Creating a vintage-style “contact sheet”—a grid of multiple photos on one page—is incredibly difficult digitally. In the film days, this was a natural part of the process. Now, trying to stitch together nine different photos while ensuring the lighting, mood, and most importantly, the face, look exactly the same is a massive challenge for creators.
Currently, the retro, grainy black-and-white aesthetic is huge on Instagram. Audiences love the raw, authentic feel of a film contact sheet that shows different sides of a person’s personality. This specific ai prompt is designed to help you achieve that complex, artistic layout in a single generation.
The most critical feature of this gemini prompt is its ability to maintain 100% face consistency across a 3×3 grid. It generates nine distinct poses and expressions—from a playful smile to fake anger—while ensuring the subject looks identical in every frame. Isse aapka portfolio ekdum professional aur versatile lagta hai.
This setup is perfect for:
• Actors needing an expressive digital headshot sheet.
• Creative Instagram grid posts.
• Branding design prompts for personal mood boards.
• Showcasing versatility in a single image.
Using it is very straightforward. First, upload a clear reference photo. Then, paste this nano banana prompt into your generator. The detailed instructions for “dramatic softbox lighting” handle the moody atmosphere automatically. It has become a unique instagram prompt for creators wanting a stand-out vintage vibe.
For more creative layouts, explore our collection of image generation prompts. You can also learn more about the history of the contact sheet in photography to appreciate the style this image prompt replicates. A structured prompt like this makes complex photo grids simple.
Face consistency priority: 100% identical to reference. Ultra-realistic 8K HD grainy, retro-vintage image of a young man (EXACT same face as reference image, maintain identical facial features including same eye shape, nose structure, jawline curve, cheekbones, lip shape, facial expressions, skin tone, and complexion).
Contact-sheet style 3x3 collage in deep black-and-white like third reference: nine close-up poses same man, different expressions – playful smile, thoughtful hand on chin, mock punch toward camera, shh finger on lips, eyebrow raise, exaggerated laugh, fake anger, tired head on hand. Dark sweater, dark backdrop, consistent dramatic softbox lighting. “Digitaload Prompt” small in one corner.
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