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Free Cinematic AI Image Prompts

Copy-paste prompts used to create my retro sci-fi, uncanny, and analog-horror images.

Below is the exact JSON prompt used to generate this image

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{
  "generation_request": {
    "meta": {
      "prompt_type": "cinematic_artifact_macro_with_explorer",
      "version": "v3.0_90s_scifi_tomb"
    },

    "explorer": {
      "identity": "the same man in every image",
      "role": "lone explorer discovering lost 90s sci-fi technology",
      "appearance": "slightly dirty, modern clothing, tense expression",
      "position": "in the background, partially out of focus",
      "action": "holding a flashlight aimed at the artifact",
      "continuity": "must look like the same person across all images"
    },

    "artifact": {
      "name": "[REPLACE: Terminator skull, Predator lens, Alien tracker, Robocop visor, etc]",
      "material": "[REPLACE: chrome, steel, cracked glass, yellowed plastic, biomechanical alloy]",
      "surface_details": "micro scratches, dirt in seams, corrosion, fingerprints, wear from decades",
      "special_features": "[REPLACE: glowing eye, flickering LED, cracked lens, serial numbers, blood stains]"
    },

    "scene": {
      "description": "An extreme close-up of a forgotten 1980s–1990s sci-fi relic resting on a moss-covered stone slab, as if just uncovered inside an ancient underground ruin. The artifact dominates the foreground while the explorer is visible behind it, blurred, frozen in shock as his flashlight cuts through the darkness."
    },

    "setting": {
      "surface": "moss-covered stone altar or cracked ruin slab",
      "background": "collapsed underground tomb with fog, broken stone walls, and distant shadows",
      "atmosphere": "ancient ruin mixed with abandoned sci-fi bunker"
    },

    "lighting": {
      "style": "low-key cinematic discovery lighting",
      "key_light": "the explorer’s flashlight grazing across the artifact",
      "rim_light": "cold rim light separating the object from the dark",
      "volumetric_fog": true,
      "glow_interaction": "artifact lights softly illuminate nearby stone"
    },

    "camera": {
      "shot_type": "extreme macro foreground with cinematic depth",
      "lens": "100mm macro cinema lens",
      "aperture": "f/2.8",
      "depth_of_field": "razor sharp on the relic, explorer heavily blurred",
      "focus": "on scratches, edges, and surface imperfections"
    },

    "render_style": {
      "realism": "hyper-photorealistic",
      "cinema": "high-budget sci-fi discovery scene",
      "resolution": "8K micro-detail",
      "color_grade": "cool shadows, warm flashlight highlights",
      "film_grain": "subtle analog texture"
    },

    "mood_keywords": [
      "discovery",
      "danger",
      "forgotten technology",
      "90s sci-fi",
      "ancient tomb",
      "artifact",
      "cinematic"
    ]
  }
}

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