Why custom AI stickers beat sticker packs
Custom AI stickers replace generic downloaded packs with stickers of your own face, your pet, your inside jokes, and your group chat's running gags. The generation cost is zero and the workflow runs entirely on your Android phone — generate the art in FP AI Studio, cut the background, and export to WhatsApp or Telegram in under five minutes per sticker.
The three sticker categories people actually use:
- Reaction stickers — exaggerated emotions (laughing, crying, shocked, judging) of a consistent character
- Personal stickers — cartoon versions of yourself, friends, or pets
- Phrase stickers — a character plus a recurring phrase from your group chat
The 4-step sticker workflow
- Generate the character art in FP AI Studio — cartoon styles read best at sticker size. Seedream for 3D-cartoon, Flux Dev for flat illustration
- Remove the background with the AI background remover — stickers need transparent backgrounds with clean edges
- Resize to 512x512 PNG — the required format for both WhatsApp and Telegram
- Import via a sticker-pack app — Sticker.ly or Personal Stickers for WhatsApp; @Stickers bot for Telegram
Sticker prompt templates that work
Sticker art has specific requirements: bold outlines, simple shapes, exaggerated expression, and a composition that reads at 100px. Prompts that produce sticker-ready art:
Reaction sticker base
"Cute cartoon character laughing hysterically with tears, chibi style, bold black outline, exaggerated expression, simple flat colors, white background, sticker design, centered composition"
Animal character
"Chubby orange cat with smug expression, kawaii sticker style, thick outline, pastel colors, simple shading, white background, die-cut sticker design"
Phrase sticker
"Cartoon sloth lying face down, speech bubble saying 'Monday', flat illustration style, bold outline, muted colors, white background, sticker design"
Emotion set (generate as series)
Generate the same character description with different emotions: "...with [happy/angry/sleepy/confused/celebrating] expression..." — keeping every other prompt word identical maintains character consistency across the set.
Making stickers of yourself (or friends)
Personal stickers start from a selfie. The workflow:
- Pick a clear, front-facing selfie with even lighting
- Generate a cartoon version using the cartoon yourself workflow — describe your features plus a chibi or cartoon style
- Once you have a cartoon base you like, generate the emotion set by varying the expression in the prompt while keeping the character description fixed
- Background-remove each one and export the set
For keeping the character looking like the same person across 10-20 stickers, use the reference-image technique from the consistent characters guide.
Exporting to WhatsApp and Telegram
- Format: 512x512 PNG or WebP with transparency, under 100KB per sticker
- Use Sticker.ly or "Personal Stickers for WhatsApp" to bundle PNGs into a pack
- Packs need a minimum of 3 stickers plus a 96x96 tray icon
Telegram
- Format: 512x512 PNG or WebP, transparent background
- Message the official @Stickers bot, send /newpack, upload each image, assign an emoji per sticker
- Telegram packs get a shareable t.me link — your pack can spread beyond your own chats
12 sticker pack ideas
- Your pet as a cartoon with 10 moods
- Office reactions (deadline panic, meeting fatigue, Friday energy)
- Couple stickers for anniversaries and daily check-ins
- Gym motivation characters
- Regional food characters (chai, biryani, momo mascots)
- Gaming squad inside jokes
- New-parent survival reactions
- Study group / exam season pack
- Festival greetings (Diwali, Eid, Christmas, New Year)
- Zodiac sign characters
- Plant parent stickers
- Your friend group as chibi characters — one per person
For sharper edges on detailed stickers, run the art through the background removal guide workflow before export.