ChatGPT 5

Here’s a solid prompt formula you can use to turn a realistic photo into an anime-style portrait — it works well for AI image tools like Midjourney, Leonardo, or Stable Diffusion:

🎨 Anime Portrait Prompt Example

A highly detailed anime-style portrait of [describe person briefly: “a young woman with brown hair and green eyes”], inspired by Japanese animation. The style should resemble Makoto Shinkai or Kyoto Animation — soft lighting, expressive eyes, clean line art, and pastel tones. Keep the pose and facial features similar to the original photo. Background softly blurred, focus on the face, cinematic lighting, 4K resolution, ultra-realistic anime rendering.

🧠 Prompt Structure

You can modify it like this:

[main subject], [anime style keywords], [lighting/mood], [camera or framing], [background details], [quality keywords]

Example:

A young man with short black hair wearing a hoodie, in anime style, inspired by Studio Ghibli and Makoto Shinkai. Soft ambient light, gentle smile, shallow depth of field, bokeh background, ultra-detailed, 4K illustration, clean cel shading.

⚙️ Optional Style Add-ons

• For soft look: pastel tones, watercolor anime, warm lighting
• For cool, digital look: cyberpunk anime, detailed shading, dramatic lighting
• For 90s nostalgia: retro anime style, thick outlines, vibrant flat colors

Would you like me to tailor the prompt to a specific anime style (e.g. Your Name, Attack on Titan, Spy x Family, Studio Ghibli, etc.) or keep it as a general anime aesthetic?

Perfect — if you want a Studio Ghibli-style result, you’ll want to shift the tone from “anime portrait” to “hand-painted cinematic frame.”
Here’s how to rewrite your prompt for that:

🌿 Ghibli-Style Portrait Prompt

A warm, hand-painted Studio Ghibli-style portrait of [describe person briefly: “a young woman with brown hair and green eyes”]. Soft watercolor textures, painterly shading, gentle light from a window, expressive eyes, and natural colors. Background inspired by Ghibli environments — wooden interiors, nature, or softly blurred countryside. Calm, nostalgic atmosphere, 2D anime film aesthetic, cinematic frame, 4K high quality.

🧩 Prompt Formula (for Ghibli tone)

[subject], Ghibli-inspired hand-painted anime style, soft watercolor shading, warm lighting, natural background, nostalgic mood, painterly detail, 2D cel aesthetic

Example:

A young man with messy dark hair wearing a white shirt, Ghibli-inspired hand-painted anime style, soft watercolor tones, warm morning light, sitting near a wooden window, gentle expression, painterly texture, nostalgic mood, cinematic composition.

✨ Tips for Authentic Ghibli Feel

• Color palette: muted greens, warm yellows, and sky blues
• Lighting: soft diffused sunlight or warm interior glow
• Textures: visible brush strokes or watercolor grain
• Mood words to add: whimsical, nostalgic, tranquil, storybook, everyday magic

Would you like me to make a version optimized for a specific tool (e.g., Midjourney v6, Leonardo AI, or Stable Diffusion XL)? Each platform has slightly different syntax and style-boosting keywords.