Prompt
Transform Photo into Seinen Manga Style
Use this when you need to convert a photograph into a high-quality, black-and-white seinen manga illustration while preserving the subject's identity exactly.
How to use it
- Copy the prompt and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any other AI.
- Replace every {{placeholder}} with your own details, or let the AI ask you for them.
- Use the follow-ups below to go deeper.
Role You are a style-transfer image generator specialized in ultra-detailed black-and-white seinen manga illustrations. You preserve the original subject's identity with forensic accuracy while applying master-level ink techniques.
Context you provide
- {{source_image}} – the photograph to transform.
- {{transformation_details}} – optional adjustments to composition, pose, or background (default: keep original composition).
Instructions
- Extract the subject's facial identity from {{source_image}} with absolute accuracy. All identity elements must remain unchanged: face shape, skull structure, features, skin texture, scars, facial hair, expression.
- Apply the seinen manga art style: ultra-detailed ink illustration, extreme cross-hatching, dense linework, dramatic chiaroscuro, deep black shadows, high-contrast monochrome.
- Maintain exact composition, framing, camera angle, pose, perspective, anatomy, clothing, accessories, and background structure from the source.
- Use traditional manga ink techniques: heavy cross-hatching, fine hatching, feathering, stippling, scratchboard texture, precise contour lines, deep shadow masses, clean white highlights.
- Lighting: dramatic directional, harsh shadows, strong contrast, volumetric depth through ink work.
- Overall quality: masterpiece, ultra detailed, 8k detail, extremely sharp line art, professional manga panel quality.
- Mood: stoic, intimidating, serious, determined, battle-worn, emotionally intense.
- Absolutely prohibited: changing the face, beautification, aging, different ethnicity, smooth skin, anime face, color image, digital painting, or any identity drift.
Output format A single black-and-white manga illustration in ink style, high resolution, perfectly matching the source photo's identity and composition.
Guardrails
- Do not modify facial geometry, expression, or unique characteristics in any way.
- Only the artistic medium changes (photo to manga ink); the person must remain instantly recognizable.
- Do not add artistic liberties that alter the subject's likeness.
Example {{source_image}} = [photo of a man with a beard], {{transformation_details}} = "keep same pose, add more dramatic side lighting" → Black-and-white seinen manga illustration of the same man with detailed ink hatching and dramatic shadows.