: a plain grey concrete wall + a slightly darker grey floor, wall-floor line at 85% height, clean negative space on the right. No furniture/plants/frames. Text right side, 60-95% width, at chest height beside the sketch, black handwritten felt-tip cursive in three short lines: "Embrace of my own self" Tiny outlined heart below with a thin curved underline. Exact spelling, no other words. Look: soft diffused natural daylight upper-left, 85mm lens, eye-level, sharp focus on both, 8K skin pores & textile texture, neutral warm-grey grade. Constraints: only 2 representations (1 real + 1 drawn), no extra people/arms/fingers, no cropped shoes, no logos/watermark/cartoon/filter. The real person is a real color photo; only the person behind is a drawing. ``` 2. Press Generate, then download the 9:16 image. To make it move, press "Make it a video" on it. One-tap version of this variant: https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/self-hug-sketch-ai-trend/create #### Variant: Your outfit Settings: 1 photo (you, full body, face clear) · Nano Banana 2.1 · photo · 2K · 9:16 · 3 credits in one tap. 1. Open [AI Photo with this template](https://www.makeviral.ai/photo?template=self-hug-sketch-ai-trend&variant=own) and add your photo (you, full body, face clear). Pick 2K for the same size as the one-tap photo. The photo prompt is filled in: ```text Use the uploaded image as the base. Ultra-realistic fine-art mixed-media portrait, vertical 9:16, real color photo + giant monochrome graphite pencil drawing on wall. REAL PERSON (use the uploaded photo for strict facial identity): the person from the uploaded image, with the same face shape, eye color and eye shape, eyebrows, nose, mouth, smile, skin tone, age, hair color, hair length and hairstyle, and any beard, moustache, glasses, headscarf or freckles, with the same face proportions and skin texture, and the expression from the photo. Standing and leaning back casually against the wall, lower center, the whole body in frame from the head to the shoes. Clothing: keep the outfit from the original photo exactly: the same clothes, colors, fabrics, shoes and accessories; if the photo does not show the shoes, plain sneakers that suit the outfit. GIANT PENCIL SKETCH BEHIND: the same person about 1.5x size, drawn on the wall right behind and above them, the drawn head above and just to the left of the real head, eyes closed, a loving smile, the same face and the same hair as the real person, loose sweater, all graphite HB/2B light cross-hatching, airy unfinished, NO color. The drawn body fades out in loose pencil lines toward the floor. KEY EMBRACE ILLUSION: giant drawn arms wrap protectively around the real person's chest/shoulders from behind, the drawn hands resting on the real person's upper arms, and the real person's own hands rest gently on the drawn forearms. Layered wall illusion, NOT 3D limbs, no extra real arms, no fused anatomy, correct proportions. Background: a plain grey concrete wall + a slightly darker grey floor, wall-floor line at 85% height, clean negative space on the right. No furniture/plants/frames. Text right side, 60-95% width, at chest height beside the sketch, black handwritten felt-tip cursive in three short lines: "Embrace of my own self" Tiny outlined heart below with a thin curved underline. Exact spelling, no other words. Look: soft diffused natural daylight upper-left, 85mm lens, eye-level, sharp focus on both, 8K skin pores & textile texture, neutral warm-grey grade. Constraints: only 2 representations (1 real + 1 drawn), no extra people/arms/fingers, no cropped shoes, no logos/watermark/cartoon/filter. The real person is a real color photo; only the person behind is a drawing. ``` 2. Press Generate, then download the 9:16 image. To make it move, press "Make it a video" on it. One-tap version of this variant: https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/self-hug-sketch-ai-trend/create?variant=own #### Variant: Video Settings: 1 photo (you, full body, face clear) · Kling 3.0 · 8 s · 1080p · 9:16 · with sound · 46 credits in one tap. 1. Open [AI Photo with this template](https://www.makeviral.ai/photo?template=self-hug-sketch-ai-trend&variant=video) and add your photo (you, full body, face clear). The photo prompt is filled in: ```text Use the uploaded image as the base. Ultra-realistic fine-art mixed-media portrait, vertical 9:16, real color photo + giant monochrome graphite pencil drawing on wall. REAL PERSON (use the uploaded photo for strict facial identity): the person from the uploaded image, with the same face shape, eye color and eye shape, eyebrows, nose, mouth, smile, skin tone, age, hair color, hair length and hairstyle, and any beard, moustache, glasses, headscarf or freckles, with the same face proportions and skin texture, a warm, happy smile toward the camera. Standing and leaning back casually against the wall, lower center, the whole body in frame from the head to the shoes. Clothing: a bright red jacket, open over a plain white top, light-wash blue denim jeans, red and white low-top sneakers fully visible, and any jewelry from the photo. GIANT PENCIL SKETCH BEHIND: the same person about 1.5x size, drawn on the wall right behind and above them, the drawn head above and just to the left of the real head, eyes closed, a loving smile, the same face and the same hair as the real person, loose sweater, all graphite HB/2B light cross-hatching, airy unfinished, NO color. The drawn body fades out in loose pencil lines toward the floor. KEY EMBRACE ILLUSION: giant drawn arms wrap protectively around the real person's chest/shoulders from behind, the drawn hands resting on the real person's upper arms, and the real person's own hands rest gently on the drawn forearms. Layered wall illusion, NOT 3D limbs, no extra real arms, no fused anatomy, correct proportions. Background: a plain grey concrete wall + a slightly darker grey floor, wall-floor line at 85% height, clean negative space on the right. No furniture/plants/frames. Text right side, 60-95% width, at chest height beside the sketch, black handwritten felt-tip cursive in three short lines: "Embrace of my own self" Tiny outlined heart below with a thin curved underline. Exact spelling, no other words. Look: soft diffused natural daylight upper-left, 85mm lens, eye-level, sharp focus on both, 8K skin pores & textile texture, neutral warm-grey grade. Constraints: only 2 representations (1 real + 1 drawn), no extra people/arms/fingers, no cropped shoes, no logos/watermark/cartoon/filter. The real person is a real color photo; only the person behind is a drawing. ``` 2. Check the still before you spend credits on the video. Everything the video model does starts from that one frame. 3. Press the film button on the still to open AI Video with the still as the first frame. Settings: Kling 3.0, 8 s, 1080p, 9:16, sound on. The video prompt: ```text A slow, tender, cinematic shot, one continuous take, real photo look. Keep the real person, their face, hair and clothes, the grey wall, the handwritten words and the giant pencil sketch exactly as in the image. The giant pencil drawing on the wall comes softly to life: its drawn arms, already around the person's shoulders, slowly tighten into a warm, gentle squeeze, and the drawn head leans in until its cheek almost rests on the top of the real person's head, eyes closed, smiling. The real person closes their eyes for a moment, smiles, leans back into the hug and gently holds the drawn forearms with both hands, then opens their eyes and smiles at the camera. The drawing always stays a flat black-and-white graphite pencil drawing on the wall: it never becomes a real 3D person, never gets color and never steps off the wall. A few soft pencil lines shimmer where the arms move. The camera pushes in very slowly. The handwritten words on the wall stay exactly the same, letter for letter. Exactly one real person and one drawing, no extra arms or hands. Audio: original soft piano and a gentle breath, no words, no lyrics. No other text, no logos, no watermark. ``` 4. Press Generate, then download the 9:16 MP4. One-tap version of this variant: https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/self-hug-sketch-ai-trend/create?variant=video #### Variant: Pet Settings: 1 photo (your pet, whole body) · Nano Banana 2.1 · photo · 2K · 9:16 · 3 credits in one tap. 1. Open [AI Photo with this template](https://www.makeviral.ai/photo?template=self-hug-sketch-ai-trend&variant=pet) and add your photo (your pet, whole body). Pick 2K for the same size as the one-tap photo. The photo prompt is filled in: ```text Use the uploaded image as the base. Ultra-realistic fine-art mixed-media portrait, vertical 9:16, real color photo + giant monochrome graphite pencil drawing on wall. REAL PET (use the uploaded photo for strict identity): the pet from the uploaded image, the same species and breed, face, eyes, ears, muzzle, fur colors, fur length and markings, and its collar or clothes if any, with the natural body volume and proportions of that animal. Sitting calmly on the floor against the wall, lower center, looking at the camera, the whole body in frame. GIANT PENCIL SKETCH BEHIND: the same pet about 2x size, drawn on the wall right behind and above it, the drawn head above and just to the left of the real head, eyes closed, a content, loving look, the same face, ears and markings as the real pet, all graphite HB/2B light cross-hatching, airy unfinished, NO color. The drawn body fades out in loose pencil lines toward the floor. KEY EMBRACE ILLUSION: the giant drawn front legs wrap protectively around the real pet's chest/shoulders from behind, the drawn paws resting on its chest. Layered wall illusion, NOT 3D limbs, no extra real paws, no fused anatomy, correct proportions. Background: a plain grey concrete wall + a slightly darker grey floor, wall-floor line at 85% height, clean negative space on the right. No furniture/plants/frames. Text right side, 60-95% width, at chest height beside the sketch, black handwritten felt-tip cursive in three short lines: "Embrace of my own self" Tiny outlined heart below with a thin curved underline. Exact spelling, no other words. Look: soft diffused natural daylight upper-left, 85mm lens, eye-level, sharp focus on both, 8K skin pores & textile texture, neutral warm-grey grade. Constraints: only 2 representations of the pet (1 real + 1 drawn), no people, no extra animals/legs/paws, no logos/watermark/cartoon/filter. The real pet is a real color photo; only the pet behind is a drawing. ``` 2. Press Generate, then download the 9:16 image. To make it move, press "Make it a video" on it. One-tap version of this variant: https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/self-hug-sketch-ai-trend/create?variant=pet ### Which photo works best? Use **one sharp photo of you, standing, with your face clear and your whole body in view.** The picture shows you from your head to your shoes, so a full-body photo gives the best result. - **Face the camera** or turn a little to it, in good daylight. The same face goes into the real you and the drawing, so a sharp, well-lit face matters most. - **Pick your outfit.** The Viral look dresses you in the trend's red jacket, blue jeans and red-and-white sneakers. Your outfit keeps the clothes, colors and shoes from your photo. - **One person in the photo.** If there are more, crop the photo to you first. - **No sunglasses and no hat** over the eyes. Glasses, a headscarf and a beard stay as they are. - **A plain background helps** but is not needed: the wall, the floor and the light are replaced. - **For your pet,** use a clear photo of the whole animal with its face toward the camera. ## How many credits does it cost? You pay per photo in credits, and the create page shows the exact price on the Generate button before you spend anything. The one-tap price covers one 2K photo, charged once. A smaller 1K photo costs less if you run the prompt by hand in AI Photo. | Model | Settings | Credits | | --- | --- | --- | | Nano Banana 2.1 (this template) | 2K photo, 9:16, one tap | 3 | | Nano Banana 2.1 (by hand in AI Photo) | 1K photo, 9:16, same prompt | 2 | Credits come with a plan; see [pricing](https://www.makeviral.ai/pricing). A failed photo gives its credits back. ## Which version should you pick? | Version | What you get | Photos | |---|---|---| | **Viral look** (default) | The look of the CapCut posts: you in a red jacket, jeans and red-and-white sneakers, leaning on a grey concrete wall, held by a giant pencil sketch of you, with "Embrace of my own self" written on the wall | 1 photo of you | | **Your outfit** | The same picture, but you keep the clothes, colors and shoes from your photo, as in the first Thai and Malaysian posts | 1 photo of you | | **Video** | The Viral look picture first, then an 8-second clip: the drawn arms tighten around you, the drawing leans in, and you lean back and smile, with soft piano | 1 photo of you | | **Pet** | Your dog or cat sitting by the wall, hugged from behind by a giant pencil drawing of itself | 1 photo of your pet | The Viral look and Your outfit are still pictures (tall 9:16, 2K). The Video has two quality options: Standard and Best. Best uses top-quality AI video models, including Seedance 2.5, and keeps the drawing flat and the letters sharp more often; it costs more credits. ## The self hug sketch prompt, and what we changed No one shared the CapCut template's own prompt: it is a closed template. The first full prompt for this look is the one @coach__lea showed on screen on 10 October 2026. It reads like a recipe: "Ultra-realistic fine-art mixed-media portrait ... real color photo + giant monochrome graphite pencil drawing on wall", then a block for the real person, one for the "giant pencil sketch behind", one for the "key embrace illusion" (the drawn arms wrap around the real shoulders, "NOT 3D limbs"), the background, the handwritten text, the light and the limits ("only 2 representations, 1 real + 1 drawn"). Our hug yourself AI prompt keeps those blocks in her words and order. We changed what was about her one photo: her seated pose, her clothes and her own signature on the wall. In their place we put the viral template's scene, as the Thai tutorial describes it: a plain grey wall, you standing and leaning on it, the words "Embrace of my own self" with a small heart. The prompt is on this page to copy and edit, and the face rules are added for you. ## What can go wrong, and how to fix it - **The drawing does not look like you.** The sketch is a loose self hug drawing in pencil with closed eyes, so it is softer than your photo. A sharp, front-facing photo helps it most. Run it again if the drawn face looks like someone else. - **A second real person instead of a drawing.** Sometimes the person behind comes out in color or 3D. Run it again; the prompt asks for flat graphite with no color. - **Extra arms or hands.** The hug is a layered illusion (the drawn arms over your real shoulders), and AI pictures sometimes add a hand. Run it again. - **A spelling slip on the wall.** The words are asked for letter by letter, but a letter can still change. Check the words before you post. - **Cut-off shoes.** Use a photo that shows your whole body, or accept the picture from the knees up. ## How to post it On TikTok the trend lives under "El abrazo de mí mismo", "Embrace of my own self" and "Hug from my own self", and in Indonesia as "Pelukan dari diriku sendiri" and "pelukan diri sendiri". The look is self hug art: a self hug line drawing in graphite on the wall, next to the real you in color. Most posts show the result with a gentle zoom and a self-love line in the caption, like "The hug that has held me up for such a long time" (@fiery.pomelo, 13 November). The Video version gives you a moving clip instead of a still. Post the photo you started from next to the result for a before and after. ## Self Hug Sketch trend questions ### What is the Embrace of my own self trend? It is an AI photo trend from November 2026: a picture of you leaning on a grey wall while a giant black-and-white pencil sketch of you hugs you from behind, with "Embrace of my own self" handwritten on the wall. It spread on TikTok as a CapCut AI template, first in Indonesia as "Hug from my own self" (8 November) and then in Spanish as "El abrazo de mí mismo" (12 and 13 November). ### How do I make the self hug sketch? Press "Create your own", add one full-body photo of you, pick a version (Viral look, Your outfit, Video or Pet) and press Generate. MakeViral keeps your face, draws the hug yourself sketch (a giant pencil drawing of you) on the wall behind you and writes the words beside you. The result lands in My videos. ### What is the hug yourself AI prompt? The first full prompt for this look, by @coach__lea on 10 October 2026, describes "a real color photo + giant monochrome graphite pencil drawing on wall", the drawn arms around the real shoulders as a flat "layered wall illusion", a plain wall, handwritten text and "only 2 representations (1 real + 1 drawn)". Our version keeps her words and order with the viral template's grey wall and "Embrace of my own self". It is on this page to copy. ### Can I make the hug yourself AI photo with Gemini? You can paste a self hug prompt into Gemini or another AI image tool with your photo. The usual risks are a face that changes and a sketch that turns into a second real person. Here the prompt is written for this one job and adds face rules, and the gemini ai hug yourself prompt idea runs in one tap. ### Is it the CapCut hug effect from TikTok? It is the same look. The TikTok posts use a CapCut AI template, and the capcut hug template tutorial videos show how to open it in the app. Some users say in the comments that the template now needs a paid plan. MakeViral makes the same self hug sketch from your photo in the browser, without the app. ### Is this the hug your younger self trend? No. In the hug your younger self trend you hug a photo of yourself as a child. In the self hug sketch, the one hugging you is a giant pencil drawing of yourself as you are today, so you need only one photo of you. People search for both as a hug myself AI trend. For a hug with your younger self or another person, see the AI hug template. ### Can I turn it into a video? Yes. Pick the Video version: it makes the Viral look picture first, then an 8-second clip where the drawn arms tighten around you, the drawing leans in and you lean back into the hug, with soft piano. The drawing stays a flat pencil drawing on the wall. ### Can I keep my own clothes? Yes. Pick Your outfit: it keeps the clothes, colors and shoes from your photo. The Viral look dresses you in the red jacket, jeans and red-and-white sneakers that every CapCut result of the trend shows. ### Does it work with my dog or cat? Yes. Pick the Pet version and add a photo of your pet: it sits by the grey wall, and a giant pencil drawing of the same pet wraps its front legs around it from behind, with "Embrace of my own self" on the wall. ### Can I change the words on the wall? The template writes "Embrace of my own self" with a small heart, the words of the viral posts. To write your own line, open the prompt on this page in AI Photo and change the words in quotes. ### Is there a self hug AI generator app? MakeViral is a hug yourself AI generator that runs in your browser, so there is no hug yourself AI app to install. It works on a phone and on a computer. With any self hug AI generator, check that the face in both the real you and the drawing stays yours. ### How long does it take, and what does it cost? A picture is quick; the Video takes a few minutes more. The create page shows the exact price in credits on the Generate button before you spend anything, and if a run fails, the credits come back. ## Other AI video templates and tools - [AI Hug Video: Turn Two Photos Into a Warm Hug](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/ai-hug-video): Two people step toward each other in a sunny park and share a warm hug. Two photos in, an 8-second clip with gentle original music out. - [AI Doodle Dance Partner: Your Sketch Twin Dances With You](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/ai-doodle-dance-partner): Add one photo. AI makes a 10-second clip: a white line-drawn manga copy of you leaps in next to you, you both laugh, and you dance the same moves side by side. - [Heaven Hug AI: Run Into Their Arms Above the Clouds](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/ai-heaven-reunion-hug): Add a photo of you and one of someone you miss. Run up a stairway of golden light or across a sea of clouds, find them waiting, and hold each other once more, in a 10-second video with soft music. - [AI photo generator](https://www.makeviral.ai/ai-photo-generator) - [All AI video templates](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates) ## New AI video trends this week - [Never Let Her Pay: Pay for Dinner With a Sponge](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/never-let-her-pay-ai-trend): "I got this." Add one photo, and you play the gentleman in the white dinner jacket who stops his date from paying, opens his pouch to show a kitchen sponge and gets walked to the kitchen to wash the dishes. With the clip's own sound. - [Snowman Dance AI: Do the Viral Sia Couple Dance From Two Photos](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/snowman-dance-ai-trend): Hands behind your backs, a spin under the arm, a quick twirl around each other, and then one of you jumps on the other. Add a photo of you and one of your partner, or of two pets, and get the whole Snowman dance with the song. - [Need for Speed AI Trend: Your Car in the Movie Scene](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/need-for-speed-ai-trend): Add one photo of your car or truck. AI puts it in the trend's movie-style street scene: it rolls through town, spins burnouts in thick tire smoke while people watch, and rolls away, with the trend's own sound. - [Tweenslop AI: Turn One Photo Into a Tweenslop Animation](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/tweenslop-ai-trend): Your photo becomes a flat cut-out that zooms, squashes, spins and flies with a rainbow trail on every beat of a Brazilian funk track, with white, pink, purple and green flashes. You, your pet or any object. - [We Don't Talk Anymore Dance: Do the Viral Freestyle From One Photo](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/we-dont-talk-anymore-dance-ai-trend): The sped-up "We Don't Talk Anymore" freestyle is all over TikTok. Add one photo, and you dance it on the trend's stage, barefoot on a driveway at night with your shoes in one hand, or your pet takes the stage. - [Mr and Mrs Smith Edit: Your Couple Fight, Then Your Best Memories](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/mr-and-mrs-smith-ai-trend): Add a photo of you and one of your partner. One of you shouts, the other stares back, tears come, and then six warm memories of the two of you flash by, all in black and white, in a 15-second video with the edit's own sound. ## Make your own Self Hug Sketch photo Add one photo and press Generate. No prompt to write. 3 credits, charged once. [Make this photo](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/self-hug-sketch-ai-trend/create)