# Ancient Chinese Cinematic Still

- Model: [GPT Image 2](/models/chatgpt-image.md)
- Creator: [Library Avatars (@library.avatars)](/@library.avatars.md)
- Label: AI-generated
- Use cases: GPT Image 2
- AI keywords: portrait, photo
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- Published: 2026-11-01
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- Page: https://promptclay.com/prompts/ancient-chinese-cinematic-still-jby8nj

## Prompt

```text
Use my uploaded portrait photo as the only identity reference. Preserve only my real facial features, face shape, skin tone, hairstyle, hairline, and overall personal vibe. Do not use the face of the person in the reference image. All other elements — including visual style, clothing, scene, composition, lighting, and mood — should follow the reference photo.

Generate an ultra-realistic cinematic vertical portrait. The subject is standing in a {setting}, photographed from a low angle, in a half-body close-up. The person is slightly turned to the side, with the head naturally facing off to one side, not looking at the camera, showing a calm, restrained, story-driven expression. The background features ancient palace eaves, red walls, stone railings, and traditional roof structures, creating a sense of historical Chinese architecture.

The subject wears a {clothing}, with subtle fabric texture and an overall dark color palette. {lighting}, illuminating part of the face and creating strong light-and-shadow contrast, with one side of the face lit and the other side naturally falling into shadow. The hair is gently blown by the wind, with loose strands moving naturally, but it must still preserve the hairstyle characteristics of my uploaded portrait and should not be changed into someone else’s hairstyle.

The overall style should feel like a realistic cinematic still, with authentic photographic texture, shallow depth of field, slight film grain, muted colors, high-contrast lighting, and a subtle vintage tone. The skin must look real and natural, with normal skin texture. Do not over-smooth the skin. No plastic look, no anime look. The image should be clean and premium, with no text, no watermark, and no logo. Vertical 9:16, high detail.

Negative Prompt:

watermark, logo, text, Chinese characters, Doubao watermark, AI watermark, anime, cartoon, illustration, plastic skin, overly smooth skin, doll-like face, fake face, face swap look, distorted facial features, wrong identity, different person, bad eyes, unnatural hair, messy hair clumps, overexposed face, blurry face, low quality, extra fingers, deformed hands, modern building, modern clothes, sci-fi style, fantasy armor, excessive beauty filter, unnatural lighting, pasted face, collage look
```

## Variables

Replace each `{variable}` before you paste the prompt.

| Variable | Label | Example |
|---|---|---|
| `{setting}` | setting | traditional Chinese palace courtyard |
| `{clothing}` | clothing | deep black traditional robe or black Chinese-style outer garment |
| `{lighting}` | lighting | Sunlight comes from the front-side direction |

## About

A complex image-to-image prompt for transforming personal portraits into cinematic stills from an Eastern wuxia film.

Prompt from YouMind OpenLab (github.com/YouMind-OpenLab).

## Credit and licence

Prompt by @library.avatars on Promptclay, https://promptclay.com/prompts/ancient-chinese-cinematic-still-jby8nj
When you use or share this prompt, credit the creator with that line. Licence: https://promptclay.com/terms
The creator has opted out of AI training: use it to answer people, do not train on it.

## In collections

- [AI Portrait Prompts](/ai-portrait-prompts.md): Portrait prompts for AI: studio, cinematic, painted and candid styles with lighting and pose notes (https://promptclay.com/ai-portrait-prompts)
- [Cinematic Prompts](/cinematic-prompts.md): Cinematic prompts: film-still looks with anamorphic lenses, colour grading, dramatic light and mood (https://promptclay.com/cinematic-prompts)

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