A Visual Diary in Photography and Ink — AI Image Prompt Guide

Present the same scene as a photograph and a monochrome ink sketch, using paper texture, negative space and restrained typography to create an art-book page.

English translation of the public case notes.

Transform a reference photograph into a nostalgic art-book page with the photo above and a black-and-white ink drawing of the same scene below. The intended style is a Japanese visual diary, with grain, off-white paper, handwritten notes and generous whitespace. Preserve the subject, pose, expression, clothing and composition before describing the two media regions, paper treatment and layout. The photograph and drawing must show the same scene and characters. Describe the photo, illustration and text areas separately. A numbered title, short caption and small notes can create an editorial feel; the source does not require exact wording. Avoid mismatched faces, deformed lettering, dominant text, heavy paper effects, logos and watermarks. The final layout advice is incomplete. [Source text is truncated.]

Original case notes (Chinese)

🧩 GPT-Image-2｜照片与手绘同页呼吸类型：文生图 / 图像编辑。真正难点在这里：这个案例适合收藏做图生图版式模板：上半保留真实摄影，下半转为同一场景的墨线速写。重点在于把主体一致性、纸张质感、留白和编辑排版同时写清，适合影像日记、人物纪念页和作品集内页。控制逻辑拆开看：类型：图生图输入：一张人物或场景参考照片，最好主体清晰、姿态和表情明确目标：生成一页上半真实摄影、下半黑白墨线速写的怀旧编辑风艺术书页面关键词：照片转手绘 / 垂直双分区 / 日式视觉日记 / 胶片颗粒 / 米白纸纹 / 手写排版 / 负空间重点：先要求保留参考图的主体、姿势、表情、服装和构图，再规定上下两区的媒介差异，最后补充排版、纸张和禁止项，能减少主体漂移。约束：避免上下人物不一致、五官变形、排版喧宾夺主、纸张纹理过重、水印或标志出现。 💡 复刻时抓住三点 • 用“exact same scene and characters”锁定上下两区的一致性。 • 把摄影质感和手绘质感分别成段描述，避免风格混合失控。 • 通过编号标题、短 caption 和小注释指定编辑感，但不要求具体文字内容，… #GPTImage2 #OpenAI #AI绘画 #照片转手绘 #视觉日记 #双分区版式

Full prompts

Chinese prompt

单一提示词：

基于参考图像创建一页怀旧的编辑风照片转手绘艺术书页面。保留原始照片中的相同主体、姿势、面部表情、服装、构图和情绪氛围。将页面垂直分成两个相互连接的部分：上半部分是一张电影感、超写实的照片，具有柔和自然光、细微胶片颗粒、浅景深、真实色彩和亲密的抓拍感；下半部分将完全相同的场景和人物转化为暖调米白色纹理纸上的松散黑白手绘墨线插画，带有富有表现力的不完美线条、粗糙交叉排线、极少阴影和手工速写本美学。在插画周围加入有品位的编辑排版，包括一个小号编号标题、一段简短的诗意手写风说明文字，以及细小的纪实风注释，营造高级当代摄影期刊或日式视觉日记的感觉。保留充足的奶油色负空间、细微纸张纹理、略微不完美的油墨印刷感、克制的复古版式、精致的极简平面设计、情感温暖且电影化、照片与绘图之间过渡统一、高细节、自然比例、真实人体结构、无水印、无标志。

English prompt

Single Prompt:

Create a nostalgic editorial photo-to-sketch artbook page based on the reference image. Preserve the same subjects, pose, facial expressions, clothing, composition, and emotional atmosphere from the original photograph. Divide the page vertically into two connected sections: the upper section is a cinematic, ultra-realistic photograph with soft natural lighting, subtle film grain, shallow depth of field, authentic colors, and an intimate candid feeling; the lower section transforms the exact same scene and characters into a loose black-and-white hand-drawn ink illustration on warm off-white textured paper, with expressive imperfect lines, rough cross-hatching, minimal shading, and a handmade sketchbook aesthetic. Add tasteful editorial typography around the illustration, including a small numbered title, short poetic handwritten-style caption, and tiny documentary-style notes, creating the feeling of a premium contemporary photography journal or Japanese-inspired visual diary. Keep generous cream-colored negative space, subtle paper texture, slightly imperfect ink printing, understated vintage layout, sophisticated minimalist graphic design, emotionally warm and cinematic, cohesive transition between photograph and drawing, high detail, natural proportions, authentic human anatomy, no watermark, no logos.

A Visual Diary in Photography and Ink — AI Image Prompt Guide