THE PRACTICAL PROMPT GUIDE

One photo.
Ten different looks.

Real examples created from one reference portrait. Full copy-ready prompts and a simple workflow for your own profile photo.

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10 COMPLETE PROMPTSREAL BEFORE + AFTERSPROFILE-CROP FRIENDLY

Professional LinkedIn

Creative Colour

Editorial Beige

ONE
REFERENCE

START HERE

Your reference
matters.

Original reference photo used for all ten portrait examples — THE ORIGINAL · USED FOR ALL TEN EXAMPLES

All ten examples use this same uploaded photo as the identity reference. Outfits, backgrounds and lighting change between styles.

Choose a clear, well-lit photo with your entire face visible. Avoid beauty filters, sunglasses and heavy shadows.

01
Upload your photo
Start a new image request in ChatGPT and attach your original portrait.
02
Copy one complete prompt
Use the full prompt on any of the next ten styles. Each includes face-preservation instructions.
03
Review, refine and crop
Compare the result with your original. Check facial shape, eyes, nose, beard and skin tone before using a circular crop.

THE STYLE COLLECTION

Pick a direction.
Make it yours.

Each style includes the original reference, a generated example and one complete prompt. Copy it as a starting point for your own profile photo.

STYLE 01

Professional LinkedIn

Square composition with room for a circular profile crop.

AI-GENERATED EXAMPLE

COPY THIS FULL PROMPTUse with your own reference portrait

Use the uploaded photo as the identity reference. Preserve the exact recognizable face, facial proportions, skin tone, age, asymmetry, hairstyle, hairline, beard and distinctive features. Do not beautify, reshape, lighten skin or smooth skin. Preserve his expression and head angle as closely as possible. Photorealistic single-person head-and-shoulders portrait, square 1:1, entire head visible with space for circular profile crop. Sharp eyes, realistic skin. No text, logos, watermark or extra people. Dress him in a well-fitted navy blazer over an ivory crew-neck top. Seamless light-grey studio background, soft balanced studio light, confident natural expression.

STYLE 02

Golden Hour

Square composition with room for a circular profile crop.

AI-GENERATED EXAMPLE

COPY THIS FULL PROMPTUse with your own reference portrait

Use the uploaded photo as the identity reference. Preserve the exact recognizable face, facial proportions, skin tone, age, asymmetry, hairstyle, hairline, beard and distinctive features. Do not beautify, reshape, lighten skin or smooth skin. Preserve his expression and head angle as closely as possible. Photorealistic single-person head-and-shoulders portrait, square 1:1, entire head visible with space for circular profile crop. Sharp eyes, realistic skin. No text, logos, watermark or extra people. Dress him in a plain cream casual shirt. Softly blurred outdoor greenery, golden-hour sunlight providing a warm rim light and soft reflected facial light. Natural skin colour, no orange tint.

STYLE 03

Dark and Moody

Square composition with room for a circular profile crop.

AI-GENERATED EXAMPLE

COPY THIS FULL PROMPTUse with your own reference portrait

Use the uploaded photo as the identity reference. Preserve the exact recognizable face, facial proportions, skin tone, age, asymmetry, hairstyle, hairline, beard and distinctive features. Do not beautify, reshape, lighten skin or smooth skin. Preserve his expression and head angle as closely as possible. Photorealistic single-person head-and-shoulders portrait, square 1:1, entire head visible with space for circular profile crop. Sharp eyes, realistic skin. No text, logos, watermark or extra people. Keep his plain black T-shirt. Deep charcoal studio background, large soft key light at 45 degrees, gentle shadow on opposite cheek, both eyes visible, subtle shoulder edge light, no crushed facial shadows.

STYLE 04

Black and White

Square composition with room for a circular profile crop.

AI-GENERATED EXAMPLE

COPY THIS FULL PROMPTUse with your own reference portrait

Use the uploaded photo as the identity reference. Preserve the exact recognizable face, facial proportions, skin tone, age, asymmetry, hairstyle, hairline, beard and distinctive features. Do not beautify, reshape, lighten skin or smooth skin. Preserve his expression and head angle as closely as possible. Photorealistic single-person head-and-shoulders portrait, square 1:1, entire head visible with space for circular profile crop. Sharp eyes, realistic skin. No text, logos, watermark or extra people. Keep his plain black T-shirt. Classic black-and-white photographic portrait, medium-grey background, large softbox lighting, natural facial contours and skin texture, rich monochrome tones and gentle film grain.

STYLE 05

Creative Colour

Square composition with room for a circular profile crop.

AI-GENERATED EXAMPLE

COPY THIS FULL PROMPTUse with your own reference portrait

Use the uploaded photo as the identity reference. Preserve the exact recognizable face, facial proportions, skin tone, age, asymmetry, hairstyle, hairline, beard and distinctive features. Do not beautify, reshape, lighten skin or smooth skin. Preserve his expression and head angle as closely as possible. Photorealistic single-person head-and-shoulders portrait, square 1:1, entire head visible with space for circular profile crop. Sharp eyes, realistic skin. No text, logos, watermark or extra people. Keep his plain black T-shirt. Solid muted cobalt-blue background, clean neutral facial lighting and subtle cool shoulder rim light, accurate skin tone, strong subject separation and confident relaxed expression.

STYLE 06

Cafe Window

Square composition with room for a circular profile crop.

AI-GENERATED EXAMPLE

COPY THIS FULL PROMPTUse with your own reference portrait

Use the uploaded photo as the identity reference. Preserve the exact recognizable face, facial proportions, skin tone, age, asymmetry, hairstyle, hairline, beard and distinctive features. Do not beautify, reshape, lighten skin or smooth skin. Preserve his expression and head angle as closely as possible. Photorealistic single-person head-and-shoulders portrait, square 1:1, entire head visible with space for circular profile crop. Sharp eyes, realistic skin. No text, logos, watermark or extra people. Dress him in a plain olive casual shirt. Soft daylight from a cafe window, warm blurred wooden cafe interior, subtle coffee-shop ambience. No hands, cups, signs or other people. Neutral light on the face and warm background.

STYLE 07

Coastal Morning

Square composition with room for a circular profile crop.

AI-GENERATED EXAMPLE

COPY THIS FULL PROMPTUse with your own reference portrait

Use the uploaded photo as the identity reference. Preserve the exact recognizable face, facial proportions, skin tone, age, asymmetry, hairstyle, hairline, beard and distinctive features. Do not beautify, reshape, lighten skin or smooth skin. Preserve his expression and head angle as closely as possible. Photorealistic single-person head-and-shoulders portrait, square 1:1, entire head visible with space for circular profile crop. Sharp eyes, realistic skin. No text, logos, watermark or extra people. Dress him in a sand-coloured linen shirt. Softly blurred turquoise sea and pale morning sky behind him, gentle balanced morning daylight. Calm fresh coastal palette, realistic skin texture, no harsh sun or wind-blown hair.

STYLE 08

Night City

Square composition with room for a circular profile crop.

AI-GENERATED EXAMPLE

COPY THIS FULL PROMPTUse with your own reference portrait

Use the uploaded photo as the identity reference. Preserve the exact recognizable face, facial proportions, skin tone, age, asymmetry, hairstyle, hairline, beard and distinctive features. Do not beautify, reshape, lighten skin or smooth skin. Preserve his expression and head angle as closely as possible. Photorealistic single-person head-and-shoulders portrait, square 1:1, entire head visible with space for circular profile crop. Sharp eyes, realistic skin. No text, logos, watermark or extra people. Dress him in a charcoal casual jacket over his black T-shirt. Evening city background with distant amber and blue bokeh lights. Soft neutral illumination on his face, accurate skin colour, cinematic background depth, no neon across the face or readable signage.

STYLE 09

Editorial Beige

Square composition with room for a circular profile crop.

AI-GENERATED EXAMPLE

COPY THIS FULL PROMPTUse with your own reference portrait

Use the uploaded photo as the identity reference. Preserve the exact recognizable face, facial proportions, skin tone, age, asymmetry, hairstyle, hairline, beard and distinctive features. Do not beautify, reshape, lighten skin or smooth skin. Preserve his expression and head angle as closely as possible. Photorealistic single-person head-and-shoulders portrait, square 1:1, entire head visible with space for circular profile crop. Sharp eyes, realistic skin. No text, logos, watermark or extra people. Dress him in a tailored dark-brown overshirt over a cream top. Warm taupe studio background with subtle architectural shadow far behind him. Large soft editorial lighting, elegant earthy palette, natural skin detail, premium magazine portrait.

STYLE 10

Soft Film

Square composition with room for a circular profile crop.

AI-GENERATED EXAMPLE

COPY THIS FULL PROMPTUse with your own reference portrait

Use the uploaded photo as the identity reference. Preserve the exact recognizable face, facial proportions, skin tone, age, asymmetry, hairstyle, hairline, beard and distinctive features. Do not beautify, reshape, lighten skin or smooth skin. Preserve his expression and head angle as closely as possible. Photorealistic single-person head-and-shoulders portrait, square 1:1, entire head visible with space for circular profile crop. Sharp eyes, realistic skin. No text, logos, watermark or extra people. Dress him in a plain muted burgundy crew-neck top. Uncluttered warm-grey wall, soft late-afternoon window light. Restrained 35mm colour film aesthetic with gentle grain, slightly faded colours, soft highlights and sharp eyes. No scratches, date stamps, borders or heavy filters.

KEEP THE ORIGINAL CLOSE

Review the face
before you use it.

Check the generated portrait carefully. If a feature changes, upload the original again and request a focused correction while keeping the selected style.

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AI-generated examples demonstrate possible style directions. Image editing models may change facial details despite preservation instructions.

Your referencematters.

Pick a direction.Make it yours.

Review the facebefore you use it.

Your reference
matters.

Pick a direction.
Make it yours.

Review the face
before you use it.