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Create a cinematic, vertical close-up portrait, with the subject being {argument name="character type" default="A handsome male lead in a Chinese period drama"} He stands in an ancient palace or sect courtyard. He wears an elegant black multi-layered Hanfu, with a dark gray lapel and a white inner collar, the shoulders and cuffs embroidered with delicate gold dragon and cloud patterns. His long, glossy black hair is half-tied into a high ponytail, adorned with a magnificent silver openwork crown inlaid with deep blue gemstones and secured by a horizontal hairpin. The camera is framed from chest to top of head, slightly off-center, his head turned slightly to the right of the viewer, revealing part of his ear and neck. A large, solid matte brown rectangular obscuring block is placed in the center of his face, completely obscuring his features; a smaller, similar blurred/obscuring rectangle is placed on an extra in the background on the right. The background is soft-focused: traditional wooden buildings, a vertical banner with black Chinese calligraphy hanging on the left, soft warm sunlight, and blurred guards or attendants in the background. Adopting a realistic aesthetic reminiscent of period dramas on Douyin, featuring shallow depth of field, dramatic natural lighting, highly detailed fabric textures, a calm black and gold color scheme, 4:5 portrait composition, no modern objects, no subtitles, and no watermark.
Prompt breakdown
Create a cinematic, vertical close-up portrait, with the subject being {argument name="character type" default="A handsome male lead in a Chinese period drama"} He stands in an ancient palace or sect courtyard.
He wears an elegant black multi-layered Hanfu, with a dark gray lapel and a white inner collar, the shoulders and cuffs embroidered with delicate gold dragon and cloud patterns.
His long, glossy black hair is half-tied into a high ponytail, adorned with a magnificent silver openwork crown inlaid with deep blue gemstones and secured by a horizontal hairpin.
The camera is framed from chest to top of head, slightly off-center, his head turned slightly to the right of the viewer, revealing part of his ear and neck.










