Cinematic Scarecrow Portrait of a Young Man

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Inputs

Reference_photo (image) · Required

Outputs

Portrait (image)

Create a photorealistic, cinematic vertical portrait in a 9:16 aspect ratio, using the supplied reference photo as image 1. Preserve the young man's exact facial features, including his eye shape, nose, and jawline, so his face remains recognizable.

He is dressed as a scarecrow and stands with his torso facing the camera. He holds a two-meter wooden scythe pole with both hands, with his right hand halfway along the pole. Position the steel blade diagonally above his head and keep it fully visible in the frame. Make the blade shine with a bright white reflective flare.

OUTFIT: A dirty, frayed straw hat with a red ribbon, a red plaid flannel shirt, and distressed denim.

MAKEUP — MAIN FOCUS: Apply a white powder base to his face and black makeup around his eyes. Draw eye lines reminiscent of a skull in an avant-garde, artistic high-fashion style. Add a black dot to the tip of his nose, subtle cracked-skin texture, and stitched-mouth details. Keep him handsome and recognizable, with realistic, matte skin texture.

LIGHTING: Use bright, soft studio lighting on the face so the makeup is clearly visible. Keep the face and eyes sharply focused. Use a dual-lighting setup: soft, diffused professional light from the front side to illuminate the subject and define the torso, outfit, and soft shadows; then use a cinematic, moody orange-and-teal palette in the background, with an orange wheat field and a teal after-dusk sky. Add low-key, moody golden-orange backlighting to illuminate the hat, shoulders, and wheat field, and make the steel blade glint with a shiny white flare.

ENVIRONMENT AND BACKGROUND: Set the portrait in a wheat field, with a distant hill blurred in the background. Include subtle fog and foreground wheat that is out of focus. Keep the background smooth, desaturated, low-key, and free of distractions, separating it from the naturally lit subject.

CAMERA AND AESTHETIC: Frame a vertical portrait from the thighs to the head, with no negative space above the head. Use extreme sharpness on the subject's face, outfit, hat, and steel blade. Render realistic skin texture with visible pores, muscle shadows, and smooth gradients. Use soft shadows beneath the chin and across the outfit to create three-dimensional volume, with soft contrast between light and shadow. The style is hyper-detailed realism influenced by Helmut Newton and 1990s men's fashion photography. The mood combines horror atmosphere with confidence, understated sensuality, timeless elegance, and naturalness. 8K.

NEGATIVE PROMPT: Orange skin, plastic or waxy skin, a dark or dull blade, extra limbs, phantom hands, incorrect hand poses, blur, painterly rendering, CGI, or drawing.