IMAGE Prompt

Black and White Fine Art Portrait with Selective Color

This prompt generates a dramatic black-and-white fine art portrait based on an uploaded image, ensuring 100% face preservation. It uses selective color isolation on a randomly chosen T-shirt color and specifies lighting (chiaroscuro), expression, and texture for a classic, emotionally evocative studio aesthetic.

Prompt
A dramatic black-and-white fine art portrait of the person in the uploaded picture (preserve face 100%), captured in a close-up, three-quarter profile. Soft directional lighting sculpts the face and upper body, creating deep shadows and a cinematic chiaroscuro effect.

The subject wears a simple unbranded T-shirt in a randomly chosen solid color: [{argument name="T-shirt color" default="red/ yellow/ black/ white/ teal/ maroon"}].
Only the T-shirt color is visible — all other elements remain strictly monochromatic black-and-white. Natural fabric folds are clearly visible, with realistic texture and contrast.

The subject’s expression is [{argument name="emotion" default="calm / introspective / confident / serene / melancholic"}], with relaxed features and a gentle gaze directed [{argument name="gaze direction" default="TOWARDS THE CAMERA / AWAY / DOWNWARD"}].

Skin texture appears natural and detailed, with smooth tonal transitions. Styling is minimal, emphasizing light, form, and emotion rather than fashion. A dark, unobtrusive background fades into black, creating a timeless studio portrait aesthetic.

High-contrast monochrome tones with selective color isolation on the T-shirt only, subtle film grain, shallow depth of field, classic fine-art photography style. Ultra-high resolution, professional studio quality, intimate, elegant, emotionally evocative."

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