Polychrome Carved Wooden Sculpture Portrait

A detailed prompt instructing the model to render a portrait bust as if it were a polychrome carved wooden or resin sculpture. It specifies tool marks, chisel planes, rigid sculpted hair (not realistic), and hardened, painted fabric, photographed under soft museum lighting.

Prompt

SCULPTURE MATERIAL
The subject is carved from painted wood or resin (polychrome sculpture style).

Skin is no longer skin:
It becomes a matte carved surface with visible tool marks, tiny cracks, subtle paint wear, and hardened edges.

Add:
• chisel planes on cheeks and forehead
• carved eyelids and nostrils
• slightly flattened planes instead of soft flesh
• painted but slightly aged coloration

HAIR (CRITICAL — THIS DEFINES THE STYLE)
Hair must NOT look real.

The hair is sculpted:
• carved locks and grooves
• thick grouped strands
• simplified shapes
• visible chisel cuts
• rigid structure
• no flyaways, no softness, no realistic strands

Think: artisan statue hair, not human hair.

CLOTHING
Clothing becomes carved fabric:
• simplified folds
• hardened drapery
• painted texture
• slightly worn edges

COMPOSITION
• chest-up bust
• mounted on a round pedestal base
• centered framing
• neutral studio background
• soft museum lighting
• photographed like an art catalog

AVOID
real skin texture
photoreal pores