Are you curious how to turn your simple selfies into high-fashion modeling photos—without ever stepping into a studio?
Welcome to the future of modeling.
In this blog, I’ll show you exactly how I use ChatGPT + AI Image Generators to create multiple professional modeling images, using just a clear selfie and detailed prompts.
🚀 What You Need:
✅ A clear, close-up selfie
✅ Access to ChatGPT (GPT-4)
✅ An AI image generator (like DALL·E, Leonardo.AI, Ideogram, or MidJourney)
✅ Your imagination + style moodboard
🎯 Why Use ChatGPT Prompts?
ChatGPT allows you to write perfectly detailed prompts that guide image generation AI to give exact poses, lighting, outfit, camera angle, emotion, and even celebrity pairings!
It’s like being your own photographer, stylist, and creative director in one.
🪄 Step-by-Step Tutorial
🧩 Step 1: Open ChatGPT
Head to https://chat.openai.com and start a new conversation.
🖼️ Step 2: Upload a Clear Selfie
Your selfie should:
- Be well-lit
- Have clear facial features
- Show your expression and pose (neutral or confident works best)
✍️ Step 3: Write or Ask for a Prompt
Use ChatGPT to help you write prompts for different modeling styles.
Here are a few real prompt examples I used:
📸 Sample Prompts I Used for Modeling Images
A cinematic Virat Kohli and this image standing together boldly gives off cold vibes.
A cinematic Virat Kohli and this image standing together boldly gives off cold vibes. Wearing black sunglasses, and standing against a bold red gradient background, confidently. The lighting is dramatic and cinematic, emphasizing his facial structure and giving a luxury fashion magazine vibe. Ultra-realistic, high-detail, editorial photography style.8K resolution, symmetrical composition, minimal background elements. 4:3 ratio. Wearing a Brown Herringbone 3-Piece Suit
2. Create a hyper-realistic, ultra-cinematic digital artwork
Create a hyper-realistic, ultra-cinematic digital artwork featuring the exact same face as the uploaded reference (maintain every detail precisely - skin tone, curly hairstyle, beard, mustache, and facial structure).
The subject is surrounded by fierce black birds (eagle-like), their sharp beaks and glowing eyes pointed toward him, creating an intense and dramatic scene. Several large blades are also angled around his face, adding tension and danger. His expression is stern and powerful, with symbolic scar marks on his forehead. Use dark, moody lighting with deep shadows and subtle greenish highlights for a surreal and mythical vibe. The composition should feel like a fantasy movie poster - detailed, dark, and heroic.
Style: 8K detail, photorealistic, mythological drama, fantasy character design
Aspect Ratio: Portrait 4:5
Important: Keep the face 100% identical to the uploaded reference photo (do not alter skin tone, beard, hair texture, or facial shape).
Output:
3. A highly stylized portrait of same person in image with sharp features
A highly stylized portrait of same person in image with sharp features, flawless fair skin, wearing
a black shirt with button open and gold chains and folded sleevs with good forearms muscle,
black sleek sunglasses and standing against a bold beige gradient background, confidently.
The lighting is dramatic and cinematic, emphasizing his facial structure and giving a luxury
fashion magazine vibe.
Ultra-realistic and make it more like italian mafia, make it like he's matching a cigar with vintage
lighter with intimidating expressions high-detail, editorial photography style.
4K resolution, symmetrical composition, minimal background elements.
(optional)👇
️ Tattoo #1 (Forearm - Text, Vertical)
* Characters: 絶不放棄
* Language: Chinese (though possibly intended as Japanese Kanji)
* Translation: “Never give up” or literally “Absolutely not abandon”
* A common motivational phrase often used in both Japanese and Chinese with
slight nuance differences
⚓ Tattoo #2 (Hand/Fingers)
* Anchor on the middle finger: A symbol of grounding, stability, or sometimes travel
and seafaring.
* Solid black band on ring finger: This often represents strength, commitment, or
minimalistic symbolism (some use it as a permanent “ring”).
* Marks on the thumb and near the base of the thumb: Possibly symbolic or
decorative — one on the side looks like tally marks or claw strokes.
* Linework beneath thumb and near the palm: Could be abstract or tribal-inspired.
4. A charismatic realistic villain (Age around 28 years old) in High quality style sits confidently on an ornate, gothic-style throne.
A charismatic realistic villain (Age around 28 years old) in High quality style sits confidently on an ornate, gothic-style throne. He wears a sleek emerald green suit with floral brooches, black gloves, and holds a futuristic silver mask in one hand.
Keep Ratio 9:16
Important: Keep the face 100% identical to the uploaded reference photo (do not alter skin tone, beard, hair texture, or facial shape).
Output:
5. Create a high-quality, photorealistic image of the same subject with sharp facial features.
Create a high-quality, photorealistic image of the same subject with sharp facial features.
He should be wearing a black shirt for a bold, modern look. His expression must be serious and contemplative as he looks down at a burning newspaper he holds.
The atmosphere should be intense and mysterious, with dramatic lighting.
Replace the face with the person from the uploaded photo, ensuring the lighting, skin tone, and perspective are matched realistically.
Output:
6. A young man with an ideal, well-proportioned body is sitting casually in a luxurious yellow Pagani Huayra
A young man with an ideal, well-proportioned body is sitting casually in a luxurious yellow Pagani Huayra parked on the side of a street in Tokyo at night. His hair is cut short, with the front slightly messy, giving an effortless yet stylish impression. He wears a casual Japanese street-style outfit: a dark oversized jacket, a basic black t-shirt. loose-fit pants, clean sneakers, and black sunglasses. There car's front door is wide open. One of his legs is still inside the car, while the other rests on the wet asphalt, creating a laid-back yet stylish pose. His hand rests casually on his knee, and his face is slightly turned toward the camera, with a calm and confident expression staring as if he's in a movie.
The background captures the iconic night atmosphere of Tokyo: colorful neon lights. large digital billboards, shops with Japanese signs, and wet streets reflecting the lights after rain. A few pedestrians walk in the distance, adding an urban vibe while keeping the focus on the main subject.
Aspect ratio: 9:16
Output:
7. Create a high-contrast close-up portrait of the referenced Women.
Close-up portrait of a 21-year-old young women (use attached photo) in the rain, seen in profile, looking into the distance with a melancholic expression. she is wearing a dark baseball cap with a red detail and black over-ear headphones. her heavy dark hair is tousled by the coastal wind, falling leicht ins Gesicht, voller Textur und Bewegung. Raindrops are clearly visible on his skin. The background is a heavily blurred, dark, rainy outdoor scene with visible streaks of falling rain. with 12k resolution
Output:
8. Studio background. A highly stylished portrait of the same 5 men in image with sharp features
Studio background. A highly stylished portrait of the same 5 men in image with sharp features, flawless fair skin well fitted black suites with a black shirt and black pant, small gold chain at naki and black sunglasses and small black watches slightly Unbuttoned at top, against a bold red gradient background confidently. High detail editorial photography 4k. Resolution symmetrical composition minimal background elements 9:16 ratio
9. Use this reference image and create a high-detail cinematic portrait
Use this reference image and create a high-detail cinematic portrait showing the right side of a man's face emerging from ink-black water. Fiery red and deep indigo neon 1,126
lights cast contrasting hues across his soaked skin and tousled hair. Tiny sparks float around like fireflies, giving the scene a mysterious, dreamlike edge
Output:
10. Convert this image into a asthetic 0.6 lens portrait of a boy
Convert this image into a asthetic 0.6 lens portrait of a boy Standing leaning against a wall under a dramatic spotlight in a construction building. with the same face as uploaded image. The boy wears a black denim jaket, red tshirt with black jeans, and and wear a classy sunglass. His hands are in his jeans pokets, and the light is nightmare. creating a ai
Output:
11. A hyper-realistic, ultra-detailed cinematic portrait of a young South Asian man standing in a mysterious, mist-filled ancient forest.
A hyper-realistic, ultra-detailed cinematic portrait of a young South Asian man standing in a mysterious, mist-filled ancient forest. The man has neatly styled short black hair with a low fade on the sides, a trimmed beard, and wears sleek black aviator sunglasses reflecting the soft ambient light. His expression is serious, thoughtful, and confident, slightly looking downward as if in deep contemplation. He is dressed in a sophisticated, tailored black checkered suit jacket layered over a charcoal grey high-neck turtleneck sweater. The suit has fine subtle grid patterns adding elegance to his look. Standing closely behind his left shoulder is a majestic, massive lion with a golden mane blending seamlessly into the man’s silhouette, symbolizing strength and fearlessness. The lion’s face is calm yet piercing, gazing forward with wise, intense amber eyes.
The background shows towering, shadowy pine trees shrouded in thick fog, creating a dramatic, moody atmosphere with soft diffused bluish-grey light filtering through the trees. The ground is covered with damp fallen leaves and faint rays of morning light. The color grading is cinematic with muted earth tones and a touch of warmth highlighting the contours of the lion’s fur and the texture of the man’s clothing. Shallow depth of field ensures the man and the lion are in crisp focus while the background remains softly blurred. Highly realistic textures, 8K resolution, finely detailed skin, hair, and fabric rendering.
Output:
12.An overhead cinematic shot of a young man with a neatly trimmed short beard and styled short hair
An overhead cinematic shot of a young man with a neatly trimmed short beard and styled short hair, wearing a sharp black suit. He is leaning casually against the hood of a sleek black BMW M3 GTR parked on a city street at night. His left hand is in his pocket, and his right hand is holding a lit cigarette close to his face. The man has a fit, gym-toned physique visible through the suit’s tailored fit. Around him, the street is alive with motion blur of cars speeding by and crowds of people walking quickly, creating an atmosphere of urgency and chaos. The lighting is moody and gloomy, with cool tones and soft cinematic highlights. The image is captured in a 35mm film style with shallow depth of field, ensuring the man’s face is in sharp focus while the background is artistically blurred. Aspect ratio 9:16, ultra-high 8K resolution.
Output:
