---
title: "Surprise Me"
description: "Skips the photo entirely and generates a fully fictional doodle avatar from a random character description."
url: "https://doodleai.art/skills/surprise/"
skill_id: "surprise"
kind: "image"
requires_photo: false
images_per_run: 1
credits: 1
---

# Surprise Me

For when you do not have (or do not want to use) a photo. Picks a random fictional character description — hairstyle, expression, accessories — and draws it in the same naive doodle style as Doodle Avatar.

| Property | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Skill id | surprise |
| What it makes | No photo needed — a random fictional doodle character |
| Category | freeform |
| Photo required | No — describe it instead |
| Images per run | 1 |
| Credit cost | 1 (1 per image) |
| Aspect ratio | 1:1 |
| Output | Still image (PNG) |
| Tags | freeform, no photo, random |

## When to use it

Use when the user has no photo and does not want to upload one, or explicitly says "surprise me" / "make something up" / "random character". This is the only skill that needs no photo.

## How to run it

- Open [Doodle AI](https://doodleai.art/) and describe what you want.
- Ask for it by name — "Surprise Me" — or let the agent pick it from your request.
- Refine in plain language afterwards: "thicker outline", "warmer paper".

## Links

- [Surprise Me page (HTML)](https://doodleai.art/skills/surprise/)
- [All skills](https://doodleai.art/skills.md)
- [Free tools](https://doodleai.art/tools.md)