The Exact Butter Fisheye ChatGPT Prompt (Copy + Paste)

Upload one selfie and turn it into a sky-high vintage photo with butter-yellow shades, a heart cloud, and curved editorial text.

A plain selfie can become a full Instagram post in one prompt.

This prompt keeps your real face, moves you into a bright blue sky, adds butter-yellow shades, and builds the curved fisheye text style right into the photo. I made the full prompt free so you can copy it and try it today.

What you need

Start with one clear photo of your face. Use a photo with good light. Your face should not be covered. The photo is only there to help ChatGPT keep you looking like you.

Open a new ChatGPT chat and attach your selfie. Then paste the full prompt below. Do not shorten it. The long list is what keeps the face, hand, sky, light, hair, text, and safe zones working toward the same result.

The full butter fisheye prompt

Copy everything inside this box:

CREATE ONE EXTREMELY REALISTIC VERTICAL 9:16 OUTDOOR SELFIE OF THE PERSON IN THE UPLOADED PHOTO.

The uploaded selfie is a STRICT IDENTITY REFERENCE ONLY.

Use it to preserve the EXACT SAME REAL PERSON. Everything else must follow the specifications below.

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IDENTITY
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IDENTITY IS THE #1 PRIORITY.

The finished image must immediately and unmistakably look like the exact real person in the uploaded selfie.

Preserve their real:
• face shape
• forehead and hairline
• eyebrow shape and placement
• eye shape, size, spacing, and placement
• nose shape and proportions
• lips and mouth proportions
• cheeks and cheekbones
• jaw and chin
• skin tone and undertone
• natural facial asymmetry
• approximate age
• distinctive facial characteristics
• general natural hair coloring

Do NOT copy the reference selfie’s pose, expression, hairstyle, clothing, background, framing, camera angle, or lighting.

Do not beautify them into another person.
Do not create a generic AI face.
Do not reshape the nose, lips, eyes, jaw, cheeks, or forehead.
Do not de-age them.
Do not excessively smooth their skin.

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FORMAT + COMPOSITION
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Generate EXACTLY ONE finished image.

True vertical 9:16 composition.

Final resolution:
1080 × 1920 pixels.

Make this an EXTREMELY SKY-HEAVY low-angle selfie.

Approximately 86–90% of the composition should visually read as vivid blue sky and open negative space.

Confine the person to the VERY BOTTOM of the image.

Do NOT center the person vertically.

Do NOT enlarge the person to fill the tall canvas.

Show only:
• hair and bun
• face
• neck if at all
• very tops of shoulders if any
• at most a tiny hint of the tank top

The extra vertical space belongs ABOVE the subject as sky.

The image should look like the person noticed something interesting in the sky, held the camera low, tilted it dramatically upward, and quickly took a spontaneous selfie.

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INSTAGRAM + TIKTOK TEXT SAFE ZONE
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ALL ON-IMAGE TEXT MUST REMAIN COMPLETELY INSIDE A CONSERVATIVE SHARED INSTAGRAM REELS, INSTAGRAM STORIES, AND TIKTOK SAFE ZONE.

On the 1080 × 1920 canvas, keep the ENTIRE typography composition inside this exact region:

• no closer than 8% from the LEFT edge
• no closer than 22% from the RIGHT edge
• no closer than 15% from the TOP edge
• no closer than 36% from the BOTTOM edge

Approximate pixel boundaries:

• left boundary: x = 86 pixels
• right boundary: x = 842 pixels
• top boundary: y = 288 pixels
• bottom boundary: y = 1229 pixels

In proportional terms, every part of the typography must remain between:

• x = 8% and x = 78% of the canvas width
• y = 15% and y = 64% of the canvas height

THIS SAFE ZONE IS ABSOLUTE.

Every:
• letter
• number
• punctuation mark
• serif
• italic flourish
• ascender
• descender
• curved baseline
• enlarged central letter
• warped outer edge
• fisheye bulge

must remain completely inside this safe zone.

Do not allow the fisheye distortion to push any portion of any letter outside the safe zone.

Keep the entire rightmost 22% of the image free from text so TikTok and Instagram interface buttons cannot cover it.

Keep the entire bottom 36% free from text so captions, account information, call-to-action buttons, and platform controls cannot cover it.

Keep the entire top 15% free from text so profile information and top interface controls cannot cover it.

If the supplied quote is long:
• use additional lines
• adjust line breaks
• reduce the overall type size slightly
• tighten the editorial composition carefully
• increase the internal margins before applying the fisheye warp

Do NOT:
• crop text
• abbreviate text
• remove text
• push text outside the safe zone
• sacrifice readability for oversized typography

Complete text visibility is more important than maximum text size.

The safe-zone restriction applies to the typography. Preserve the extreme sky-heavy subject composition described elsewhere.

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CAMERA + VINTAGE PHOTO LOOK
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Use a low handheld selfie perspective from approximately upper-chest height, angled sharply upward toward the person and sky.

Use a slightly wide field of view without distorting the person’s facial identity.

Make the finished image feel like a vintage disposable-camera snapshot mixed with an imperfect older consumer-camera/selfie aesthetic.

It should NOT look like a professional DSLR portrait.

Add subtle:
• fine film grain
• slight color noise
• mild analog softness
• imperfect sharpness
• slightly warm film rendering
• subtle highlight blooming
• occasional crushed shadows
• clipped bright highlights
• slight lens haze
• imperfect exposure
• mild compression/scanned-photo texture
• tiny optical imperfections

Keep these effects realistic and subtle.

NO fake film border.
NO timestamp.
NO fake scratches.
NO heavy sepia.
NO obvious vintage filter.

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HAIR
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Give the person a very aesthetic, intentionally effortless:

HALF-UP, HALF-DOWN hairstyle.

This is NOT a full bun.

Approximately the upper half of the hair is gathered into a HIGH, LARGE, VERY MESSY, VERY LOOSE BUN near the crown/top of the head.

The remaining half stays DOWN.

The bun must be:
• large
• loose
• airy
• imperfect
• asymmetrical
• casually twisted
• slightly collapsing
• textured
• messy
• full of escaping pieces

NO slick bun.
NO ballerina bun.
NO neat top knot.
NO perfectly round bun.

Leave LOTS of hair down around and behind the head.

Most importantly, leave MANY loose face-framing pieces.

Include:
• highlighted pieces around both temples
• long pieces beside the sunglasses
• strands falling toward the cheeks
• loose pieces over or near the forehead
• tiny flyaways around the hairline
• escaped strands around the bun

Add a gentle natural breeze.

Several front pieces and flyaways should visibly blow sideways or across the face.

Keep the wind subtle and realistic.

Respect the person’s natural overall hair color while adding flattering dimensional sun-kissed highlights:
• beige
• honey
• warm dimensional pieces
• brighter face-framing highlights

Do not make the highlights stripey.

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SUNGLASSES
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Add chunky BUTTER-YELLOW sunglasses.

Use thick pale creamy-yellow acetate frames with dark lenses.

Shape:
• stylish
• vintage-inspired
• slightly oversized
• softly oval/rectangular
• substantial frame

The sunglasses completely cover the eyes.

Do NOT lower them down the nose.

Include realistic reflections and bright sunlight glare in the dark lenses.

The butter-yellow frames should become one of the signature visual elements.

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EXPRESSION
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Relaxed closed-mouth expression.

Soft neutral lips.

No teeth.
No exaggerated smile.
No duck face.
No dramatic modeling expression.

The person looks naturally toward the camera through the sunglasses.

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POINTING HAND
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The subject raises ONE hand beside their head and POINTS UP AT THE SKY with the index finger.

The pointing gesture should feel casual.

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ABSOLUTE LEFT-SIDE HAND PLACEMENT
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THE POINTING HAND MUST APPEAR ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE FINAL IMAGE FROM THE VIEWER’S PERSPECTIVE.

IMAGE-LEFT IS REQUIRED.

This means:
• the hand appears to the LEFT of the person’s head in the finished image
• the raised index finger appears on the LEFT side of the canvas
• the arm enters from the lower-left area
• the hand remains beside the left side of the visible composition
• the hand must NEVER appear on the viewer’s right side

Use the subject’s RIGHT hand and render it on the VIEWER’S LEFT side of the final image.

Do not mirror the hand placement.

Viewer orientation controls placement.

Regardless of selfie-camera mirroring conventions, the finished image must visibly show the pointing hand on the LEFT side of the image.

Do NOT:
• place the pointing hand on image-right
• place the hand to the right of the person’s head
• mirror the final composition
• switch the hand to the opposite side
• center the hand directly above the person’s face

Leave a small amount of blue-sky breathing room between the hand and the extreme left canvas edge.

Do not crop the pointing finger or any visible portion of the hand.

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HAND HEIGHT + GESTURE
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Keep the hand LOW.

The knuckles/base of the hand should sit approximately beside the upper side of the head on the VIEWER’S LEFT.

The pointing fingertip should reach approximately to the height of the messy bun or only slightly above it.

Do NOT extend the hand far upward toward the heart cloud.

There must be lots of blue sky between the fingertip and the cloud.

The BACK OF THE HAND faces the camera.

The palm should NOT face the camera.

The index finger extends upward.

The other fingers naturally curl inward.

The pointing index fingernail must face the camera and be clearly visible.

Hand anatomy must be completely realistic.

Exactly five fingers.
No extra fingers.
No fused fingers.
No malformed joints.
No duplicated fingertips.
No disappearing fingers.
No twisted wrist.

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NAILS
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All visible nails are sophisticated ARMY-GREEN CHROME.

Think metallic muted olive/army green with a reflective chrome finish.

NOT emerald.
NOT lime.
NOT teal.
NOT black.

Shape:

SKINNY ALMOND-OVAL.

The nails should be:
• narrow
• elegant
• tapered
• softly pointed
• almond/oval hybrid
• moderately long

NOT square.
NOT coffin.
NOT bulky acrylics.
NOT extreme stilettos.

The pointing index nail is especially visible.

Harsh sunlight should create a metallic highlight across the army-green chrome polish.

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RINGS
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Add approximately 3–5 mixed warm GOLD rings to the pointing hand.

Combine:
• chunky gold bands
• thin stacking bands
• subtle textured rings
• small signet-inspired pieces
• delicate gold rings

The styling should feel casually collected and mismatched.

Mix chunky and dainty pieces.

Do not put a ring on every finger.

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CLOTHING + JEWELRY
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The person wears a simple BUTTER-YELLOW tank top.

Because of the extreme crop, show very little clothing.

Only a tiny strap/top-edge hint should be visible if necessary.

Do not extend the composition downward just to show clothing.

If necklaces are visible, use subtle layered delicate warm-gold chains.

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EXTREME SUNLIGHT
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LIGHTING IS CRITICAL.

Create BRUTALLY HARSH DIRECT LATE-AFTERNOON SUNLIGHT.

The person is essentially FACING INTO THE SUN.

The actual sun remains OUTSIDE THE FRAME.

DO NOT show the sun itself.

Instead, communicate its intensity through extremely strong direct illumination.

The sunlight blasts across:
• forehead
• nose
• cheeks
• lips
• sunglasses
• top of head
• messy bun
• loose highlighted hair
• flyaways
• pointing hand
• gold rings
• chrome nail

The forehead and crown should have partially CLIPPED highlights.

Individual highlighted hairs and flyaways should glow intensely.

The sunglasses should contain bright specular glare/reflections.

The rings should catch tiny gold highlights.

The chrome nail should catch a strong metallic reflection.

This should look almost slightly overexposed because the person is facing directly into intense sunlight.

NO studio lighting.
NO beauty lighting.
NO ring light.
NO soft cloudy illumination.
NO evenly lit AI portrait.

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SKIN
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Make the skin look flattering but unmistakably REAL.

Preserve:
• pores
• freckles if present
• natural pigmentation
• fine lines
• realistic texture
• natural tonal variation
• realistic under-eye structure
• subtle shine
• tiny imperfections

Direct sunlight can make the skin glow, but do NOT airbrush it.

No plastic skin.
No waxy skin.
No porcelain smoothing.
No beauty-filter appearance.

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SKY + CLOUDS
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Create a vivid, rich, believable BLUE SKY filling almost the entire image.

Include scattered natural white clouds with LOTS of open blue negative space.

Cloud placement should feel random and meteorologically plausible.

Use different sizes and densities.

Do not make the sky look like a digital backdrop.

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HEART CLOUD
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Include ONE naturally occurring cloud in the UPPER-MIDDLE portion of the sky that unmistakably RESEMBLES A HEART.

Place it high enough that it remains clearly separated from:
• the pointing fingertip
• the messy bun
• the main typography block

The heart cloud is a key visual element.

It should be recognizable immediately but still look like a REAL CLOUD.

Use:
• imperfect fluffy edges
• uneven heart lobes
• wispy areas
• irregular atmospheric texture
• slight asymmetry

It should look like someone genuinely looked up and thought:

“Wait, that cloud looks like a heart.”

NOT a perfect graphic heart.
NOT clip art.
NOT CGI.
NOT a symbol pasted into the sky.

The pointing finger on the LEFT side of the image visually directs attention toward the heart cloud while remaining far below it.

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REALISM + IMPERFECTIONS
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The image should feel spontaneous rather than staged.

Include subtle real-photo imperfections:
• asymmetrical messy bun
• random escaping hairs
• slight wind movement
• a few hairs crossing the face
• imperfect cloud placement
• slightly awkward low selfie angle
• film grain
• minor softness
• clipped sunlight
• mild lens haze
• imperfect exposure
• slightly inconsistent sharpness
• slight motion softness in individual hairs

Do NOT make the image clinically perfect.

It should feel like an imperfect real photograph that happened to turn out exceptionally aesthetic.

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ON-IMAGE TEXT
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Add the EXACT text supplied after “TEXT:” at the bottom of this prompt.

Reproduce it WORD-FOR-WORD.

Do not:
• rewrite it
• correct it
• paraphrase it
• add words
• remove words
• repeat words
• change punctuation

Bake the text permanently into the photograph.

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TEXT STYLE
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Use warm BUTTER-YELLOW typography that visually coordinates with the sunglasses.

Use an elegant HIGH-FASHION VINTAGE EDITORIAL SERIF.

The typography should have:
• dramatic thick/thin strokes
• narrow elegant letterforms
• oversized editorial proportions
• selective italic words or phrases
• irregular line widths
• varying line sizes
• tightly art-directed composition

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TRUE TWO-DIMENSIONAL FISHEYE TYPOGRAPHY
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Apply a TRUE TWO-DIMENSIONAL RADIAL FISHEYE-LENS DISTORTION to the ENTIRE typography composition.

This must look like the complete text block is being viewed through the rounded center of a real ultra-wide fisheye camera lens.

This is NOT ordinary curved text.

Do NOT create only:
• one curved baseline
• a simple upward arch
• a simple downward arch
• a rainbow-shaped layout
• a single horizontal bend
• a single vertical bend
• flat text with curved lines
• identical curves on every line
• text arranged along one arc

The distortion must occur simultaneously across BOTH AXES:

• horizontal curvature
• vertical curvature
• diagonal curvature
• radial center enlargement
• edge compression
• corner recession
• spherical convex projection
• multidirectional optical warping

Treat the complete typography composition as ONE unified rectangular text surface being projected outward through the center of a rounded glass fisheye lens.

The CENTER of the full typography field should appear:
• enlarged
• closer to the viewer
• pushed outward
• visibly magnified
• slightly wider
• slightly taller
• convex
• optically dominant

The OUTER EDGES should appear:
• smaller
• compressed
• pulled backward
• curved away from the viewer
• progressively narrower
• increasingly distorted toward the corners

Create genuine RADIAL distortion extending outward from one central optical point.

The left, right, top, and bottom edges of the full text composition must all bend and recede around the enlarged central area.

The text block must curve in multiple directions at the same time:

• upper lines curve upward and backward
• lower lines curve downward and backward
• left-side letters curve toward and around the left edge
• right-side letters curve toward and around the right edge
• central words bulge forward
• outer words become progressively compressed
• all four corners recede
• diagonal areas bend toward their nearest corners

The baselines must NOT all curve in the same direction.

Each line should follow a different portion of the spherical projection based on its position inside the overall typography field.

Lines above the optical center should bow differently from lines below it.

Letters to the left of the optical center should warp differently from letters to the right.

The upper-left, upper-right, lower-left, and lower-right portions must each visibly recede in their own direction.

Letters near the center may become:
• larger
• wider
• taller
• more open
• slightly stretched outward

Letters near the outer edges may become:
• smaller
• narrower
• compressed
• subtly angled away
• optically pulled toward the surrounding corners

Allow subtle deformation within the letterforms themselves so the typography feels projected through curved glass rather than merely arranged along curved paths.

The complete text composition should resemble:
• typography photographed through a true circular fisheye lens
• a convex glass bubble
• text wrapped over the front of a rounded globe
• a spherical vintage magazine-print distortion
• an ultra-wide lens enlarging the center while compressing every outer edge

The typography must visibly curve:
• left to right
• top to bottom
• diagonally toward all four corners
• radially outward from the central optical point

The distortion must have a clearly enlarged convex center and visibly receding edges on every side.

This is a FULL RADIAL FISHEYE BULGE.

It is NOT a one-direction curve.

It is NOT a simple arch.

It is NOT text placed on a circular path.

It is NOT several lines bending identically.

It is NOT a flat text block with one curved baseline.

The overall effect should feel intentional, editorial, strange, nostalgic, high-fashion, and optically real.

Keep every word readable.

Do not distort individual letters so aggressively that spelling becomes unclear.

The fisheye effect must remain immediately visible while preserving complete readability.

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FISHEYE SAFE-ZONE CONTROL
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The complete warped typography must remain entirely inside the defined Instagram and TikTok text safe zone.

This includes:
• every letter
• every serif
• every italic flourish
• every punctuation mark
• every ascender
• every descender
• every enlarged central character
• every compressed edge character
• all warped corners
• the full spherical bulge

If the radial fisheye warp risks crossing the safe-zone boundaries:

1. Start with a smaller unwarped text block.
2. Increase blank internal padding around all four sides.
3. Keep extra padding especially on the right and bottom.
4. Apply the full two-dimensional radial warp.
5. Scale the entire finished warped composition down as one unit until it fits.

Do NOT flatten the fisheye effect to make it fit.

Do NOT convert the warp into a simple curve.

Preserve the genuine two-axis spherical distortion while reducing the overall typography size enough to remain safe.

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TEXT PLACEMENT
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Place the typography entirely within the INSTAGRAM + TIKTOK TEXT SAFE ZONE defined above.

Position it primarily across the open middle-sky area.

The typography may occupy a substantial portion of the safe sky area, but it must remain completely inside:

• x = 18% to 68% of the canvas width
• y = 25% to 64% of the canvas height

Keep the typography away from the right-side interface-control area.

Keep it well above the bottom caption and call-to-action area.

Do NOT cover:
• face
• sunglasses
• pointing hand
• pointing finger
• army-green nail
• gold rings

Keep visible blue negative space around the typography.

No text box.
No outline.
No drop shadow.
No glow.
No gradient.
No background panel.

Do not add any text except what I provide.

The entire warped text composition must be fully readable before aesthetic distortion is considered successful.

If necessary:
• reduce the typography size
• use more lines
• tighten the line spacing carefully
• reposition the optical center
• increase the unwarped text margins

Never allow text to be:
• cropped
• cut off
• hidden behind platform controls
• pushed into the right-side UI area
• pushed into the bottom caption area
• pushed into the top profile area
• warped beyond the defined safe-zone boundaries

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ABSOLUTE DO-NOT LIST
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DO NOT:
• change the person’s identity
• create a generic attractive AI face
• overly smooth the skin
• use a full bun
• make the bun neat
• remove the hair-down portion
• remove the loose front pieces
• remove the windblown flyaways
• change the butter-yellow sunglasses
• expose the eyes above the sunglasses
• place the pointing hand on the RIGHT side of the image
• mirror the hand onto image-right
• center the pointing hand above the face
• make the hand too high
• extend the arm toward the heart cloud
• show the palm toward the camera
• hide the pointing fingernail
• change the army-green chrome nails
• use square or coffin nails
• remove the gold rings
• create malformed hands
• create extra fingers
• create a perfect graphic heart cloud
• show the actual sun
• use soft lighting
• center the subject vertically
• fill the frame with the person
• add unnecessary torso
• reduce the massive amount of sky
• make the image professionally polished
• make the typography flat and ordinary
• use a simple one-direction curve
• curve every line in the same direction
• create only an arched text layout
• create only a rainbow-shaped text layout
• apply distortion on only the horizontal axis
• apply distortion on only the vertical axis
• keep the center and outer edges the same size
• fake fisheye typography using only curved baselines
• place text on one circular path
• use identical curvature across every line
• omit the radial center enlargement
• omit the edge compression
• omit the four-corner recession
• allow the radial distortion to push letters outside the safe zone
• place any text outside the specified safe zone
• place text in the rightmost 22% of the image
• place text in the bottom 36% of the image
• place text in the top 15% of the image
• crop any letters or punctuation
• add UI elements
• add Instagram or Edits interfaces
• add TikTok interfaces
• add buttons
• add captions
• add usernames
• add logos
• add watermarks
• add borders

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FINAL RESULT
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ONE clean vertical 9:16 photograph at 1080 × 1920 pixels.

Exact person from uploaded selfie.
Massive vivid blue sky.
Person confined to bottom.
Half-up half-down highlighted hair.
Huge high loose messy bun.
Lots of front pieces and flyaways.
Gentle wind.
Butter-yellow sunglasses.
Low pointing hand clearly positioned on the VIEWER’S LEFT side.
Hand located to the left of the person’s head.
Back of hand facing camera.
Army-green chrome skinny almond-oval nails.
Mixed chunky and dainty gold rings.
Naturally occurring-looking Heart-shaped cloud high in sky.
Extremely harsh direct sunlight.
Vintage disposable-camera grain and imperfection.
True two-dimensional radial fisheye typography.
Spherical convex center bulge.
Simultaneous horizontal, vertical, and diagonal curvature.
Magnified center.
Compressed outer edges.
Receding corners.
Different curvature across different lines.
All text fully centered and contained inside the shared Instagram and TikTok safe zone.
No text behind platform interface areas.
No cropped letters.
No interface or watermark.

TEXT:
unfortunately for my haters, I will keep posting with the unfazed audacity of a below average man who just caught a mediocre fish

If the first image is close, but not right

Do not start over right away. Ask ChatGPT to fix one thing at a time.

If the face changed, say:

Fix only the identity. Match the uploaded selfie more closely. Keep the pose, sky, hand, hair, sunglasses, light, quote, and layout unchanged.

If the hand lands on the wrong side, say:

Move the pointing hand to the viewer's left side. Keep it low beside the head. Change nothing else.

If the quote is clipped or sits under the app buttons, say:

Scale the complete warped text block down. Keep every letter inside the safe zone. Keep the right 22%, top 15%, and bottom 36% free from text. Change nothing else.

If you see black lens corners, say:

Remove the black fisheye rim and every dark lens corner. Extend the blue sky naturally to all four corners. Change nothing else.

Small fixes work better because they tell ChatGPT what to keep.

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