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The Face Matches, and the Paint Job Nails the Era
A low-angle close shot with the subject leaning against the car; the negative prompt list locks down age, hair color, and face shape so nothing drifts.
✍️ What this prompt really fights for is the line demanding the face match the reference exactly — the negative list even blocks hair color and facial hair changes in advance so the model can't improvise. The lime-green paint job, palm trees, and Miami highway are what nail down the era; drop any one of them and the mood falls apart.
📋 Prompt Natural Language893 characters
Low camera angle, full body, cinematic: a man in his late twenties leans back against the open door of a lime-green Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VII, radiating easy confidence. Outfit reads early-2000s skate culture — baggy light-wash denim, chunky retro sneakers, a white ribbed tank showing off a silver chain. Backdrop is a sun-blasted Miami coastal highway, palm trees rising against a cloudless blue sky. Push contrast and saturation, keep focus razor sharp, shoot at 8k, and use a wide-angle lens so the car's aggressive stance reads big in frame. Face must match the attached reference exactly, unchanged.
Avoid: cartoon/anime/3D-render/game-screenshot looks, blur, distorted or unrecognizable face, aging the subject past their late 20s, added facial hair, altered hair color, black-and-white treatment, winter or snow or mountain settings, contemporary 2020s fashion, studio backdrops.
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