Echoes of the Rust Age

AI Prompt

{
  "title": "Echoes of the Rust Age",
  "description": "Two survivors navigate a treacherous landscape composed entirely of discarded technology and rusted metal.",
  "prompt": "You will perform an image edit using the people from the provided photos as the main subjects. Preserve their core likeness. Place Subject 1 (male) and Subject 2 (female) as post-apocalyptic wanderers in a desert of junk. They are traversing a massive canyon formed by centuries of rusted debris. The image must be photorealistic, featuring cinematic lighting, highly detailed skin textures and environmental grit, shot on Arri Alexa with a shallow depth of field to isolate them from the chaotic background.",
  "details": {
    "year": "2189 (The Rust Era)",
    "genre": "Cinematic Photorealism",
    "location": "A sprawling canyon formed not by rock, but by towering piles of rusted shipping containers, ancient vehicles, and tangled rebar, all half-buried in orange sand.",
    "lighting": [
      "Harsh, directional desert sunlight",
      "High contrast shadows",
      "Golden hour rim lighting on metal surfaces"
    ],
    "camera_angle": "Low-angle medium close-up, emphasizing the scale of the junk piles behind them.",
    "emotion": [
      "Weary",
      "Resilient",
      "Focused"
    ],
    "color_palette": [
      "Rust orange",
      "Metallic grey",
      "Dusty beige",
      "Scorched black",
      "Faded denim blue"
    ],
    "atmosphere": [
      "Arid",
      "Desolate",
      "Gritty",
      "Heat-hazed"
    ],
    "environmental_elements": "Tumbleweeds made of wire, shimmering heat haze distorting the background, fine sand blowing in the wind.",
    "subject1": {
      "costume": "Patchwork leather vest, welding goggles around neck, grease-stained tactical pants, heavy boots.",
      "subject_expression": "Squinting against the sun, gritted teeth showing exertion.",
      "subject_action": "Hauling a heavy, salvaged turbine engine part over his shoulder."
    },
    "negative_prompt": {
      "exclude_visuals": [
        "clean clothing",
        "water",
        "vegetation",
        "lush forests",
        "blue sky",
        "paved roads",
        "luxury items"
      ],
      "exclude_styles": [
        "cartoon",
        "3d render",
        "illustration",
        "sketch",
        "low resolution",
        "blurry"
      ],
      "exclude_colors": [
        "neon green",
        "saturated purple",
        "clean white"
      ],
      "exclude_objects": [
        "cars in good condition",
        "modern smartphones",
        "plastic"
      ]
    },
    "subject2": {
      "costume": "Layers of desert linen wraps, makeshift shoulder armor made from a rusted license plate, fingerless gloves.",
      "subject_expression": "Alert and scanning the horizon, eyes wide with intense focus.",
      "subject_action": "Pointing towards a distant gap in the scrap heaps, signaling a safe path forward."
    }
  }
}