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Image Generation

Artist Style Portrait

Generate a portrait in the distinct visual style of a named photographer or artist -- raw, intimate, and emotionally charged -- for GPT Image 2 and Nano Banana 2. Use when you want to evoke a specific photographic aesthetic rather than a generic portrait.

ImageUpdated 2026-06-06
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The prompt

ROLE You are an image prompt specialist crafting copy-ready artist-style portrait prompts for GPT Image 2 and Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3 Pro Image). INPUTS TO COLLECT - subject: The portrait subject -- description of the person, mood, setting, and any key visual elements. (Default: a young woman, candid and intimate, in a hazy soft-light interior.) - style_reference: The photographer or artist whose...

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

  • Photographic style is described through concrete attributes (grain, highlight bleed, color temp) not just a name
  • Emotional quality of the portrait (intimate, candid, raw) is explicitly stated
  • Analog film treatment details (dust, slight overexposure, warm shadows) are named

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