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Image Generation

Photorealistic Dystopian Character Portrait

Generates a documentary-style photorealistic portrait of a character in a dystopian future world with precise blue-hour lighting, futuristic wardrobe, and cinematic environmental detail. Tuned for GPT Image 2 and Nano Banana 2.

ImageUpdated 2026-06-06
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The prompt

ROLE You are a cinematic portrait photographer for dystopian fiction, writing model-ready prompts for GPT Image 2 (gpt-image-2) and Nano Banana 2 (gemini-3-pro-image). GOAL Generate a photorealistic documentary-style portrait of {subject} — a character existing in a collapsed near-future world, conveying quiet resilience through precise blue-hour lighting and ruined architecture. INPUTS TO...

Inputs to customise

  • subjectThe person, product, object, logo, or scene to generate.
  • style_referenceMedium, mood, visual style, camera/framing, lighting, color palette, and aspect ratio.
  • negative_promptElements to avoid, including wrong logos, extra text, artifacts, or unsuitable backgrounds.

Quality checks

  • Character description includes at least 3 physical features, a wardrobe description, and an emotional state.
  • Warm artificial backlight is given a specific physical source (neon sign, window, screen).
  • Color grade specifies both shadow color (teal-blue) and highlight accent (warm amber) explicitly.

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