The prompt system behind the straight-hair carousel: one locked everyday face, the same cool navy studio, a pores and peach-fuzz texture stack, and eight copy-paste shot directions that hold up in close-up, without painted skin.
Write the identity once: age, skin tone, hair, eyes, makeup. This pack locks a woman in her mid-20s with light warm-neutral skin, one tiny mole, straight black hair in a loose ponytail with flyaway strands and dark brown eyes: the most ordinary face in the room, which is exactly why it reads as real. Paste the same block into every shot and only change the crop and the texture cue. The trap with black hair: strong rim light turns it purple or lavender, and models smooth the skin toward model-perfect. Ask for natural black hair with no highlights, uneven tone and a slightly asymmetrical face, and run frames 02-08 image-to-image off the hero so the face holds.
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02Studio
Same navy studio, one soft cool key
Deep navy #112166 falling to near-black #0A0A0A, a single soft cool-white softbox from camera-left, a very faint cool edge light on the hair so black hair stays black. Fair skin blows out fast, so keep the key soft and the exposure honest. Warm light turns skin orange and waxy. Cool light keeps it honest. Name the backdrop and the key light in every prompt so the set stays consistent when you change the crop.
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03Texture
Name the details AI paints over
Each frame sells one detail: pores on the nose bridge, peach fuzz on the neck, individual lashes, the iris catchlight, natural lip texture, hair strands against the ear. Write the detail in the prompt: visible pores, faint warmth, uneven skin tone, fine peach fuzz, unretouched. Soft “beautiful skin” language is what makes AI look fake. Specific texture language is the product.
End every direction with a negative line. Minimum: Neg: beauty filter, plastic skin, airbrushed, CGI, cartoon, oversmoothed, text, watermark. Fair-skin frames also forbid porcelain skin, glowing skin, HDR. If you skip negatives, the model will polish the face into a mannequin. Half of realism is what you refuse.
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05Ship
Reference the hero, QC in close-up
Generate the hero, pick one keeper, then run the other seven frames as image-to-image off it. Keep aspect 4:5 (1080×1350). QC zoomed in: if the skin turns waxy, if the lashes disappear, if the mole near the cheekbone moves between frames or the hair picks up a purple tint, regenerate that frame only and do not rebuild the identity. Overlay titles only on the hero and the CTA frame, never on the macros. The full copy-paste deck is in the code block below.
# MASTER IDENTITY (paste into every shot) Woman, mid-20s, East Asian, light warm-neutral skin with natural tonal variation and one tiny mole near the cheekbone, visible pores and fine peach fuzz, straight natural black hair (no color, no highlights) in a loose low ponytail with flyaway strands, dark brown eyes, natural straight brows, minimal makeup, soft rose-nude lips with natural dryness, faint warmth on the cheeks and nose. Same identity every frame. No plastic skin.
# STUDIO LOCK Deep navy studio backdrop (#112166 to near-black #0A0A0A), single soft cool-white softbox from camera-left, only a very faint cool edge light on the hair so black hair stays black, no golden hour, no warm wash. Shot on an 85mm lens, shallow depth of field, natural film grain, slight sensor noise in the shadows.
# 01 HERO - chest-up three-quarter portrait Candid editorial portrait, vertical 4:5, chest-up in a three-quarter turn. [MASTER IDENTITY]. Relaxed neutral expression, navy tank top, bare shoulders, ponytail falling behind one shoulder. [STUDIO LOCK]. Soft key reveals pores and natural warmth on the cheeks. Everyday face, not a render. Neg: [GLOBAL NEG]
# 02 NOSE + CHEEK MACRO Extreme close-up of the nose and inner cheek in three-quarter profile. [MASTER IDENTITY]. Pores, fine peach fuzz and slight warmth fill the frame, subtle natural sheen on the bridge of the nose, soft navy bokeh behind. Neg: [GLOBAL NEG], wide face crop
# 03 NECK / COLLARBONES Tight crop from the chin down to the collarbones and top of the shoulders. [MASTER IDENTITY]. Peach fuzz and fine hair wisps along the neckline, tank top strap at the edge, cool softbox skim light. Neg: [GLOBAL NEG], waxed skin, beauty retouch
# 04 EYE MACRO Single-eye macro fills the frame. [MASTER IDENTITY]. Dark brown iris with a crisp softbox catchlight, individual lashes, fine skin texture on the lid and cheek, very shallow depth, navy out of focus. Neg: [GLOBAL NEG], doll eyes, glowing iris
# 05 LIPS / LOWER FACE Close-up from nose tip to chin, lips softly parted. [MASTER IDENTITY]. Natural lip texture and slight dryness, pores on the philtrum and chin, cool studio light, no lipstick shine. Neg: [GLOBAL NEG], overlined lips, plastic gloss
# 06 ANGLED FACE FILL Tight face fill, head tilted about 45 degrees. [MASTER IDENTITY]. Pores and the one tiny mole near the cheekbone, natural luminosity, crop cutting into the hairline and jaw. Neg: [GLOBAL NEG], beauty blur
# 07 EAR + HAIR Close-up of the ear and jawline from the side. [MASTER IDENTITY]. Natural black strands pulled back catching a faint cool edge light, fine hairs on the neck below the ear, individual flyaway hairs. Neg: [GLOBAL NEG], jewelry clutter, plastic ear
# 08 OVER-SHOULDER CTA FRAME Over-the-shoulder look-back portrait. [MASTER IDENTITY]. Shoulder and back of the neck in the foreground, face turned back toward camera in profile, navy tank top, quiet dark lower third for a CTA box. [STUDIO LOCK]. Neg: [GLOBAL NEG]
# HOW TO RUN 1) Paste MASTER + STUDIO into your image model (nano-banana pro, GPT Image, Flux or Soul). 2) Generate 01 and keep the best one as the identity reference. 3) Run 02-08 image-to-image off that reference with the same identity block. QC zoomed in. Regenerate only the failed frame. 4) Export 1080x1350. Titles only on 01 and 08.
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