# Character Stepping Out of a Sketchbook (Surreal Photo)

- Model: [Nano Banana Pro](/models/nano-banana-2-1.md)
- Creator: [Library Social (@library.social)](/@library.social.md)
- Label: AI-generated
- Use cases: Photography
- AI keywords: photo, portrait
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- Published: 2026-11-01
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- Page: https://promptclay.com/prompts/character-stepping-out-of-a-sketchbook-surreal-photo-axmvb6

## Prompt

```text
{
  "image_prompt": {
    "style": "Highly detailed, realistic photograph",
    "lighting": "Soft, natural light",
    "setting": {
      "surface": "Rustic wooden workshop bench",
      "background": "Blurred bookshelf and window"
    },
    "focal_point": {
      "object": "Open, spiral-bound notebook",
      "paper_type": "Lined paper",
      "page_content": "Detailed hand-drawn pencil sketch of a character"
    },
    "character": {
      "action": "Physically stepping off the page and out onto the desk",
      "appearance": "Dynamic, fully-realized figure matching the pose and form of the sketch",
      "character_details": "{argument name=\"character details\" default=\"[Placeholder: insert character details replacing 'or or']\"}",
      "facial_features": "[Instruction: use facial description from the uploaded photo]"
    },
    "text_elements": {
      "style": "Handwritten pencil notes",
      "top_left": "PROJECT:",
      "top_right": "Date:",
      "body": "Idea: Create a character with her own mind."
    },
    "props": {
      "placement": "Scattered realistically across the wooden desk",
      "items": "{argument name=\"craft tools and props\" default=\"[Placeholder: various craft tools and props specific to the character and project (e.g., for the artist, sculptor, or architect)]\"}"
    },
    "raw_prompt": "A highly detailed, realistic photograph of an open, spiral-bound notebook resting on a rustic wooden workshop bench, with a blurred bookshelf and window in the background, all illuminated by soft, natural light. On the lined paper page, a detailed hand-drawn pencil sketch of a character is visible, matching the pose and form of a dynamic, fully-realized figure that is physically stepping off the page and out onto the desk. The figure is [insert character description]. The open notebook page contains handwritten pencil notes, including the title: 'PROJECT:' (top-left) and 'Date:' (top-right), with the recurring sentence: 'Idea: Create a character with her own mind.' written below it. Scattered realistically across the wooden desk are various craft tools and props specific to the character and project, such as [insert specific tools]. Note: use facial description from the uploaded photo."
  }
}
```

## About

A highly detailed JSON prompt for generating a realistic photograph of a hand-drawn character physically stepping out of an open, spiral-bound notebook onto a rustic wooden desk. The prompt emphasizes soft natural lighting, realistic textures, and requires an uploaded photo for facial features and p

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

## Credit and licence

Prompt by @library.social on Promptclay, https://promptclay.com/prompts/character-stepping-out-of-a-sketchbook-surreal-photo-axmvb6
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.

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- [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)
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