Ghost Bride Portrait with Icy Backlighting

Format

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Inputs

reference_image (image) · Required signature (text) · Optional · Default: Blaire

Outputs

ghost_bride_portrait (image)

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Using the image above as the facial reference. Maintain exact facial structure, proportions, features, and expression with consistent identity. With small written signature ${signature:Blaire} on the bottom right part. Ultra-realistic supernatural bridal horror portrait, 1:1 square aspect ratio, close-up chest-up composition, cinematic dark studio, icy-blue and pearl-white lighting.

SUBJECT & IDENTITY:
Create a fictional adult woman portrayed as a ghostly bride who has lingered in an abandoned mansion. If a reference image is supplied, preserve the adult subject's recognizable facial identity and natural facial proportions. Convey the supernatural concept through theatrical makeup, veil styling, practical effects, and lighting.

POSE & CAMERA GEOMETRY:
Position her torso at a slight three-quarter angle, with her left shoulder closer to the camera. One hand gently lifts the edge of a translucent bridal veil near the lens, allowing the sheer fabric to cross part of the foreground. Her other hand rests lightly against her collarbone. Her shoulders are relaxed and naturally uneven. Her face turns toward the camera while her eyes look just past the lens, creating a distant, haunted feeling.

EXPRESSION:
Quiet, sorrowful, and unsettling. Her lips are softly closed, her brows slightly drawn together, and her eyes appear tired and emotionally distant. Maintain realistic tear-line reflections without exaggerated crying.

GHOST MAKEUP & PROSTHETICS:
Apply a pale cool ivory complexion with gray-lavender contouring around the temples and beneath the cheekbones. Use soft charcoal shading around the eyes to create a hollow-looking effect without making the sockets physically distorted. Add subtle bluish undertones around the neck and jaw, faint gray veins painted beneath the skin, and delicate cracked-powder effects near the temples. Use restrained pearl highlights along the cheekbones. Create the illusion of a slightly translucent silhouette through backlighting and sheer fabric, not through unnatural transparent facial features.

HAIR:
Dark chocolate-brown hair styled in loose, slightly damp-looking waves, partially concealed beneath an aged ivory bridal veil. Let several fine strands fall naturally over the forehead and cheek. Add small pearl hairpins, a few tarnished silver details, and a delicate vintage bridal comb.

OUTFIT:
An aged ivory bridal gown with a lace-trimmed neckline, delicate embroidered mesh, soft satin folds, and a slightly distressed veil. Add a narrow antique-silver necklace and small pearl earrings. The gown should look elegant and worn rather than dirty or exaggeratedly torn.

NAIL ART:
Long almond-shaped nails in sheer milky ivory with subtle silver shimmer, tiny pearl-like details, and a translucent glass finish. Maintain realistic nail beds and cuticles.

BACKGROUND:
A nearly black midnight-blue studio backdrop with soft atmospheric haze. Add icy cyan backlighting behind the veil, a faint cool-white rim light around the hair, and a subtle violet accent in the far background.

LIGHTING:
Use a diffused softbox as the main light at 45 degrees camera-right. Add gentle frontal fill to retain facial detail. Place a strong but controlled cool backlight behind the veil so its individual fibers become visible. Preserve the natural shadows beneath the chin and along the neckline.

CAMERA:
Canon EOS R5, RF 85mm lens, ISO 100, 1/200 sec, f/2.8. Chest-up close-up with sharp focus on the eyes and eyelashes. The foreground veil may be softly out of focus while the face remains clear.

ANTI-AI REALISM:
Visible pores, realistic skin texture beneath pale makeup, natural eye asymmetry, individual veil fibers, authentic lace details, believable fingers holding fabric, realistic hair strands, natural fabric transparency, accurate shadows, and restrained cinematic color grading.

NEGATIVE PROMPT:
cartoon ghost, anime, CGI, fantasy illustration, plastic face, completely transparent face, glowing white skin, oversized eyes, empty black eye sockets, distorted facial proportions, excessive tears, floating veil without physical support, extra fingers, fused fingers, malformed hands, unnatural wrist bends, duplicated jewelry, fake lace, overexposed face, flat lighting, heavy blur, gore, text, watermark, logo, collage, multiple people, full-body shot, landscape composition.

FINAL OUTPUT:
A single adult female ghost bride, chest-up, sorrowful distant gaze, realistic pale horror makeup, antique bridal lace, translucent veil in the foreground, and icy cinematic backlighting.