Example result illustrating this prompt's visual direction. Actual results may vary by model, reference image and settings.
Star Field Silhouette Double Exposure
Turn a portrait into a night-sky composition with a readable facial silhouette.
Prompt
Use the uploaded reference photo to create a polished double-exposure photographic artwork. The ideal source is a clean side-profile portrait. Preserve the reference subject's identity or identifying structure, original pose, proportions, and viewpoint; do not invent unseen facial detail or change age, skin tone, expression, or anatomy. Combine the source with a generated secondary photographic exposure using tonal blending and a carefully feathered silhouette mask, so both exposures remain legible rather than appearing as a pasted collage. Expose a realistic star field through the rear head and upper torso, with a subtle Milky Way band running diagonally across the shoulder. Retain a soft rim of natural skin light along the forehead, nose, lips, and chin. Use midnight blue, charcoal, and restrained silver; leave an uncluttered pale gray background. Avoid oversized planets, facial constellations, and luminous eyes. Deliver one finished image in a 4:5 portrait composition, expanding only the neutral background when needed to avoid cutting off the subject. Keep crisp defining edges, smooth exposure transitions, controlled highlights, and natural photographic detail. Add no captions, typography, borders, watermarks, or additional subjects.
How to use it
- Upload a clean side-profile portrait; use an image you have permission to edit.
- Paste the prompt and request the double-exposure transformation, using your photo as the subject reference.
- Check defining features and the overlap placement; use a failure fix below if the second exposure hides important details.
Common failure fixes
- If stars become glitter on skin, reduce star size and confine the brightest stars to the torso.
- If the subject loses recognizable features or structure, restore the reference exposure in those areas and reduce the secondary layer opacity.
- If the result looks like a cutout collage, blend the secondary exposure through the subject's shadow tones and soften the internal mask edges without blurring the outer silhouette.