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Gothic Dark-Doll Beauty Portrait

Transform a reference portrait into a photorealistic gothic editorial beauty image with theatrical doll makeup, decorative facial stitching, and controlled studio lighting while preserving the subject’s appearance.

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Reference_image (image) · Required
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Portrait (image)
Use the uploaded reference image to maintain the subject’s appearance. Do not alter the facial features or hair color.

Create a raw, unfiltered, photorealistic beauty portrait in a dark-fantasy, gothic-editorial style, with Halloween avant-garde makeup and a “dark doll” aesthetic. The eyes should be expressive and lifelike, with soft interplay of light and shadow and visible skin micro-texture.

Makeup: Give the complexion a translucent, satin-matte finish in a very pale, cool porcelain shade with a grayish-beige undertone. Use pronounced cool-gray contouring to emphasize hollow cheeks and a sculpted facial structure. Blend large black shadows around the eyes into broad smoky halos, intensely black near the lash line and gradually transitioning to graphite gray. Define the lower eyelids with dark pigment to create the effect of large, deep-set, porcelain-doll-like eyes. Apply cool, lilac-silver-tinted light gray-white shadow to the upper eyelids and define the eye shape with black eyeliner. Add long, thick false lashes directed upward and outward in a theatrical, fan-like silhouette. Draw individual long black strokes on the lower lids, radiating downward like stylized doll lashes. Keep the eyebrows thin.

Use cool-gray contouring to visually narrow the nose. Darken the nose tip and area around the nostrils with black pigment for a stylized doll-nose effect. Blend smoothly while retaining sharp, pronounced contrast. Color the lips rich matte black and define an expressive shape with a pronounced Cupid’s bow and slightly elongated corners.

Adorn the face and neck with simulated coarse stitches and darning. The primary seam begins at the side of the cheek, runs diagonally across the lower face, and ends near the corner of the mouth. Keep the hair smooth and lustrous, with fine individual strands visible, framing the face and falling over the shoulders. Add a miniature bat-shaped earring.

Composition: A tight close-up beauty portrait, with the face occupying nearly the entire frame and the eyes as the primary focal point. Leave no excess space above the head or at the sides. The model tilts her head slightly, turns her face toward the camera at a three-quarter angle, lowers her chin, and inclines her head to the side. Give her a calm, cold, detached expression with a subtle air of mystery. Her neck is elongated and her posture graceful. The pose should accentuate her cheekbones, jawline, and the stitch pattern on her skin.

Set the portrait in a dark studio with a black background. Use precise, controlled exposure that preserves fine detail. Use directed studio lighting, with subtle fill light to keep detail visible in the darker makeup and a narrow light source behind the model to create delicate highlights in her hair and separate it from the background. Keep the light cool-neutral with moderate contrast.

Post-process with desaturated colors, medium-high contrast, and subtle film grain. Aim for professional photography reminiscent of an alternative fashion magazine cover, with meticulously executed makeup.

Optics: Sony A7R V, 50mm–85mm, f/4.0–f/5.6; ISO 200–500. Technical specifications: 9:16 aspect ratio, high-resolution RAW, natural facial and body proportions, realistic anatomy, visible pores, catchlights in the eyes, and photorealism.

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