Quote

I would rather be ashes than dust. I would rather my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze, than it should be stifled in dry-rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, with every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. - Jack London 寧化飛灰,不作浮塵。 寧投熊熊烈火,光盡而滅;不伴寂寂朽木,默默同腐。 寧為耀目流星,迸發萬仗光芒;不羨永恒星體,悠悠沉睡終古。 - Chris Patten, the last Governor of Hong Kong, quoted in Hong Kong Policy Address 1996 (the last address before 1997 handover to China)

Monday, July 13, 2026

Reverse Engineering on AI Prompt on Generating Pictures

This is an AI-generated image I downloaded from Internet. She is a HK-Government figure in a promotional clip.

I have fed into AI-engine (Gemini) and asked for AI-prompt generating it. And this is what I get:

English:
A full-body portrait photograph of a young, stylish East Asian woman with long, wavy, icy-silver-blue hair, styled with intricate crystal and bead-encrusted hairpins. She has a poised, confident expression, seated on a large, textured natural rock in an outdoor courtyard with a weathered stone floor. Both of her bare feet are resting firmly and casually on the flat top surface of the rock, legs slightly apart. She wears an elaborate, avant-garde light blue and silver mini-dress with structured, crystalline shoulder points, an intricate beaded bodice, and a layered, sparkling tulle skirt. Her left hand is resting on the rock behind her, and her right hand is placed casually on her right thigh. While it is a full-body shot, her legs are long and prominent. The background is a modern, minimalist outdoor space with textured, light-colored concrete walls and bare, wispy trees. The lighting is soft, diffused natural daylight, creating a gentle, cool-toned atmosphere that highlights the sparkling details on her dress and hair ornaments. The focus is sharp on her and the rock, with the background softly blurred.

Chinese:

一位年輕、時尚的東亞女性(如韓系偶像風格)的全身肖像照片。她擁有長而彎曲、呈冰藍色的頭髮,並佩戴著精緻的仿水晶和珠珠髮飾。她表情自信且端莊,坐在戶外一個大型且具有紋理的天然岩石上,背景是鋪有石板的庭院。她光著雙腳,姿勢優雅,兩條腿稍稍分開平放在岩石表面上。

她穿著一件極具設計感、天藍色和銀色的前衛迷你禮服。禮服具有結構化的、像水晶一樣尖銳的肩膀設計,精緻的珠飾上身,以及多層、閃閃發光的薄紗裙擺。她的左手撐在身後的岩石上,右手隨意地放在右大腿上。

雖然構圖是全身像,但她的雙腿修長且顯眼。背景是由斑駁的淺色混凝土牆和幾棵光禿、纖細的樹木組成的現代簡約戶外空間。燈光是柔和、散射的自然日光,營造出溫和、冷色調的氛圍,並讓她裙子上的閃光細節和髮飾更加耀眼。


Then I open a new thread, copy the exact prompt and ask them to generate an image for me, this is what I get: