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Design & Image

Born from the Brush: Photorealistic and Oil-Painted Portrait

Create a cinematic fine-art portrait that transitions from hyperrealistic photography to a detailed oil painting while preserving the reference subject's identity.

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Format
Text Parameterized
Inputs
reference_image (image) · Required
Outputs
portrait (image)

Replace the ${…} placeholders with your values before using this prompt. See parameters and defaults below.

Reimagine the subject in ${reference-image} as a breathtaking fine-art portrait coming to life through a master painter’s final brushstrokes. Create a unified composition that combines BORN FROM THE BRUSH, HYPERREALISTIC OIL PAINTING, PHOTOGRAPHIC REALISM, and CINEMATIC FINE ART.

ABSOLUTE IDENTITY LOCK: Preserve the subject’s exact recognizable identity, original facial structure, forehead, natural eye size and shape, iris color, eye spacing, nose, lips, jawline, hairline, hairstyle, hair color, skin tone, age appearance, body proportions, and distinctive asymmetry. Young characters must retain their original age. For cats and dogs, preserve their species, fur color and patterns, ears, muzzle, paws, tail, and natural anatomy; do not humanize them. Blythe and BJD dolls must retain their original sculpted features, glass eyes, and articulated joints. Do not beautify the face, enlarge the eyes, redesign facial features, alter the identity, or distort the subject.

WARDROBE: Style the subject in an elegant ivory silk blouse layered with a pale blue-gray cashmere shawl, with delicate fabric folds, realistic fibers, and refined artistic elegance. Adapt the garments naturally to the subject’s anatomy.

EXPRESSION AND POSE: Give the subject a calm, mysterious expression, a slight head tilt, and a direct gaze. Place one hand or paw naturally near the chest.

COMPOSITION: Vertical 9:16 intimate head-and-shoulders close-up, centered on the face. Keep the left half extraordinarily photorealistic, with natural skin pores, individual eyelashes, authentic skin texture, and luminous eyes. Transform the right half into a meticulously hand-painted oil portrait. Both halves must share perfectly aligned eyes, nose, mouth, and facial contours.

TRANSITION AND PAINTING: Create an irregular, flowing boundary from forehead through the bridge of the nose to the chin. Render the painted area with thousands of delicate brushstrokes, thin glazing, sculptural impasto, palette-knife marks, and the woven texture of linen canvas. Let the hair gradually transform from real strands into elegant painted strokes. Add fine suspended pigment particles around the shoulders.

BACKGROUND: An atmospheric, classical artist’s studio with a warm muted-gray canvas backdrop and a softly blurred easel.

LIGHTING: Soft, diffused window daylight from the left and subtle golden rim lighting from the right, with delicate chiaroscuro and cinematic depth.

Use Hasselblad X2D 100C, a 90mm portrait lens, f/2.8, ISO 100, RAW photographic detail, and 8K HDR. Museum-quality masterpiece, one unified composition. No exaggerated filters, text, watermark, collage, or distorted anatomy.

–ar 9:16 –v 7 –raw –s 150 –q 2 –no text, watermark, collage, distorted anatomy

Parameters

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${reference-image} reference-image Required

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