Prompting Your Portrait: The Art of the AI ‘Selfie’
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“Create a 3D-rendered Pixar-style character based on the person in this image. The character should have a stylized face with expressive features, large animated blue eyes, smooth skin textures, and soft lighting. Keep their hairstyle, outfit, and pose consistent with the original photo, but translate everything into Pixar-like proportions and visual charm.”
Peace or War, I’m ready to rock…
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“Use photo. A hyper-detailed 3D chibi-style collectible figure standing inside a high-tech cylindrical glass display case with glowing blue LED light rings on top and bottom. The figure is split symmetrically down the middle: the left half is a smiling cartoon, with blue eyes, wearing a Hawaiian shirt and the same clothes as photo; the right half is an intricate yellow and black robotic cyborg with glowing electric blue eye and red lights in its mechanical components. Include #itpaystodream as a 3D imprint.”
If Maine was the birthplace of Popeye…
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“Create a hyper-realistic 8K vertical portrait (4:5 ratio, 600 DPI) of a muscular man, with blue eyes, inspired by Popeye, using the exact facial features from the reference image: trimmed beard, natural skin texture, 1:1 likeness. Scene: The man is caught in dynamic action at the bow of a ship, violently crushing a classic metal can labeled “Blueberries” in one hand. The can forcefully deforms, and blueberries shoot upward into his wide-open mouth. His expression is wild and intense—wide eyes roaring mouth, clenched jaw, and vivid veins popping on his forehead, neck and massive forearms. He wears a Hawaiian shirt, a dark snug navy-blue sailor cap, and has a classic wooden pipe clenched between his teeth or hanging from the corner of his mouth. His muscular build is exaggerated with highly detailed arms and veins reminiscent of comic book strength, but with a photorealistic texture. One forearm features a chickadee tattoo and the other has the word “Shannon” tattooed. The lighting is cinematic and dramatic, with the moisture on his skin reflecting sharp lights. The details of the blueberries and muscles should be sharp and vivid. The background features lightly blurred wooden ship elements, emphasizing the raw humorous energy and exaggerated realism of the scene. Style ultra-realistic no stylization or painting Every texture—from the blueberry splashes to the wet skin and fabric weave—must be hyper-detailed with no visible grain.”
- Comment from Dan, “You may want to remove the bolded section above about his pipe. It doesn’t seem to place it correctly in the render. Good luck and have fun.”