🖼️ Image & Visual (AI Art)

A Wrinkle in Time

📁 Image & Visual (AI Art) 👤 Contributed by @ersinkoc 🗓️ Updated
The prompt
{ "prompt": "You will perform an image edit using the person from the provided photo as the main subject. Preserve his core likeness. Transform Subject 1 (male) into a Victorian time traveler who has just materialized in a dense, prehistoric jungle. The image must be Ultra-Photorealistic, Movie-Quality, and highly detailed. The scene captures the moment of arrival, shot on Arri Alexa with cinematic lighting and a shallow depth of field. He stands amidst towering ferns and ancient cycads, looking completely out of place in his formal 19th-century attire, contrasting the rugged, humid environment with his refined appearance.", "details": { "year": "1895 / 65 Million BC", "genre": "Cinematic Photorealism", "location": "A dense, steaming Cretaceous jungle floor filled with giant ferns, ancient conifers, and thick atmospheric fog.", "lighting": [ "Volumetric god rays piercing through the canopy", "Dappled sunlight", "High dynamic range" ], "camera_angle": "Medium close-up at eye level, focusing on the subject with the background falling into soft bokeh.", "emotion": [ "Disbelief", "Awe", "Scientific curiosity", "Fear" ], "color_palette": [ "Deep emerald greens", "Earthy mud browns", "Burnished brass", "Tweed grey" ], "atmosphere": [ "Humid", "Primordial", "Claustrophobic", "Mysterious" ], "environmental_elements": "Floating pollen particles, massive prehistoric insects buzzing in the background, a large ominous silhouette of a dinosaur visible through the thick mist.", "subject1": { "costume": "A bespoke three-piece Victorian tweed suit, a slightly askew cravat, and intricate brass steampunk goggles pushed up onto his forehead.", "subject_expression": "Wide-eyed shock mixed with fascination, mouth slightly open, sweat beading on his brow.", "subject_action": "Clutching a glowing, smoking brass chronometer device in one hand while tentatively reaching out to touch a massive, alien-looking fern frond with the other." }, "negative_prompt": { "exclude_visuals": [ "modern buildings", "paved roads", "cars", "cell phones", "contemporary fashion", "cleanliness" ], "exclude_styles": [ "cartoon", "3D render", "illustration", "painting", "low resolution", "blur", "sketch" ], "exclude_colors": [ "neon", "pastel pinks", "artificial brights" ], "exclude_objects": [ "spaceships", "aliens", "modern weapons" ] } } }

How to use this prompt

Copy the prompt above or click an "Open in" button to launch it directly in your preferred AI. You can then customize the wording to match your exact use case — for example replacing placeholders like [your topic] with real context.

Which AI model works best

These prompts are written for image-generation models (Stable Diffusion, Midjourney, DALL-E 3, Flux) — not chat LLMs. Copy them into your image tool. Midjourney v7 excels at photorealistic portraits; Stable Diffusion 3.5 is the best for fine-tuning and custom checkpoints; DALL-E 3 integrates seamlessly with ChatGPT.

How to customize this prompt

Keep the style descriptors and lighting keywords — these are what make the output consistent. Change the subject, background, and pose freely. Add or remove quality modifiers like "hyper-detailed", "cinematic lighting", "35mm film". For Stable Diffusion, use weight syntax: (keyword:1.3) to emphasize.

Common use cases

  • Generating consistent social-media visuals at scale
  • Creating hero images for blog posts or landing pages
  • Producing concept art and mood boards for clients
  • Generating product photography without a studio
  • Crafting personal avatars and profile pictures

Variations

Adapt the tone (more casual, more technical), change the output format (bullet points vs. paragraphs), or add constraints (word limits, target audience).

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