This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by Atul
This post is my submission for DEV Education Track: Build Apps with Google AI Studio.
What I Built
I built a Fantasy Avatar Maker app using Google AI Studio.
The idea is simple: users type in a short character description (like “a warrior elf with glowing green eyes”) and the app generates a unique fantasy-style portrait using the Imagen API.
Demo
Homepage
App in action
My Experience
This was my first time building with Google AI Studio’s Build Apps feature, and it was surprisingly smooth.
Some key takeaways:
- Short, natural prompts worked best (almost like I was talking to a teammate).
- The Imagen API is powerful for creative use-cases—portraits looked unique and detailed.
- I liked how quickly I could go from an idea → working web app without worrying about boilerplate code.
What surprised me most was how easy it was to customize prompts and instantly see the app evolve. It felt less like coding and more like co-creating with AI.
Overall, this track showed me how quickly anyone can prototype creative AI-powered applications with just a prompt.
This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by Atul