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Midjourney Prompt for Character Portraits with Cinematic Lighting

Midjourney Prompt for Character Portraits with Cinematic Lighting

Use Midjourney to create striking character portraits with dramatic shadows, emotional depth, and professional cinematography-inspired lighting

Use Midjourney to create striking character portraits with dramatic shadows, emotional depth, and professional cinematography-inspired lighting

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Used by brains from and backed by leading companies

Portrait of (ADD CHARACTER DESCRIPTION), cinematic lighting with dramatic shadows, (ADD LIGHTING STYLE: rim lighting/Rembrandt lighting/split lighting), (ADD MOOD: intense/contemplative/determined), detailed facial features with perfect skin texture, sharp focus on eyes with subtle catchlights, shallow depth of field with background slightly blurred, professional color grading with rich contrast, head and shoulders framing, studio quality portrait, emotional atmosphere, hyperrealistic quality, 8K resolution, --ar 2:3 --v 6 --s 500 --q 2

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Best for

Midjourney, DALL-E 3, Stable Diffusion

Midjourney, DALL-E 3, Stable Diffusion

Works with

Works with

Midjourney

Midjourney

Level

Level

Intermediate

Intermediate
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Works with all AI tools
Midjourney, Google Imagen3, and more

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