AI example of an expressive charcoal portrait of a man on rough paper — Example made with this prompt on Nano Banana 2 from a photo of a fictional person. AI-generated.

Expressive Charcoal Portrait Prompt

A bold, smudgy charcoal portrait with dramatic darks and raw strokes.

Nano Banana 2
1 photo
4:5
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Prompt

Draw the person in the uploaded photo as an expressive charcoal portrait on rough white paper. Keep the person's face and likeness recognisable from the uploaded photo. Bold dark strokes, smudged mid-tones rubbed with fingers, a few sharp highlights lifted with an eraser, loose energetic marks around the edges, charcoal dust on the paper.

Upload one photo. One clear, well-lit photo of yourself, face visible

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#charcoal
#drawing
#expressive
#portrait

How to use this prompt

01
Upload a photo
Upload one photo. One clear, well-lit photo of yourself, face visible
02
Paste the prompt
Press Use this prompt to open it in Photo studio, or Copy prompt to paste it into Gemini. Replace any words in [square brackets] with your own details.
03
Generate and download
Run it on Nano Banana 2 at 4:5. If the first result is close but not right, change one detail at a time and run it again.

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