Neon-lit street food stall portrait
You at a busy night food stall glowing under neon and steam. Upload a clear photo, paste this prompt into ChatGPT, Gemini or Grok, change the parts in brackets to suit you, and generate.
Part of the Neon city portrait trend
- Written for
- ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok
- You'll need
- A clear photo to upload
- Status
- Tested 20 Oct 2026 in grok-imagine-image-2.0
- Test settings
- Reference photo: an AI-generated picture of a fictional man (not a real person), made in Grok for this test. Uploaded with the default copy text unchanged. Aspect ratio 3:4 (no 4:5 preset). Third result used; the first two had readable stall signs. Resized to 1440x1920 and converted to WebP.
- Variability
- Faces, poses and small details vary between runs; always compare the result with your own photo.
Use the uploaded photo as the reference for the person. Preserve their recognisable face, natural skin tone, hairline and body proportions as closely as the model permits; check the result against the reference. Scene: a futuristic night street-food stall, steam rising from a tawa of sizzling momos, neon tubes in abstract shapes above, no readable words. Pose: holding a plate, mid-bite, smiling at the camera. Clothing: the outfit from the photo. Light: warm stall bulbs mixed with pink and blue neon, steam catching the light. Style: candid cinematic street photo, shallow depth of field, light grain. Format: vertical 4:5 Avoid: readable signs or menus, changing the face or identity, skin lightening, extra fingers, logos, watermarks.
Customise
For example: a tawa of sizzling momos.
For example: holding a plate, mid-bite.
Fields start with illustrative values; replace them with your own facts. The prompt updates as you type. Copy prompt copies your version.
How to use it
- Open an external image tool listed above. The tested model, if any, is named in Status.
- Upload a clear reference photo of the subject. If it includes identifiable people, get their consent and check each face.
- Customise the fields, copy your version, paste it with the photo and generate.
- Compare the result with the reference. If a face, pose or detail changes, ask for one correction or try again; an exact match is not guaranteed.
How to use this prompt
- This prompt changes your own photo. Choose a clear reference photo, and get permission from people who can be identified.
- Upload the photo in the external AI app you chose. Fill Customise, press Copy prompt and paste the prompt with the photo.
- Compare the new picture with the original. Face, hands, clothes and pose can change. An exact likeness is not guaranteed.
Good to know
- Hands holding food can look odd; check fingers and regenerate if needed.
- Use reference photos you have the right to use; get consent from identifiable people.




