Surreal Fashion Editorial

Fashion · Fashion · Editorial

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Studio figure with oversized prop·Nano Banana Pro
Colour set, held pose·Nano Banana Pro
Wide spread crop·Nano Banana Pro
Detail of fabric and light·Seedream 4.5
Two figures, mirrored·Seedream 4.5

Recipe

The examples above were generated with Nano Banana Pro and Seedream 4.5. The recipes below are written for GPT Image and Midjourney, so treat the settings as a starting point rather than the exact run.

A description in plain sentences. This is the version to start with, and it works on any current image model. Settings below are the ones we used on GPT Image; treat them as a starting point.

The recipe is the style, not the picture. Put your own subject in and the highlighted part of the prompt changes.

Prompt

A surreal fashion editorial photograph. A model in a sculptural cream coat stands against a flat terracotta backdrop holding an oversized folded paper object, pose held and unnatural, face calm. One large soft key from the left and a hard rim from behind, controlled shadow on the backdrop. Palette limited to terracotta, cream and a single deep green accent. Shot on medium format, clean retouching, magazine crop with room at the top.

The prompt gets you close. Feed one of the examples in as a style reference for the rest. Download the images

Use the examples as a reference

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Send the example as an input image to the images.edits endpoint alongside the prompt, or attach it in ChatGPT. It follows composition closely, so describe your subject firmly or it will copy the example.

Settings on GPT Image

Size
1024 x 1365
Quality
High
Background
Opaque
Output
PNG

Tips

  • 1One strange element only. Two competing ideas kills the image.
  • 2Say the pose is held and the face is calm, otherwise you get movement and a smile.
  • 3Leaving room at the top makes it read as a magazine page.

Things to try

Scale error

an ordinary object rendered at four times its size

Wind machine

fabric held mid air, hard flash freezing it

Monochrome set

model, clothing and backdrop all in the same hue

Mirror double

two identical figures posed symmetrically

Daylight location

the same idea outdoors in flat overcast light

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