Prompt:
highly detailed and unsettling portrait of a man's face, consumed by the concept of time and information overload. The man is wearing a crisp, old-fashioned, dark suit and tie, contrasting sharply with the chaotic elements on his skin. The paper of the face should appear cracked, dry, and partially peeled away. The peeled areas reveal layers of decaying, yellowed vintage newspaper clippings and intricate brass clockwork gears beneath, suggesting his identity is built from outdated information and mechanical time. Avoid any realistic gore or blood; the disturbance should come from the unnatural material substitution. His eyes are hyper-realistic and unsettlingly wide open, gazing directly at the viewer with a look of quiet, desperate anxiety or madness. One eye has a small, non-functional clock face embedded directly into the lens of his glasses. Gothic surrealism meets steampunk horror. The lighting is low-key, dramatic, and moody—primarily deep shadows with a harsh, single-point lighting source illuminating only the face and the clockwork details. The color palette is muted and monochromatic, dominated by sepia tones, oxidized brass, and deep blacks. The overall mood is intensely oppressive and fearful. Medium-close-up shot, focusing sharply on the face. Use a very shallow depth of field (low aperture) to blur the background into an abstract, swirling pattern of dark, out-of-focus clock faces and gears. Negative Prompts: Remove clutter, remove neon signs, bars, bright colors, street signs, overt modern objects, text that is easily readable or humorous, unnecessary background elements, and excessive full-body newspaper clippings. No fully exposed flesh. No bright light sources.
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