Your selfie as a New Year 2027 photo: standing on giant numbers above the clouds or sitting on gold numbers at midnight. Face kept, drift shown. Workflow visible here.
Real workflow: a woman in a white t-shirt against a beige wall, then the same woman standing with her arms out on white marble 2027 numbers above a sea of clouds, and sitting in a sequin dress on gold light-bulb 2027 numbers with fireworks behind. On the summit her face is in profile and the first 2 is cut by the frame. At midnight she laughs with her teeth showing and a ring appeared.
At a glance
A New Year format is starting to go around for 2027: "Hello 2027", where you stand on huge white marble numbers of the year above a sea of clouds at sunset. We spotted it in early November 2026, from a single source, with no audience figures published. These photos get shared mostly between late December and the first days of January. This workflow makes two versions from your selfie: the summit above the clouds, and a New Year's Eve version, sitting on glowing gold numbers under fireworks.
The model, Nano Banana Pro, keeps the face well at midnight, less so on the summit. Up there, the demo's woman is in profile, small in the frame, eyes half closed against the sun: the hair and features fit, but the likeness is hard to judge. The first "2" is cut off by the bottom of the frame. At midnight, she laughs with her mouth wide open when her photo has a closed-mouth smile, and a ring appeared on her hand.
This is a photo of you, with no greeting written on it. For a card that says "Happy New Year", use the greeting card. For December there's also the Christmas photo from your selfie, and for evening wear under the flashes, the red carpet photo. If what you want is the year on your wall, see the printable calendar. Both renders cost 38 credits, see pricing.
These are the files of the workflow above, exactly as the models produced them, unretouched. The starting point is shown when there is one.
Starting point
Render
People who want a New Year 2027 photo of themselves for their stories, profile picture or first messages of the year, and content creators planning their late December posts.
A sharp, front-facing, well-lit selfie of you or of someone who agreed, with their own features written into the prompt in place of the demo's. The photo is optional.
Take a sharp front-facing selfie
Face straight on, good light, no filter. A chest-up shot like the demo's is enough: the model makes up the body, the outfit, the numbers and the setting.
Replace the face description
The prompts describe the demo's woman: brown eyes, freckles, long hair with a centre parting. Write your own features instead, and add "closed-mouth smile" if that's how you smile.
Pick the summit or New Year's Eve
The summit makes a bright landscape shot where you're small in the frame. New Year's Eve shows the face better, at night, in party clothes. Run both, or a single node for 19 credits.
Check all four digits
In the demo, the summit's first "2" runs off the bottom of the frame and the "7" touches the edge. If a digit is cut or misshapen, add "all four digits whole, with space around them" and rerun the node.
The same canvas, tuned for different needs: each variation is two or three lines of prompt away.
The summit is about the landscape: the clouds, the evening light, a figure standing on the year. New Year's Eve is closer, at night, with party clothes and a face you can actually see. The first works as a wallpaper or a carousel slide, the second as a profile picture.
Replace "2027" with the year you want everywhere in the prompt, for a birth year or a wedding anniversary for example. Check the render digit by digit: the model can swap or double a number. Not tested in the demo.
Switch the node to 9:16 instead of 3:4 and add "empty space at the top and bottom" so the story interface doesn't cover the face or the numbers. This version hasn't been tested.
Start from a photo where both faces are sharp and rewrite the prompt with two people, one on the "0", the other on the "2", with one line of description each. Not tested here, and both have to agree.
Change "white marble" to gold balloons, ice, neon or raw wood. Ice suits a snowy mountain setting, balloons suit New Year's Eve. Keep "all four digits complete and readable". Not tested in the demo.
Connect a Video node to the summit render and describe the motion: the clouds drift, her hair moves, she opens her arms. The demo stops at the two still images, this step hasn't been tested and the video costs extra credits.
The model has one photo to rebuild the face from. In profile, blurry or badly lit, it fills in the gaps, and on the summit, where the face is already small, not much of you is left.
The prompts mention brown eyes, freckles and long hair with a centre parting. If you have blue eyes or short hair, rewrite that line, or the model blends your face with the description.
A cut, warped or doubled digit stands out straight away on a photo whose subject is the year. In the demo, the first "2" runs out of the frame. Look at all four digits before you share.
The image is meant to look like the person, and it will get passed around over the holidays. Only use photos of people who said yes, and never a famous person.
No, it's optional. Without one, the model invents a person from the prompt. With your selfie, it keeps your face, which is the point.
You can. Here, both prompts are ready and wired to the same photo, the model is picked for face accuracy, and the demo shows you up front what it keeps and what it gets wrong.
The prompt asks for golden light on her face, and the model turned her head towards the sun. Add "she looks at the camera, three-quarter face" and rerun if you want to recognise yourself.
38 credits, 19 per render on Nano Banana Pro. Rerunning a single image costs 19 credits.
Yes, by switching the node to Nano Banana 2.1 in 1K, 7 credits per render. The face is less faithful, which shows most on the New Year's Eve photo where it takes up more of the frame. That's why the demo runs on Nano Banana Pro.
1792 x 2400 pixels, vertical 3:4. That's enough for a story, a post or a small print, not for a poster.
The prompt asks for "glowing gold" numbers, and the model made marquee letters with bulbs, like a funfair sign. For smooth numbers, write "polished gold metal numbers, lit from inside, no bulbs".
The starting photo has none and the prompt doesn't mention one: the model added it on its own. Write "no ring, no jewellery" to avoid it.
This workflow makes a photo, with no greeting text. For a card with a written message, use the greeting card, starting from your New Year photo if you like.
Make your New Year 2027 photo with AI from a selfie
Use this workflowFree account, no card required. The workflow opens pre-filled in your canvas.
Nano Banana Pro
Flux Kontext
Seedream 5 Pro