Ink wash painting portrait

This prompt paints your photo in a traditional East Asian ink wash style with flowing black brush strokes, keeping your face recognisable.

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Turn this photo into a traditional East Asian ink wash painting. Keep my face recognisable.

Flowing black ink brush strokes with soft grey washes, minimal detail, empty space, a small red seal stamp, delicate [PLANT, e.g. bamboo / plum blossom] in the corner, rice paper texture, calm poetic mood.

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Include a short line of calligraphy text only if you can check the characters.

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What you will get

Your photo as a traditional East Asian ink wash painting: flowing black brush strokes, soft grey washes, plenty of empty space, a small red seal stamp, a plant in the corner and a rice paper texture.

Common mistake

Your face disappears into loose brush strokes.

Fix: Use a clear photo with a plain background, and keep “keep my face recognisable” in the prompt.

Other ways it goes wrong

The painting becomes a landscape with a tiny figure. Say “portrait composition, the face and shoulders fill most of the frame”. Ink wash tradition favours landscapes unless you ask otherwise.
So much empty space that the picture looks unfinished. Ask for “empty space on one side only, balanced by the plant”. Controlled space looks deliberate.
A made-up calligraphy line looks real but is not. Follow the tip: leave the characters out unless someone who reads the script can check them. Fake characters are easy to get wrong.

Try a variation: one touch of colour

Ask for “black ink only, except for the red seal and a single pale pink blossom”. One spot of colour makes the ink wash feel designed.

Still not right? Reply with this

Keep the ink wash style, but paint my face with a little more detail so it is clearly me: same eyes, nose and hairstyle.