# Retro Gothic Film Portrait

- Model: [GPT Image 2](/models/chatgpt-image.md)
- Creator: [Library Avatars (@library.avatars)](/@library.avatars.md)
- Label: AI-generated
- Use cases: Portraits
- AI keywords: portrait, photo
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- Published: 2026-10-31
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- Page: https://promptclay.com/prompts/retro-gothic-film-portrait-9szhjq

## Prompt

```text
Create a vertical 2:3 cinematic retro editorial portrait of a young woman with {hair_color}, pale skin, delicate facial features, and a cold melancholic gaze, leaning against an old corner wall covered with yellowed vintage newspaper clippings and faded retro posters. She wears a dark gothic lolita-inspired outfit: black velvet dress or jacket, white ruffled lace collar, white lace shoulder trim and cuffs, plus a long dark beaded cross necklace. Her expression is distant, tired, slightly sorrowful and untouchable, with parted lips and soft smoky eyes, looking directly at the viewer from a close three-quarter angle. Use {visual_style}, muted beige-gray tones, dusty sunlight from the upper left, shallow depth of field, visible film grain, scratches, haze, static noise, and slightly faded colors. The room should feel cramped, nostalgic, and decayed, with peeling paper texture and blurred posters in the background. Add exactly 6 small white typewriter-style English text overlays integrated into the image like avant-garde magazine typography: 1) near the upper left wall, “STATIC / FACE”; 2) mid-right, “NOISE / PRAYER”; 3) below it, “// / QUIET / THREAT”; 4) lower left near her shoulder, “EYES OPEN. / TRUTH CORRUPTED / BEYOND THE NOISE.”; 5) bottom left, “// / FALSE”; 6) faint horizontal glitch lines and tiny unreadable static marks around the frame. Keep the woman as the clear subject, crop from chest upward with one arm softly entering the lower right foreground, and avoid modern objects, bright colors, smiling expression, or clean digital sharpness. Customize the mood as {mood}.
```

## Variables

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

| Variable | Label | Example |
|---|---|---|
| `{hair_color}` | hair color | long black wavy hair |
| `{visual_style}` | visual style | soft-focus analog film photography |
| `{mood}` | mood | do not come close, but you cannot stop looking |

## About

Generates a moody vintage-film gothic portrait of a melancholic young woman against old newspaper walls with subtle static typography.

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

## Credit and licence

Prompt by @library.avatars on Promptclay, https://promptclay.com/prompts/retro-gothic-film-portrait-9szhjq
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## In collections

- [Vintage and retro](/vintage-and-retro.md): Film grain, faded print and decades gone by. (https://promptclay.com/vintage-and-retro)
- [AI Gothic Prompts](/ai-gothic-prompts.md): Gothic prompts: moonlit cathedrals, dark portraits, lace and velvet fashion, ravens and candlelit halls (https://promptclay.com/ai-gothic-prompts)
- [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)
- [Retro Prompts](/retro-prompts.md): Retro prompts: 70s, 80s and 90s looks, VHS grain, diner scenes, vintage ads and throwback portraits (https://promptclay.com/retro-prompts)

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