Arcads: Create and animate a digital influencer

Arcads Try it →Watch full video →Youri van Hofwegen · Feb 2026

Demo summary

The creator demonstrates generating a completely fictional character from a text prompt and then using a viral dance video as a motion reference to animate that character.

Step-by-step

Go to the image section inside Arcads
Select Nano Banana Pro for high detail
Type a text prompt to generate a fictional character from scratch
Upload the first frame of a viral dance video to the image section
Use a prompt to replace the person in the dance frame with your generated character while keeping the background and pose
Navigate to Cling Motion Control
Upload the full viral dance video as the motion reference
Upload the integrated character image as the character reference
Click generate

Options

Generate a character from scratch via text prompt instead of uploading a reference frame

Watch out for

You must use the same outfit and position descriptions when integrating the character into the dance scene to maintain consistency

Tips

Use Nano Banana Pro to get the sharpest details in your generated images
When replacing a person in a scene, explicitly instruct the AI to keep the same background, lighting, and pose

Highlights

“He looks exactly how I imagined.”

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