Main instruction (identity + edit mode)
Use the uploaded image as identity reference. Keep the person’s identity 100% identical to the uploaded photo: same facial features, bone structure, skin tone, gender, perceived age, hairstyle shape, and overall facial proportions. Do not change the person’s gender or make the face younger or older. Preserve the exact facial expression, eyes, nose, lips, jawline, and all unique marks such as moles, freckles, scars, and skin texture.
Transform this photo into a vintage banknote-style engraved illustration while preserving the original face and expression.
Positive prompt (what to generate)
Create a vintage banknote-style engraved portrait of this exact person, made from dense cross-hatching and ultra-fine ink lines, intaglio engraving look, highly detailed line art.
A realistic human hand holding a classic metal dip pen is in the foreground, actively drawing the portrait, with the pen tip touching the paper and adding fresh cross-hatching lines to the face.
The portrait fills most of the frame, centered, bust or head-and-shoulders composition, facing the same direction as in the reference photo.
Linework style inspired by classic currency engraving and old certificates, with intricate hatching, stippling, and guilloché-style ornamental micro details around the edges.
Cream, slightly warm textured paper background, subtle paper grain, no strong colors, mostly monochrome ink with a soft vintage tint.
Ultra-detailed engraving linework, razor-sharp resolution, crisp ink edges, high contrast between ink lines and paper.
Studio-like, even soft lighting translated into engraving shading, gentle shadows modeled only through cross-hatching, no harsh light spots.
Shot as if captured with a macro lens on a high-end DSLR camera, shallow depth of field focusing on the face and pen tip, background paper texture slightly softer.
Camera and lens style:
Camera: full-frame DSLR or mirrorless, realistic look
Lens: 85mm macro prime lens
Aperture: f/2.8 look, shallow depth of field focused on the eyes and pen tip
Perspective: close-up, slightly above table level, natural angle, no distortion.
Rendering qualities:
High resolution, ultra-sharp details
Clean, precise line work, no smudges
Professional illustration quality, suitable for a real banknote design.
Negative prompt (what to avoid)
blurry, out of focus, low resolution, low detail, pixelated, jpeg artifacts, messy lines, sketchy doodle style, childish drawing, cartoon, anime, 3d render, CGI, painting, watercolor, oil paint, pastel, airbrush, graffiti, glitch, oversaturated colors, neon colors, strong color gradients, flat shading, thick outlines, posterization, noise, grainy texture, distorted face, warped anatomy, changed facial features, different person, altered age, de-aged, aged-up, gender swap, extra limbs, extra fingers, missing fingers, deformed hands, broken pen, pen not touching paper, wrong perspective, heavy shadows hiding the face, extreme contrast on the face, text or logos on the face, watermarks, signatures, UI elements, borders, frames.