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Urban Steps – Cinematic Street Style Portrait
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IDENTITY REFERENCE — ABSOLUTE HIGHEST PRIORITY:
Use the uploaded photograph as the ONLY identity source. Ignore the uploaded photograph’s original clothing, hairstyle, pose, glasses, accessories, expression, lighting, camera angle and background.
Preserve the uploaded person’s exact recognizable identity: natural skin tone, apparent age, gender presentation, face shape, forehead, natural hairline, eyebrows, eye shape and spacing, nose bridge, nose length, nose tip, nostrils, cheeks, cheekbones, lips, ears, jaw width, jaw angle, chin, moustache, beard line, beard density and all natural facial proportions.
The finished person must remain immediately recognizable as the uploaded individual. Do not combine the uploaded face with the reference model. Do not create a similar-looking replacement or generic fashion model. Do not beautify, reshape or structurally alter the face.
Create an ultra-photorealistic vertical 2:3 cinematic fashion portrait, 2048 × 3072 pixels.
EXACT SCENE:
Show exactly ONE person sitting confidently on wide polished granite steps outside a modern luxury building during evening or early night.
The person must wear a light-blue oversized denim jacket layered over a grey hoodie and white T-shirt, fitted black jeans, chunky modern sneakers, a black smartwatch, minimal silver rings and premium black sunglasses.
Reproduce the exact sitting position, body proportions, sunglasses, outfit, hairstyle, hand placement, shoes, staircase, architectural background, lighting, colour grading, camera angle and depth of field described below.
COMPOSITION AND FRAMING:
Use a vertical 2:3 portrait composition.
Place the person slightly right of the horizontal centre. Position the top of the hair at approximately 15% of the canvas height.
Leave a large amount of softly blurred architectural background visible above and around the head.
Show the complete seated body from the top of the hair to both shoes. Do not crop the head, elbows, hands, knees, trousers or sneakers.
Position the person’s face around 65% from the left edge and 25% from the top edge.
Place both sneakers across the lower section of the image:
* One sneaker near the bottom-left corner
* The other sneaker near the lower centre-right
* Keep both shoes fully inside the canvas
Use the natural perspective and soft compression of an 85mm portrait lens at approximately f/1.8. Keep the person sharply focused while the building behind them remains strongly blurred.
EXACT SEATED POSE:
Seat the person on the right side of a wide polished granite staircase.
The hips must rest naturally on an upper step. Keep the torso upright but leaning slightly forward.
Turn the chest slightly toward the viewer’s left while keeping the face mostly directed toward the camera.
Keep both shoulders relaxed and naturally uneven.
Separate both knees naturally and bend both legs:
* Place one foot on a lower step toward the bottom-left
* Place the other foot on a nearby lower step toward the lower centre-right
* Point both shoes slightly outward
* Do not cross the legs
Rest both forearms loosely over the thighs and knees.
Bring both hands together in the centre above the knees. Loosely overlap or interlock the fingers. Keep the hands relaxed rather than tightly clasped.
Maintain believable physical contact between the person’s body, shoes and granite steps. The person must not float or appear pasted into the scene.
FACE DIRECTION AND EXPRESSION:
Keep the head almost facing the camera, turned only approximately 5–10 degrees toward the viewer’s left.
Keep the chin level and neck relaxed.
The person should appear to look confidently toward the camera from behind the dark sunglasses.
Use a calm, confident, composed and slightly serious expression. Keep the eyebrows relaxed and lips naturally closed.
Do not create a smile, visible teeth, anger, surprise or exaggerated fashion expression.
SUNGLASSES — MANDATORY AND EXACT:
Add exactly ONE pair of premium modern black sunglasses.
Use the following precise design:
* Medium-large softly squared rectangular lenses
* Wider shape covering both eyes comfortably
* Lens aspect ratio approximately 1.35:1
* Slightly rounded outer and lower corners
* A gently curved upper brow line
* Slim premium glossy-black frame
* Thin black bridge
* Slim black temple arms
* Dark smoke-black lenses with approximately 85–90% tint
* Very subtle warm architectural-light reflections
* No visible eyes through the lenses
* Natural shadows beneath the frame
* Accurate contact with the bridge of the nose
* Temple arms positioned correctly above both ears
The sunglasses must fit the uploaded person’s exact face width and nose shape. Their total width should extend naturally from one temple to the other without appearing oversized.
Keep the eyebrows partly visible above the upper frame. The bottom of the lenses must remain slightly above the cheekbones without touching the cheeks.
The frame must follow the person’s exact head angle and facial perspective. Both lenses must remain identical, symmetrical and correctly aligned.
The sunglasses should resemble a premium understated fashion frame—not an extremely narrow futuristic design.
Do not create:
* Small narrow rectangular glasses
* Extremely boxy sharp corners
* Round glasses
* Aviator glasses
* Transparent eyeglasses
* Coloured lenses
* Silver or golden frames
* Oversized goggles
* Crooked frames
* Floating glasses
* Duplicate sunglasses
* Asymmetrical lenses
HAIRSTYLE:
Preserve the uploaded person’s natural hair colour, original hairline and realistic hair density.
Style the hair into thick, voluminous, naturally wavy dark hair. Use medium-length textured curls and waves on top with a soft side-swept shape.
Keep the hairstyle slightly messy and natural. Allow several soft curls to fall gently toward the forehead.
Use shorter tapered hair around the sides and back. Do not create an extremely sharp skin fade.
Show realistic individual hair strands, natural uneven volume and subtle warm highlights from the building lights.
Do not create straight hair, long hair, wet hair, extremely tall hair, artificial wig texture or an unnaturally sharp hairline.
FACIAL HAIR:
Preserve the uploaded person’s exact natural moustache and beard pattern.
If facial hair is present, keep the same beard density, beard line, moustache width, sideburns and natural patchiness.
If the person is clean-shaven, keep them clean-shaven. Do not invent facial hair.
Do not make the beard thicker, darker or more sharply shaped than the uploaded identity.
EXACT LAYERED OUTFIT:
Dress the person in three clearly visible upper-body layers.
OUTER DENIM JACKET:
Use an oversized light-blue washed denim jacket with:
* Relaxed loose fit
* Slightly dropped shoulders
* Long sleeves pushed or rolled slightly upward
* Visible denim seams
* Small metallic buttons
* Two chest pockets
* Faded blue areas
* Natural wrinkles and folds
* Realistic thick denim texture
* Open front
* No logos, writing or colourful graphics
MIDDLE GREY HOODIE:
Under the denim jacket, add a soft medium-grey hoodie.
Keep the grey hood clearly visible behind the neck. The hood must rest naturally over the upper back and shoulders.
Show the grey hoodie fabric along both sides of the jacket opening. Keep it unzipped or open.
The hood must not cover the head or hair.
INNER WHITE T-SHIRT:
Under the hoodie, show a clean plain white crewneck T-shirt across the neck and upper chest.
Do not add text, logo, design or pattern to the T-shirt.
BLACK JEANS:
Dress the person in fitted black skinny jeans.
The jeans must have realistic denim texture, seams, knee folds, ankle creases and natural highlights.
The trousers should fit closely around the thighs and lower legs without appearing painted onto the body.
Do not create ripped jeans, colourful stitching or visible branding.
SHOES — EXACT:
Add matching chunky modern low-top sneakers to both feet.
Use this exact colour palette:
* Thick white and cream sculpted soles
* Pale-grey mesh and synthetic upper sections
* Dark charcoal or black overlays
* Muted teal-blue curved panels and accents
* White and light-grey laces
* Black ankle lining
* Small grey tongue label without readable branding
Use oversized layered soles with realistic grooves and natural contact shadows on the staircase.
Both shoes must be identical in design and colour. Keep them correctly fitted to the feet and aligned with the steps.
Do not crop either shoe. Do not create mismatched sneakers, floating shoes, distorted soles or incorrect laces.
ACCESSORIES:
Add one black rectangular smartwatch on the wrist closest to the centre of the image.
The smartwatch must have:
* Matte-black rectangular screen
* Slim black strap
* Screen turned off
* Realistic wrist placement
* Natural contact shadow
Add one or two subtle silver rings to the fingers of the opposite hand.
Keep all jewellery minimal.
Do not add a cap, necklace, chain, bracelet, earphones, bag or other accessories.
HANDS AND ANATOMY:
Show exactly two anatomically correct hands with five natural fingers on each hand.
Keep the fingers loosely overlapping above the knees.
Show realistic knuckles, fingernails, finger joints, veins and natural skin texture.
Do not create extra fingers, missing fingers, fused fingers, duplicated thumbs, broken wrists or hands merging into the clothing.
GRANITE STAIRCASE:
Create a wide exterior staircase made from polished grey, brown and faint pink granite.
Use long horizontal steps extending from the lower-left foreground toward the upper-right background.
The stairs must include:
* Realistic speckled granite texture
* Grey, beige, brown and faint pink stone tones
* Dark horizontal anti-slip edges
* Narrow reddish-brown decorative stone strips
* Small natural scratches
* Soft reflections from building lights
* Realistic shadows beneath every step
Keep the staircase moderately sharp around the person and gradually softer towarCopy the complete prompt and use your own reference photos where requested.
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