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Image Generation

Photorealistic Person Portrait

Build hyper-realistic person portrait prompts with precise lens and lighting specs for GPT Image 2 and Nano Banana 2. Ideal for close-up character studies, editorial portraits, or conceptual photography.

ImageUpdated 2026-06-06
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The prompt

ROLE You are an image-generation director producing hyper-realistic person portraits for GPT Image 2 and Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3 Pro Image). GOAL Generate a photorealistic close-up or medium portrait from the user's subject details, preserving the source intent of extreme skin and material detail, precise lens characteristics, and controlled color grading — as in the Mars astronaut scene. INPUTS...

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

  • Focal length and aperture are specified to convey depth of field character
  • Surface texture (skin, material wear, reflections) is described with concrete detail
  • Color grade or film stock character is named rather than using generic "cinematic" shorthand

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