Soft Natural
Approachable, relaxed, window-lit portrait.
natural skin texturesoft window lightminimal stylingsubtle film grain
Build this lookPromptPaper Field Guide 01
Build better AI portrait prompts from a visual menu.
PromptPaper helps you turn portrait choices - style, pose, crop, lighting, camera feel, and realism details - into a polished GPT Image 2 prompt.
Start with a look, adjust one choice at a time, then copy your prompt.
A portrait prompt is a photo-shoot brief.
Most people ask for "a realistic portrait." PromptPaper helps you describe the actual shoot: who the subject is, how they are styled, how they are lit, what camera the image feels like, and what realism details should be preserved.
See how the guide breaks this downVague Prompt
Make a realistic portrait.
Directed Prompt
4:5 vertical waist-up portrait, soft natural style, relaxed pose near a window, natural skin texture, 85mm lens, soft daylight...
The Free Guide
The Portrait Prompting Menu
A beginner-friendly field guide to creating realistic AI portraits with GPT Image 2.
The guide shows the 10 portrait choices that change the final image: style, subject, face direction, skin/grooming/hair, wardrobe, pose, crop, setting, lighting, and camera feel.
10 Portrait Choices
The visual menu behind better prompts.
Six Core Styles
Soft Natural, Luxury Glam, Street Candid, Cinematic, Phone Realism, High-Fashion.
Prompt Recipes
Copy-ready structures for realistic portraits.
Fixes
What to change when skin looks plastic, lighting is flat, or the style feels generic.
The Studio
Turn the menu into a prompt.
Pick a preset, then adjust the portrait choices: crop, style, subject, face direction, skin, hair, wardrobe, pose, lighting, and camera feel. PromptPaper compiles your choices into a structured prompt brief.
Left
Start with a look
Soft Natural
Luxury Glam
Street Candid
CinematicCenter
Build a better portrait prompt
Portrait StyleSoft Natural
Subject DirectionClearly adult woman
Face DirectionSoft balanced
LightingSoft window
Camera Feel85mm portrait
Right
Your Prompt Brief
4:5 vertical photorealistic waist-up editorial portrait, soft natural style, natural skin texture, soft window light, 85mm lens, subtle film grain...
Copy Prompt
Start with a look
Choose a portrait direction.
Each look opens the Studio with a different starting point. You can adjust the details later.
Luxury Glam
Polished beauty-campaign portrait with controlled light.
dewy skinsleek hairstudio beauty lightclean backdrop
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Street Candid
Urban, relaxed, documentary-style portrait.
35mm feelnatural daylightimperfect framingrealistic motion
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Cinematic
Moody portrait with atmosphere, shadow, and story.
rim lightdeep shadowsmuted color gradenight exterior
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Phone Realism
Casual snapshot that feels less staged.
phone-camera feelmild graincasual posereal room light
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High-Fashion
Editorial portrait with structure, pose, and negative space.
structured wardrobesculptural poseclean studiocontrolled light
Build this lookStep 1
Pick a look
Start with Soft Natural, Luxury Glam, Street Candid, Cinematic, Phone Realism, or High-Fashion.
Step 2
Adjust the choices
Fine-tune crop, subject, face direction, skin, hair, wardrobe, pose, lighting, and camera feel.
Step 3
Copy the prompt
Use the compiled prompt brief in GPT Image 2 or save it for a future photo pack.
Coming Next
Want the full photo pack made for you?
PromptPaper is testing AI portrait photo packs: upload reference photos, choose a look, and receive a curated set of realistic portraits.
The Studio helps you build the prompt. Photo packs will help you get the finished images.
FAQ
Questions before you build.
What is PromptPaper?
PromptPaper is a guided prompt builder and field guide system for creating realistic AI portraits. Instead of starting from a blank prompt box, you choose a portrait direction and PromptPaper compiles the choices into a structured prompt brief.
Is the guide free?
Yes. The Portrait Prompting Menu is free to download and share.
Do I need to know photography?
No. The guide explains the key choices in plain language: style, pose, crop, lighting, camera feel, and realism details.
Does PromptPaper generate images?
The current Studio helps you build better prompts. We are also testing AI photo packs, where PromptPaper will help create finished portrait sets from reference photos.
What are photo packs?
Photo packs are curated sets of AI-generated portraits for a specific use case, such as headshots, creator portraits, graduation photos, or social profile images.
Can I use this with GPT Image 2?
Yes. The prompts are written for GPT Image 2-style portrait generation.
Are subjects clearly adult?
Yes. PromptPaper's portrait system is designed around clearly adult subjects and tasteful portrait styling.
Will there be guides for other categories?
Yes. Portraits are Field Guide 01. Future guides may cover product photography, campaign images, posters, and other image categories.
Ready to Build?
Start with a look. Leave with a prompt.
Open the Portrait Studio, choose a style, and copy a structured prompt brief in minutes.
Choose the photo shoot. Copy the prompt.
The guide teaches the menu. The Studio turns the menu into a prompt brief.