Midjourney Prompts

Create an authentic 1980s colour photograph that has physically aged for forty years: a real print kept in a family album, now creased, scratched and colour-faded. The finished image must look like a damaged old print that has been scanned, not like a clean digital photograph. Use the uploaded [reference image] as the subject's exact face, likeness and skin tone. Subject: a man standing beside a parked car outside a grand hotel, one hand resting on the front wing and the other in his trouser pocket, body angled away and head turned to look off into the middle distance with a composed, faintly serious expression. Hair: dark, thick and glossy, worn with generous volume on top and swept back and slightly to one side in a full period blow-dry, neatly tapered at the sides. Wardrobe: a rich chocolate-brown herringbone tweed suit cut with wide notch lapels and strong shoulders, a cream shirt, a dark paisley silk tie in burgundy and teal, a matching paisley pocket square, a slim dark leather belt and high-waisted pleated trousers. Setting: the columned portico of a grand hotel, with a striped awning, brass lanterns, potted palms and a uniformed doorman standing well back and softly out of focus. In the foreground he leans against the polished dark bonnet of a vintage 1980s luxury saloon car with chrome trim and round headlamps, all badges plain and unmarked. Lighting: warm late-afternoon sunlight raking in from the side, soft-edged shadows, a gentle glow on the stonework. Camera: full body shot at chest height, 85mm lens, subject sharp with the hotel entrance softly blurred behind. Colour: chocolate brown and cream dominant against pale sandstone, burgundy and teal in the tie as the only saturated notes. Colour grade: authentic aged 1980s C-41 print stock. The cyan dye layer has faded faster than magenta and yellow, leaving a strong warm amber-pink cast that is heaviest toward the edges and corners. Blacks are lifted and milky rather than true black, with shadows sitting warm grey-brown and carrying a magenta tint. Contrast is noticeably low and flat, highlights roll off softly instead of clipping, and light sources bloom with a warm halation glow. Clear colour crossover between cooler shadows and warmer highlights. Overall desaturation in which warm tones survive best while blues and greens read muted and yellowed. Print damage: the photograph sits on aged photo paper with a narrow cream-white border whose edges are worn, softly frayed and darkened. Across the image itself there are pale hairline crease lines, fine white surface scratches, small handling marks and one slightly bent corner, with uneven fading and light staining toward the borders. These flaws must be clearly visible, not subtle. Mood: assured, cinematic, old-money nostalgia. Rendering: period photographic rendering, not modern digital. Soft focus falloff typical of an inexpensive 1980s consumer lens, low micro-contrast, and heavy visible film grain across the entire frame including the face. Edges are slightly soft everywhere. Skin reads naturally textured but without clinical pore-level detail. Correct anatomy, no extra fingers. Add a small, subtle, semi-transparent "promptybox.com" watermark in the bottom-right corner. Optimised for Gemini and ChatGPT / DALL·E (also works in Midjourney). Parameters: --ar 4:5 --style raw --v 6 --stylize 350 --quality 2 --seed [insert seed] --iw [insert image weight 1-3 for the reference face] --no distortion, extra limbs, warped hands, text artifacts, gibberish lettering, modern cars, modern clothing, visible car badges or brand names, sharp modern photo, crisp digital rendering, high micro-contrast, clean undamaged print, no border, HDR look, true black shadows, oversharpened detail, clinical skin detail

Use the uploaded [reference image] as the subjects' exact faces, likeness and skin tone. Create a hyper-realistic, photorealistic image in full colour. Subjects: a couple walking hand in hand across an open road, photographed from a high angle above and slightly ahead of them, both looking up toward the camera mid-stride. Wardrobe: she wears an oversized deep charcoal blazer worn as a dress with strong shoulders, sheer black tights and pointed metallic-toe heels, holding a slim clutch. He wears a full-length black wool overcoat open over a black shirt and black trousers, with chunky black leather boots. Setting: a wide expanse of smooth asphalt road with a pale stone pavement and kerb running across the top of the frame. The road is otherwise completely empty. Lighting: soft flat overcast daylight, no harsh shadows, even and cool across the whole scene. Colour: rich full colour, warm sandstone paving and grey-brown asphalt against deep charcoal and true black tailoring, silver metallic shoe caps, natural skin tones. Mood: editorial, confident, understated fashion campaign. Rendering: ultra-detailed and razor-sharp, natural skin texture with visible pores and fine detail, realistic wool suiting drape and sheer hosiery, believable asphalt and stone texture, true-to-life colour grade under overcast light, no distortion, no extra fingers, correct anatomy. Add a small, subtle, semi-transparent "promptybox.com" watermark in the bottom-right corner. Aspect ratio 9:16. Optimised for Gemini and ChatGPT / DALL·E (also works in Midjourney). Parameters: --ar 9:16 --style raw --v 6 --stylize 350 --quality 2 --seed [insert seed] --iw [insert image weight 1-3 for the reference faces] --no black and white, monochrome, greyscale, desaturated, distortion, extra limbs, warped hands, text artifacts, visible logos or brand names, road markings, traffic

Use the uploaded [reference image] as the subject's exact face, likeness and skin tone. Create a hyper-realistic, photorealistic image in full colour. Subject: a man standing on the open deck of a yacht behind a polished stainless steel railing, shot from the waist up at a slight upward angle, body turned three-quarters to the camera and chin slightly raised, expression composed and self-assured. He holds a long-stemmed glass of red wine in one hand, elbow relaxed. Wardrobe: a crisp white short-sleeve polo shirt buttoned to the placket with a small embroidered emblem on the chest, light beige high-waisted pleated trousers, a black leather belt with a plain metal buckle, and a silver wristwatch. Folded sunglasses hooked over the collar. Setting: a marina at golden hour. A tall modern glass office tower fills most of the background, its repeating grid of windows slightly out of focus and reflecting deep blue sky. The bright chrome railing runs diagonally across the lower part of the frame. Lighting: warm low golden sunlight raking in from one side, soft shadows, bright specular highlights on the white shirt, the chrome rail and the surface of the wine. Camera: waist-up portrait from slightly below eye level, 85mm lens at f/2.8, ISO 100, sharp focus on the subject with the tower softly blurred behind. Colour: rich full colour, warm gold sunlight against deep blue glass and sky, brilliant white shirt, light beige trousers, deep burgundy wine. Mood: confident, aspirational, cinematic, quiet luxury. Rendering: ultra-detailed and razor-sharp, natural skin texture with visible pores and fine detail, realistic cotton piqué weave and fabric creasing, believable reflections in the watch face, wine glass and chrome, high micro-contrast, fine film grain, true-to-life warm colour grade, no distortion, no extra fingers, correct anatomy. Add a small, subtle, semi-transparent "promptybox.com" watermark in the bottom-right corner. Aspect ratio 9:16. Optimised for Gemini and ChatGPT / DALL·E (also works in Midjourney). Parameters: --ar 9:16 --style raw --v 6 --stylize 300 --quality 2 --seed [insert seed] --iw [insert image weight 1-3 for the reference face] --no distortion, extra limbs, warped hands, text artifacts, visible logos or brand names, spilled liquid, warped glass stem

Use the uploaded [reference image] as the subject's exact face, likeness and skin tone. Create a hyper-realistic, photorealistic image in full colour. Subject: a woman seated at an outdoor café table, turned slightly away from the camera and looking off to the side with a calm, composed expression. One elbow rests on the table, her hand raised so her fingers curl lightly beneath her chin. Wardrobe: an oversized camel wool blazer worn open over a cream top, and a large silk scarf knotted at the throat in a cream, chocolate-brown and tan equestrian bridle print, the ends draped down her front. Oversized square tortoiseshell sunglasses, small gold hoop earrings, and a slim gold link watch. Setting: a round pale marble café table, a structured beige leather handbag with a polished gold clasp resting on it in the foreground, softly blurred greenery and a glass shopfront behind. Lighting: soft diffused late-afternoon daylight, gentle and flattering, warm highlights on silk and gold. Camera: waist-up portrait, 85mm lens, shallow depth of field, background fully blurred. Colour: rich full colour, a warm neutral palette of camel, cream, chocolate brown and tan, gold hardware catching the light, natural skin tones. Mood: quiet luxury, poised, elegant, old-money editorial. Rendering: ultra-detailed and razor-sharp, natural skin texture with visible pores and fine detail, realistic silk sheen and printed scarf pattern, believable wool and leather grain, true-to-life warm colour grade, no distortion, no extra fingers, correct anatomy. Add a small, subtle, semi-transparent "promptybox.com" watermark in the bottom-right corner. Aspect ratio 9:16. Optimised for Gemini and ChatGPT / DALL·E (also works in Midjourney). Parameters: --ar 9:16 --style raw --v 6 --stylize 300 --quality 2 --seed [insert seed] --iw [insert image weight 1-3 for the reference face] --no distortion, extra limbs, warped hands, text artifacts, cleavage, revealing necklines, visible logos or brand names

Use the uploaded [reference image] as the subject's exact face, likeness and skin tone. Create a hyper-realistic, photorealistic image. Subject: the subject from the [reference image] posing confidently, one hand near the face, playful early-2000s energy. Wardrobe: a metallic silver halter top, low-rise cargo pants, chunky tinted sunglasses pushed up into the hair, butterfly clip accessories. Setting: a plain vibrant gradient background in cyan and magenta, small floating 3D chrome text bubbles and star shapes scattered around the frame. Lighting: bright flat digital-camera flash lighting. Camera: early-2000s point-and-shoot digital camera look, slight lens flare. Mood: playful, nostalgic, early-internet Y2K energy. Rendering: ultra-detailed and razor-sharp, realistic metallic and plastic textures, individually rendered hair strands, true-to-life flash lighting, vibrant early-digital-camera color grade, no distortion, no extra fingers, correct anatomy. Add a small, subtle, semi-transparent "promptybox.com" watermark in the bottom-right corner. Aspect ratio 9:16. Optimised for Gemini and ChatGPT / DALL·E (also works in Midjourney). Parameters: --ar 9:16 --style raw --v 6 --stylize 300 --quality 2 --seed [insert seed] --iw [insert image weight 1-3 for the reference face] --no distortion, extra limbs, warped hands, text artifacts, cleavage, revealing necklines

Use the uploaded [reference image] as the subject's exact face, likeness and skin tone. Create a hyper-realistic, photorealistic image. Subject: the subject from the [reference image] standing with hands in coat pockets, a lit cigarette held between the lips, gazing off to the side with a stern, composed expression. Wardrobe: a flat newsboy cap, a long dark wool overcoat worn open over a grey tweed three-piece suit vest, a crisp white collared shirt, a gold pocket-watch chain draped across the vest. Setting: an industrial foundry or workshop yard, smoky atmospheric haze, soft glowing fire visible out of focus in the background. Lighting: cool desaturated overcast light cutting through the haze, moody and cinematic. Camera: waist-up three-quarter shot, shallow depth of field, the smoky background softly blurred. Mood: stern, period-piece, cinematic gangster-era atmosphere. Rendering: ultra-detailed and razor-sharp, natural skin texture with visible pores and fine detail, realistic fabric weave (wool, tweed), true-to-life lighting and shadows, desaturated cinematic color grade, no distortion, no extra fingers, correct anatomy. Add a small, subtle, semi-transparent "promptybox.com" watermark in the bottom-right corner. Aspect ratio 4:5. Optimised for Gemini and ChatGPT / DALL·E (also works in Midjourney). Parameters: --ar 4:5 --style raw --v 6 --stylize 300 --quality 2 --seed [insert seed] --iw [insert image weight 1-3 for the reference face] --no distortion, extra limbs, warped hands, text artifacts

Use the uploaded [reference image] as the subject's exact face, likeness and skin tone. Create a hyper-realistic, photorealistic image. Subject: the subject from the [reference image] with a short tousled bob haircut, smiling warmly and looking directly at the camera. Wardrobe: a grey wool newsboy cap, a loose white button-up shirt with sleeves rolled to the elbow, brown suspenders over high-waisted plaid trousers. Setting: a busy old-world city street with striped café awnings and blurred pedestrians in the soft-focus background. Lighting: bright natural daylight, soft and warm. Camera: waist-up shot, shallow depth of field isolating the subject from the street behind. Mood: charming, vintage, effortlessly cool. Rendering: ultra-detailed and razor-sharp, natural skin texture with visible pores and fine detail, individual hair strands, realistic fabric weave, true-to-life lighting and shadows, warm film-like color grade, no distortion, no extra fingers, correct anatomy. Add a small, subtle, semi-transparent "promptybox.com" watermark in the bottom-right corner. Aspect ratio 4:5. Optimised for Gemini and ChatGPT / DALL·E (also works in Midjourney). Parameters: --ar 4:5 --style raw --v 6 --stylize 250 --quality 2 --seed [insert seed] --iw [insert image weight 1-3 for the reference face] --no distortion, extra limbs, warped hands, text artifacts, cleavage, revealing necklines

Use the uploaded [reference image] as the subjects' exact faces, likeness and skin tone. Create a hyper-realistic, photorealistic image, shot from directly overhead (a true bird's-eye top-down camera angle, not a standing or seated pose). Subjects: both partners (faces from the [reference image]) lying flat on their backs on a dark fabric-draped surface, positioned head-to-head with their heads meeting and slightly overlapping at the vertical center of the frame, their bodies extending outward in opposite directions — one body extending toward the top of the frame, the other toward the bottom. Because the camera is directly above them, one partner's face reads right-side-up in the final image while the other's reads upside-down, purely from the overhead framing — neither of them is actually standing, sitting or hanging. Top half: she lies with her head near the vertical center, chin toward the middle of the frame, gazing straight up into the camera, hair in a low braid falling to one side. Bottom half: he lies with his head near the vertical center as well, positioned so his face reads inverted relative to hers, gazing straight up into the camera. Wardrobe: she wears an off-shoulder black ruffled top with small white ribbon bow details at the sleeves; he wears a dark pinstripe suit jacket over a crisp white collar, no visible tie. Setting: heavy draped black fabric filling the surface beneath them and the visible background at the edges of frame, theatrical and moody. Lighting: soft even light from directly above catching both faces evenly, rich dark shadow falloff toward the edges of frame, high contrast. Camera: true overhead top-down shot, both faces centered and sharp, seamless single continuous scene with no visible seam or split between the two halves. Mood: gothic, elegant, dramatic dark-romance. Rendering: ultra-detailed and razor-sharp, natural skin texture with visible pores and fine detail, individual hair strands, realistic fabric weave, true-to-life lighting and shadows, professional cinematic color grade, no distortion, no extra fingers, correct anatomy, no visible seam or collage line between the two halves of the frame. Add a small, subtle, semi-transparent "promptybox.com" watermark in the bottom-right corner. Aspect ratio 3:4. Optimised for Gemini and ChatGPT / DALL·E (also works in Midjourney). Parameters: --ar 3:4 --style raw --v 6 --stylize 350 --quality 2 --seed [insert seed] --iw [insert image weight 1-3 for the reference faces] --no distortion, extra limbs, warped hands, text artifacts, cleavage, revealing necklines, visible seam, collage artifact, mismatched lighting between halves

Use the uploaded [reference image] as the subject's exact face and likeness. Create a glossy painterly digital illustration. Subject: the subject from the [reference image] laughing openly, eyes closed in genuine joy, hair in a loose side braid. Wardrobe: a red skull-print bandana headband, a black choker, layered gold chain necklaces with a small cross pendant, a dark top. Setting: a plain warm neutral backdrop, no props. Lighting: soft even studio light with glossy, painterly highlight blocking across the skin. Camera: close-up head-and-shoulders crop. Mood: candid joy, edgy-glam. Rendering: a glossy painterly digital illustration with smooth color-blocked highlights and soft airbrushed shading, fine-art digital painting finish rather than a photographic one. Add a small, subtle, semi-transparent "promptybox.com" watermark in the bottom-right corner. Aspect ratio 9:16. Optimised for Gemini and ChatGPT / DALL·E (also works in Midjourney). Parameters: --ar 9:16 --style raw --v 6 --stylize 350 --quality 2 --seed [insert seed] --iw [insert image weight 1-3 for the reference face] --no photographic realism, extra limbs, warped hands, text artifacts

Use the uploaded [reference image] as the subject's exact face and likeness. Create an intricate black-and-white pen-and-ink cross-hatch illustration. Subject: a tight side-profile or three-quarter head shot of the subject from the [reference image], every wrinkle, brow line and strand of stubble rendered as fine crosshatched linework, round wire-frame glasses catching a sliver of highlight. Wardrobe: a plain collar, mostly lost in shadow. Setting: pure black background, no props. Lighting: a single hard raking sidelight to maximize the crosshatch shadow texture, extreme contrast between lit and unlit linework. Camera: tight head-and-shoulders crop, engraving-plate framing. Mood: dignified, intense, fine-art etching. Rendering: an intricate black-and-white pen-and-ink cross-hatch illustration, every texture built from fine linework, zero color, high-contrast engraving style, no photographic smoothness. Add a small, subtle, semi-transparent "promptybox.com" watermark in the bottom-right corner. Aspect ratio 9:16. Optimised for Gemini and ChatGPT / DALL·E (also works in Midjourney). Parameters: --ar 9:16 --style raw --v 6 --stylize 300 --quality 2 --seed [insert seed] --iw [insert image weight 1-3 for the reference face] --no color, photographic texture, extra limbs, warped hands, text artifacts

Use the uploaded [reference image] as the subject's exact face, likeness, hair, skin tone and any facial hair — do not alter these. Create a hyper-realistic, photorealistic image. Subject: the subject from the [reference image] leaning through the open window of a vintage off-road vehicle, arms crossed and resting on the window frame, a few rings and a bracelet visible on the hands. Pose: standing just outside the vehicle on the ground, body angled toward the open window, bent forward from the waist at roughly 30 degrees to duck his head and shoulders into the frame, forearms crossed one over the other and resting flat along the top of the window sill for support, weight settled onto the forearms so the shoulders round slightly forward, one shoulder dipped a touch lower than the other in a relaxed, unposed lean, head turned to look off to the side rather than at the camera, torso close enough to the door that the window frame crops him at the chest. Wardrobe: a relaxed taupe button-up shirt with sleeves loose at the wrist. Setting: tightly framed by the vehicle's window and door, warm tan leather interior and an orange steering wheel visible in the foreground, a dark brick wall in the soft-focus background. Lighting: soft directional daylight raking across the face, rich moody shadow falloff. Camera: tight framing shot directly through the window opening, shallow depth of field, 85mm lens look. Mood: rugged, moody, automotive-editorial. Rendering: ultra-detailed and razor-sharp, natural skin texture with visible pores and fine detail, realistic fabric weave and material reflections, true-to-life lighting and shadows, professional cinematic color grade, no distortion, no extra fingers, correct anatomy. Add a small, subtle, semi-transparent "promptybox.com" watermark in the bottom-right corner. Aspect ratio 3:2. Optimised for Gemini and ChatGPT / DALL·E (also works in Midjourney). Parameters: --ar 3:2 --style raw --v 6 --stylize 250 --quality 2 --seed [insert seed] --iw [insert image weight 1-3 for the reference face] --no distortion, extra limbs, warped hands, text artifacts, visible logos or brand names, altered hair color, altered facial hair