The hyper-real portrait prompt system behind the carousel: one locked face, a cool navy studio, a macro texture stack, and eight copy-paste shot directions that hold up in close-up, without plastic skin.
Pick one identity and write it once: age, skin tone, hair, eyes, makeup. Paste that block into every shot. The carousel works because the same Black woman in her mid-20s, short coily curls, deep cool-brown skin, dark brown eyes, minimal makeup, appears in all eight frames. If identity drifts, the set dies. Do not re-describe her from scratch each time - lock the block, only change the crop and the texture cue.
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02Studio
Cool navy studio, not warm terracotta
Set the room once: deep navy #112166 falling to near-black #0A0A0A, soft cool daylight / softbox from camera-left, optional periwinkle rim. No golden hour, no warm orange wash. Cool light keeps pores and catchlights honest. Warm light pushes the model into beauty-filter plastic. Name the backdrop and the key light in every prompt so the set stays consistent when you change the macro.
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03Texture
Name the texture you want to see
Each frame sells one detail: pores on the nose, peach fuzz on the neck, iris catchlight, parted lips, ear cartilage, over-shoulder skin. Write the detail in the prompt - visible pores, natural luminosity, no plastic skin, macro photography. 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. Face macros also forbid glowing skin, HDR pore wipe, perfect makeup. 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
Run the eight-shot list, QC in close-up
Generate the hero, then the six macros, then the over-shoulder CTA. Keep aspect 4:5 (1080×1350). QC zoomed in: if pores disappear, if the iris has no catchlight, if the neck looks waxed - regenerate that frame only, do not rebuild the identity. Overlay titles only on hero + CTA, never on macros. The full copy-paste deck is in the code block below.
# MASTER IDENTITY (paste into every shot) Black woman, mid-20s, short natural coily curls with soft tapered crown and defined edges, deep cool-brown skin with visible pores and natural luminosity, dark brown eyes, natural brows, minimal makeup, soft nude lips. Same identity every frame. No plastic skin.
# STUDIO LOCK Deep navy studio backdrop (#112166 to near-black #0A0A0A), soft cool daylight softbox from camera-left, optional soft periwinkle rim, no golden hour, no warm orange wash. Photoreal macro, 8K detail, natural film grain.
# 01 HERO - chest-up portrait Ultra realistic vertical 4:5 chest-up portrait. [MASTER IDENTITY]. Looking toward camera, calm expression, bare shoulders. [STUDIO LOCK]. Soft key reveals pores on cheeks and forehead. Editorial beauty still, not a render. Neg: [GLOBAL NEG]
# 02 NOSE MACRO Ultra realistic extreme close-up of the nose in 3/4 profile. [MASTER IDENTITY]. Macro pores, subtle sheen on the bridge, soft navy bokeh behind. Fill the frame with skin texture. Neg: [GLOBAL NEG], wide face crop
# 03 NECK / CLAVICLES Ultra realistic tight crop from chin to upper chest. [MASTER IDENTITY]. Collarbones, peach fuzz, fine hair wisps along the neckline. Cool softbox skim light. Chin may be cropped. Neg: [GLOBAL NEG], waxed skin, beauty retouch
# 04 EYE MACRO Ultra realistic single-eye fill-frame macro. [MASTER IDENTITY]. Dark brown iris with crisp catchlight, individual lashes, freckle scatter on the lid and cheek. Shallow depth, navy OoF. Neg: [GLOBAL NEG], doll eyes, glowing iris
# 05 LIPS / LOWER FACE Ultra realistic nose-tip to chin close-up. [MASTER IDENTITY]. Softly parted nude lips, lip texture, pores on the philtrum and chin. Cool studio light, no lipstick shine pack. Neg: [GLOBAL NEG], overlined lips, plastic gloss
# 06 ANGLED FACE FILL Ultra realistic tight face fill, head tilted about 45 degrees. [MASTER IDENTITY]. Full freckle/pore map across cheek and forehead, natural luminosity. Crop into hairline and jaw. Neg: [GLOBAL NEG], beauty blur
# 07 EAR DETAIL Ultra realistic left ear and cheek close-up. [MASTER IDENTITY]. Ear cartilage detail, fine coily hair strands across the frame, cool navy backdrop. Neg: [GLOBAL NEG], jewelry clutter, plastic ear
# 08 OVER-SHOULDER CTA FRAME Ultra realistic over-shoulder look-back portrait. [MASTER IDENTITY]. Bare shoulder in foreground, face turned toward camera, calm expression. Leave quiet lower third for a CTA box. [STUDIO LOCK]. Neg: [GLOBAL NEG]
# HOW TO RUN 1) Paste MASTER + STUDIO into your image model (GPT Image / Flux / Midjourney / Soul). 2) Generate 01, lock a keeper as the identity reference if your tool supports refs. 3) Run 02-08 with the same identity block. QC zoomed in. Regenerate only failed macros. 4) Export 1080x1350. Titles only on 01 and 08.
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