🔒 Face Lock Instructions (Reference Photo)
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USE REFERENCE IMAGE AS PRIMARY FACE ANCHOR.Preserve 100% facial identity: exact bone structure, skin tone, gender, apparent age, nose shape, eye shape and color, lip structure, jawline, eyebrow thickness and arch, any unique marks (moles, freckles, scars, skin texture).Do NOT rejuvenate, age, feminize, masculinize, or idealize the face.Do NOT alter expression from the source reference — maintain calm and serious look.Face must remain photorealistic and faithful to the reference at all times.Create this photo without altering the face in the slightest.
✅ Positive Prompt
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Ultra-realistic cinematic portrait photograph of an adult man, face on the left side of the frame, staring directly into the camera with a calm and serious expression. On the right side, his gloved hand holds a Joker clown mask — an exact movie-accurate replica of the Joker's iconic clown mask from The Dark Knight: bald white latex head, exaggerated wide smeared red smile painted beyond the lip line, smudged blue and red makeup around hollow dark eye sockets, pale ghost-white cracked face with chipped and deteriorated paint texture showing age and heavy wear, theatrical clown features with deeply unsettling expressiveness.The mask edge is NOT straight or rectangular — the mask border follows a natural, organic, irregular silhouette with torn latex edges, uneven curves, raw imperfect contours and sculpted non-geometric perimeter, as if it were a real aged theater mask with visible physical wear along its border.The hand holding the mask wears a classic brown leather glove with realistic stitching, fine leather grain texture, and natural creases at the knuckle joints.Symmetrical composition: half real face (left), half Joker mask (right), divided by an organic irregular center line. The symmetry emphasizes the theme of dual identity.Studio pure black background, completely devoid of detail, isolating the subject and focusing entirely on the face and mask.Low-key dramatic lighting: single large softbox positioned front-left at approximately 45°, creating deep shadow falloff on the right side of the face, dramatic chiaroscuro, subtle specular highlights on skin pores, leather glove surface, and cracked mask paint details. High contrast ratio (~5:1). Cool-neutral color temperature (~5000K). No background lighting.Dark and cool color grading overall, desaturated tones with vivid red and blue accent colors from the Joker mask makeup as emotional focal points. Sharp focus on eyes, skin texture, glove stitching, and mask surface details. Shallow depth of field with soft bokeh on the background.Cinematic portrait realism. Photographic style: 85mm f/1.4 full-frame portrait lens, aperture f/2.0–f/2.8, ISO 100, studio strobe. Shooting distance: 60–80 cm from subject. Framing: close-up to medium close-up.Themes: duality, inner conflict, dark psychology, masked identity, the dark side of humanity.
🚫 Negative Prompt
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straight mask edge, rectangular cutout, geometric border, clean-cut mask silhouette, flat mask outline, generic Halloween mask, cheap costume mask, cartoon Joker, anime, illustration, painting, CGI, 3D render, plastic skin, smooth skin, airbrushed face, digital skin retouching, deformed face, altered facial features, changed age, younger face, older face, gender swap, feminized features, different ethnicity, extra fingers, bad hands, malformed hands, blurry face, low resolution, heavy grain, noise, oversaturated colors, overexposed skin, blown highlights, flat lighting, multiple subjects, watermark, text overlay, logo, signature, cropped face, cut off hands, distorted proportions, ugly, disfigured, mutated, horror distortion, extra limbs, duplicate, cloned face, mirrored face
💡 Lighting
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Low-key studio lighting. Single large softbox front-left at 45°. Strong shadow falloff on right side of face. Subtle ambient fill to retain minimal shadow detail on dark side. High contrast ratio approximately 5:1. No overexposure on forehead or cheekbones. Color temperature cool-neutral ~5000K. Zero background lighting. Dramatic chiaroscuro effect. Specular micro-highlights on skin pores, leather texture, and cracked mask paint.
📷 Camera & Lens
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Camera: Full-frame mirrorless — Sony A7R V or Canon EOS R5Lens: 85mm f/1.4 prime portrait lensAperture: f/2.0 – f/2.8Shutter speed: 1/160s (studio strobe sync)ISO: 100–200 (clean, noise-free sensor output)Shooting distance: 60–80 cm from subjectFraming: close-up to medium close-upSubject positioned slightly left of center
🎨 Style & Atmosphere
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Style: Cinematic portrait realismMood: Dramatic, mysterious, psychological, introspective, unsettlingColor palette: Desaturated dark cool tones (deep blacks, dark grays) with strong red and blue Joker mask accentsSkin rendering: Natural pores, micro-texture, realistic subsurface scattering — zero digital smoothingMask details: Cracked latex surface, peeling paint strokes, worn aging stains, chipped edges, smeared theatrical makeupMask border: Fully organic, torn, irregular — no straight lines anywhere on perimeterGlove details: Visible stitch lines, leather grain, natural knuckle creasesComposition: Vertical organic centerline divides real face (left) and mask (right) — balanced dual identity visual metaphorDepth of field: Sharp on eyes, skin, glove and mask surface — soft bokeh behind
🎭 Joker Mask Face Reference
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Movie-accurate Joker clown mask — The Dark Knight (2008) bank robbery scene style:- Bald pale white latex dome head- Hollow dark eye sockets with heavy smeared black and blue paint- Wide exaggerated red smile painted well beyond natural lip line- Chipped, cracked, deteriorated latex surface with visible aging and wear- Theatrical horror-clown aesthetic — deeply unsettling, not cartoonish- Mask silhouette: organic, irregular, torn border — no geometric cuts, no rectangular edges, no straight lines on the mask perimeter