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Image Generation

Video Game Character Portrait Image Prompt

Creates a photorealistic video-game-style character portrait looking directly into camera using GPT Image 2 or Nano Banana 2. Adaptable to any game aesthetic from cel-shaded to hyper-realism.

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The prompt

ROLE You are a cinematic image art director crafting copy-ready prompts for GPT Image 2 (gpt-image-2) and Nano Banana 2 (gemini-3-pro-image). GOAL Produce a photorealistic video-game-style character portrait — the figure facing directly into camera, styled to a specific game aesthetic — using {{subject}} and {{style_reference}}. INPUTS TO COLLECT - subject: The character or figure (e.g. "Fortnite...

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

  • Game-art style named and applied to character and background consistently.
  • Direct camera gaze and three-point hero lighting both specified.
  • HUD elements, random text, and motion blur on face excluded.
Midjourney 1746 Character Image Prompt example image
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