PROMPT 👇🏻
Use the provided reference character as the only identity reference. The person in the final image must change completely according to the supplied reference character. Preserve the reference character's exact facial structure, skin tone, ethnicity, age appearance, hairstyle, hair color, hair texture, eyes, eyebrows, nose, lips, jawline, proportions, and distinctive facial features. Do not copy the identity or physical characteristics of the example image; only reproduce its photographic style, lighting, atmosphere, composition, and visual effects.
Create a cinematic high-fashion editorial portrait photographed against a completely deep black background.
Frame the reference character in a dramatic close-up / head-and-shoulders portrait, shown in a strong three-quarter or side-profile angle. The character should look naturally away from the camera with a calm, confident, slightly mysterious expression.
The character must wear a simple dark crew-neck T-shirt. The T-shirt should be minimal, understated, and free of logos, graphics, patterns, or visible branding.
IMPORTANT ACCESSORY INSTRUCTION: Keep the fashion eyewear as the ONLY accessory. Remove and exclude ALL other accessories, including earrings, necklaces, chains, bracelets, rings, watches, piercings, hair accessories, and any other decorative elements. The glasses must remain clearly visible and intact.
Apply an intense monochromatic amber-orange / burnt golden lighting treatment. Use powerful orange rim lighting around the silhouette of the face, forehead, nose, lips, jawline, neck, hair, shoulders, and the eyewear.
Introduce a realistic long-exposure light trail effect across the portrait. Thin glowing amber light streaks should travel horizontally across the face and eyewear, creating subtle motion trails around the eyes, temples, glasses, ears, hair, and shoulders. The effect should feel like real experimental photography rather than digital neon graphics.
Lighting should create:
glowing orange highlights on the skin
extremely deep black shadows
luminous contour lines around facial features
subtle atmospheric bloom
controlled halation
soft optical glow
slight directional motion blur
realistic light reflections
strong separation between the character and the black background
Keep the transparent or translucent fashion eyewear appropriate for the reference character. The frame can be clear acrylic, futuristic transparent glasses, sculptural sunglasses, or minimal fashion eyewear. Allow the amber light to travel through the transparent material, producing glowing reflections and subtle light trails. The eyewear is the ONLY accessory and must not be removed.
The hairstyle must remain faithful to the supplied reference character. Individual hair strands should react naturally to the orange rim lighting, creating delicate illuminated edges without changing the original hairstyle.
Skin must remain photorealistic, with natural pores and texture visible beneath the warm lighting. Avoid plastic skin, excessive smoothing, CGI appearance, or artificial facial proportions.
Camera aesthetic: professional full-frame fashion photography, 85mm portrait lens, shallow depth of field, f/1.4-f/2, cinematic exposure, subtle analog softness, slight lens bloom, high dynamic range, realistic optical imperfections, premium magazine editorial photography.
Color palette must remain extremely controlled:
pure black + deep shadow + amber + burnt orange + molten gold
No blue, purple, pink, green, white studio background, colorful neon lights, environmental scenery, text, logos, typography, distracting elements, or additional accessories.
The final result should feel dark, luxurious, futuristic, experimental, cinematic and fashion-forward, combining premium editorial portrait photography with realistic long-exposure amber light painting.
Most important:
REFERENCE CHARACTER = identity, face, skin, hair, hairstyle and physical appearance.
REFERENCE STYLE IMAGE = lighting, camera language, orange glow, black background, long-exposure streaks and overall aesthetic only.
Never merge the reference character with the person from the style image.
IMPORTANT FINAL CONSTRAINTS:
- Dark crew-neck T-shirt only.
- Eyewear MUST remain.
- Eyewear is the ONLY accessory.
- Remove ALL other accessories.
- Do not alter the reference character's face, hairstyle, hair color, skin tone, age appearance, or defining physical characteristics.
- Do not introduce any additional jewelry, piercings, chains, watches, rings, or decorative accessories.
Aspect ratio 9:16