# Main Character: turn a portrait into cinematic key art

Cast someone as the hero of an original cinematic world while keeping their face, personality, and signature details recognizable.

## Prompt

```text
Use case: identity-preserve
Input images: the attached image: a portrait or full-body photo of one adult person
Primary request: Reimagine the person in the attached image as the lead character in an original {{genre}} cinematic world set in {{world}}.
Identity: preserve the recognizable face, skin tone, hair, expression, proportions, and defining outfit cues. Keep any signature object from the source legible and adapt it naturally to the new world.
Scene direction: make the person feel aspirational and story-rich, supported by environmental details that imply a larger adventure. Add {{signature_effect}} as a restrained visual motif.
Composition/framing: vertical 4:5 movie-poster composition, heroic eye-level or subtly low perspective, subject immediately readable at feed size, strong depth and a clean focal hierarchy.
Style/medium: polished cinematic realism with an original production design, realistic skin and fabric, atmospheric depth, and a cohesive premium color grade.
Lighting/mood: dramatic motivated light suited to {{mood}}.
Constraints: no title or captions; no logos or watermarks; no existing franchise, celebrity, copyrighted character, or living-artist style; no unrelated figures dominating the frame.
```

## Examples

### Solar City Courier

Source image: https://picoprompt.app/examples/main-cyclist-source.png  
Result: https://picoprompt.app/examples/main-cyclist-output.png

### Glasshouse Guardian

Source image: https://picoprompt.app/examples/main-gardener-source.png  
Result: https://picoprompt.app/examples/main-gardener-output.png

Category: Image  
Author: @picoprompt (official)  
Model: Image model with editing support  
Canonical URL: https://picoprompt.app/p/main-character