IDENTITY LOCK: Use the uploaded photo as the sole identity reference. Preserve the subject's facial structure, skin tone, eye shape, hairstyle, and every distinguishing feature exactly — the person must remain instantly recognizable. SCENE: Subject rendered as the subject of a fictional TIME Magazine Person of the Y ear cover — the iconic format: red TIME logo at the top, subject filling the frame from shoulders up, looking directly at the camera with composed authority. A thin red border frames the image. Small cover line text below references their fictional achievement. PHYSICS & CRAFT: Classic editorial portrait lighting — large softbox from camera-right at 45°, producing gentle shadow across the left side of the face with a clean shadow side-to-highlight ratio of approximately 2:1. This is the lighting used by the finest portrait photographers for decades — it reveals bone structure and character without drama. The background is a clean neutral grey, slightly lighter than the shadow side of the subject's face. TECHNICAL EXECUTION: 85mm f/4 for full facial sharpness including ears, medium depth of field, classic portrait color balance — faithful skin tones, clean whites in the TIME red. Typography replicates the iconic TIME font hierarchy precisely. HARD CONSTRAINTS: The achievement referenced in the cover lines should be fictional but plausible. Do not add a red background — the red is limited to the border and logo only. Do not beautify the face — the strength of a TIME portrait is its honesty. The subject must face the camera directly.
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TIME Magazine Person of the Year Cover is a poster prompt for GPT Image 2, composed for a 3:4 image. SCENE: Subject rendered as the subject of a fictional TIME Magazine Person of the Y ear cover — the iconic format: red TIME logo at the top, subject filling the frame from shoulders up, looking directly at the camera with composed authority.
SCENE: Subject rendered as the subject of a fictional TIME Magazine Person of the Y ear cover — the iconic format: red TIME logo at the top, subject filling the frame from shoulders up, looking directly at the camera with composed authority.
Keep the prompt structure, then replace the main subject, action, or environment in "SCENE: Subject rendered as the subject of a fictional TIME Magazine Person of the Y ear cover — the iconic format: red TIME logo at the top, subject f...".
Adjust one visual signal at a time, such as "85mm", "f/4", "time magazine cover prompt", "person of the year cover ai", so you can identify which instruction changes the result.
Use the portrait frame for editorial-style compositions with enough surrounding context to establish the scene.
Use one clear reference image and retain the identity-lock instructions when changing clothing, lighting, background, or camera direction.
Use direct natural-language edits after the first generation. State what must remain unchanged before describing the single element you want to revise.
Judge the result by hierarchy: the main subject must read first, supporting graphics second, and any text area must remain uncluttered.
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