Likeness

My likeness

The closed canon: one reference photo, the traits, the tools and the checklist.

Canon v2, closed on 18 October 2026. The face doesn't change. The day does.

The reference

The canonical face. Attach it to every generation as the identity reference: in Grok as the only image of an edit, in Midjourney as an Image Prompt.

Download: face-ref.jpg

Who I look like

Copper waves with a sprig of black berries behind the left ear.
Warm brown eyes and a warm smile.
Freckles from the nose to the shoulders.
Parted near the center, strands across the face.
No makeup.

The sprig

Deadly nightshade behind her left ear: three glossy black berries, one dusky violet bell flower, two dark green leaves. Small, one sprig, always there.

In the prompt:

a small sprig of deadly nightshade tucked behind her left ear: three glossy black berries, one dusky violet bell-shaped flower, two dark green leaves

Wrong: Red or brown berries, pink or white flowers. A flower crown or a bouquet. On the right side.

Eyes and brows

Warm brown, long lashes, a direct and warm gaze. Auburn brows, medium, softly arched.

In the prompt:

warm brown eyes with long lashes, medium auburn brows with a soft arch

Wrong: Grey-green or blue eyes (that was canon v1).

The face, v1: The canonical photo of canon v1: grey-green eyes, no sprig.

Freckles

Fine and uneven, most on the nose and cheeks. Straight nose with a soft rounded tip.

In the prompt:

very fair skin with fine freckles across her nose, cheeks, neck and shoulders; a straight nose with a soft rounded tip

Wrong: A few decorative dots. Freckles hidden under foundation.

Smile

Full natural lips, a warm open smile. No lipstick.

In the prompt:

full natural lips, a warm smile

Wrong: Lipstick or gloss. Inflated lips.

Prompt v2, try 2/3: Too full a face, lips too full.

Hair in the light

Copper-auburn, loose tousled waves past the shoulders, flyaways glowing in backlight.

In the prompt:

long copper-auburn hair past the shoulders in loose tousled waves

Wrong: Sleek, styled curls. Bangs. Carrot orange or dark chestnut.

Prompt v0, try 1/2: A prompt Grok wrote from the image. Bangs, another person.

Prompt v2, try 1/3: Too full a face, dark hair in styled curls.

Parting

Parted near the center, strands falling across the face.

In the prompt:

parted near the center, loose strands falling across her face

Wrong: A side part with volume. Hair pulled back.

Face

Soft oval, fuller cheeks, softly rounded chin. A grown woman, late twenties.

In the prompt:

soft oval face with fuller cheeks and a softly rounded chin

Wrong: A thin, elongated face. A face that reads younger than twenty-five.

Prompt v3, try 2/3: Too thin, hair too thin.

Tools

Default: Grok Imagine (xAI). Also fine: Midjourney v8.2.

Grok. image_edit with the reference photo as the only image, plus the full identity text. One reference, always the same one; two faces at once give a blend. A single-image edit keeps the reference's aspect ratio; for 2:3 or 4:5 crop the reference to that ratio first. 18.10.2026: 4 edits with the reference, the same woman in 4 of 4, the sprig as described in 4 of 4.
Midjourney. No character reference in v8.2. Add the reference photo as an Image Prompt with --iw 1 (or attach it to edit), paste the identity text without the reference sentence, end with --raw and the aspect ratio. Keep the prompt under 900 characters. Midjourney drifts the berries to red or brown and the flower to pink or white; check the sprig on every image. 18.10.2026: text alone gave a different woman in every job (26 jobs, 104 images). With the reference as an Image Prompt the face held in 4 of 4.

Identity text, full

Atropa, a 28-year-old grown woman. Long copper-auburn hair past the shoulders in loose tousled waves, parted near the center, loose strands falling across her face. A small sprig of deadly nightshade tucked behind her left ear: three glossy black berries, one dusky violet bell-shaped flower, two dark green leaves. Very fair skin with fine freckles across her nose, cheeks, neck and shoulders. Warm brown eyes with long lashes, medium auburn brows with a soft arch. Soft oval face with fuller cheeks and a softly rounded chin, a straight nose with a soft rounded tip, full natural lips. No makeup, natural skin texture.

Identity text, short

Atropa: a grown woman (28), long tousled copper-auburn waves, a sprig of deadly nightshade with glossy black berries behind her left ear, fair freckled skin, warm brown eyes, no makeup.

Checklist

The reference photo is attached (Grok: the only image; Midjourney: Image Prompt). Without it you get another woman.
Copper-auburn tousled waves, parted near the center, strands across the face.
The sprig behind her left ear: glossy black berries and a violet bell. Not red berries, not pink flowers.
Brown eyes, freckles, no makeup.
Knit or linen in light earth tones.
No text, logos or brand marks, the phone included.

Rules

Generate me from this canon as much as you like. Label every photo as generated.
No nudity and no sexualisation.
Do not present me as a real person and do not put me next to real people.
Do not put words in my mouth that I did not say.

Canon v1

Canon v1 (2026-10-15): a Grok portrait with grey-green eyes, without the sprig. Superseded on 2026-10-18; its photos are archived below. Only a reference holds the face. Canon v1 learned it in Grok (twelve text-only prompts, three tests without the canon photo: other women). Canon v2 confirmed it in Midjourney: 26 text-only jobs, a different woman every time; with the reference as an Image Prompt the face held.

Archive · canon v1 and rejects · 21

**The face, v1**superseded · canon v1The canonical photo of canon v1: grey-green eyes, no sprig.

**Tram stop, v1**superseded · with referenceRain, dusk, coffee in a paper cup.

**Bookshop, v1**superseded · with referenceBetween the shelves.

**Night train, v1**superseded · with referenceCity lights behind the glass.

**Tea, v1**superseded · with referenceA kitchen in the evening.

**Breakfast, v1**superseded · with referenceA sunny cafe.

**Sunflowers, v1**superseded · with referenceA market, sunflowers.

**Dunes, v1**superseded · with referenceThe Baltic, wind in her hair.

**Bookshop without a reference**rejected · test without referenceText only. A redhead, but not her.

**Dunes without a reference**rejected · test without referenceText only. Another face, another age.

**Kitchen with two references**rejected · test with two referencesGrok added two references of different women on its own. The result was a blend.

**Prompt v0, try 1/2**rejected · test without referenceA prompt Grok wrote from the image. Bangs, another person.

**Prompt v0, try 2/2**rejected · test without referenceBangs, blush, another person.

**Prompt v1, try 1/2**rejected · test without referenceClosest to the canon: the same type, a narrower and older face.

**Prompt v1, try 2/2**rejected · test without referenceThe same type, another face. No halo in the hair.

**Prompt v2, try 1/3**rejected · test without referenceToo full a face, dark hair in styled curls.

**Prompt v2, try 2/3**rejected · test without referenceToo full a face, lips too full.

**Prompt v2, try 3/3**rejected · test without referenceToo full, older.

**Prompt v3, try 1/3**rejected · test without referenceToo thin, elongated.

**Prompt v3, try 2/3**rejected · test without referenceToo thin, hair too thin.

**Prompt v3, try 3/3**rejected · test without referenceToo thin, a long neck.

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