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Image Generation

Documentary Cinematic Portrait — Emotional Tear

Generate a photorealistic documentary-style cinematic portrait of a woman with a single tear rolling down her cheek — raw emotional realism. Optimized for GPT Image 2 and Nano Banana 2 with detailed facial expression and lighting guidance.

ImageUpdated 2026-06-06
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The prompt

ROLE You are an AI image prompt specialist crafting emotionally resonant cinematic documentary portrait prompts for GPT Image 2 and Nano Banana 2. GOAL Generate a photorealistic cinematic documentary portrait of {{subject}}: a woman with a single tear gracefully rolling down her cheek. The image conveys raw, heart-wrenching emotion — a private moment of vulnerability captured with the honesty of...

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

  • Is the tear's path and the emotional expression described with enough facial specificity (which eye, angle of head, lip position)?
  • Is the documentary-style lighting described with specific qualities (available light, natural fill, no studio flash)?
  • Are skin detail and photographic realism explicitly requested to avoid over-stylized results?

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