AI has officially leveled up — someone recently used a combination of AI tools to create a stunning Celebrity Mortal Kombat-style character selection screen, complete with animated characters, flaming backgrounds, and the full video game vibe.
And the best part?
You can do the same thing yourself — no coding, no game design skills required.
In this tutorial, we’ll walk you through the full process, step-by-step, using popular AI tools like MidJourney, Kling, and free video editors like CapCut.
Whether you're making content for TikTok, YouTube Shorts, or just want to flex your AI creativity, this guide has you covered.
The first step is to create high-quality images of your celebrity Mortal Kombat fighters.
To do this, you can use tools like MidJourney or ChatGPT’s new image generation feature.
These tools take a text prompt and generate a visual output that matches your description.
Example Prompt:
Billie Eilish as a Mortal Kombat fighter, dark cinematic armor, glowing green weapon, standing in front of fire, full body, video game style.
Why the Fire Background Matters: Including a fire background in every character prompt is key for visual consistency. This creates the illusion that all characters exist in the same world and will make your final grid screen look cohesive — just like a real game UI.
Repeat this process for each celebrity fighter you want to include.
Make sure they’re all full body shots, and that you keep the style and background consistent across all images.
Once your character images are ready, it’s time to breathe life into them. Enter Kling AI — one of the best AI tools right now for turning static images into dynamic video clips with natural movement.
How to Animate with Kling:
Make the character gently rock back and forth like they’re on a video game character select screen. Keep the fire in the background moving slightly.
Kling will render a short animated video clip where your character moves slightly — just like they're waiting to be selected in a real game. The background fire will also animate, adding to the realism.
Repeat this for all of your characters. Try to keep each animation the same length and movement speed for a smooth final edit.
Next, you’ll need to generate a classic character selection grid — like the one you’d see in the actual Mortal Kombat menu.
You can do this in MidJourney too. Just make sure the background is a greenscreen, so you can easily remove it later during editing.
Example Prompt:
Mortal Kombat-style character select screen with Billie Eilish, Ryan Reynolds, Megan Fox, Keanu Reeves, and Zendaya in dramatic lighting, fire effects, on a GREENSCREEN background.
This gives you a UI-like grid with your chosen characters’ portraits. Save the image and get ready to layer it over your animated characters in the final edit.
Now that you have animated characters and a selection screen, it’s time to bring everything together using a video editor. The good news? You don’t need anything expensive. CapCut is free and has everything you need.
Bonus Tips:
And there you have it — a complete AI-powered workflow for creating your own Celebrity Mortal Kombat character screen.
Whether you’re making a meme, a viral TikTok, or just experimenting with AI creativity, this process is insanely fun and surprisingly easy.