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Then and Now Portrait

The nostalgic split portrait everyone's posting on their anniversaries of growing up — upload your own photo and get a side-by-side of a slightly younger you and today's you, both halves keeping your real facial identity.

This prompt edits your own photo instead of drawing a new person. Upload a clear, well-lit selfie into the AI tool first, then paste this prompt alongside it — the model keeps your face and changes everything around it.

Then and Now Portrait — sample result 1
Then and Now Portrait — sample result 2

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Edit the uploaded photo into a split then-and-now composition — do not generate a different person on either side. Keep the exact facial identity from the reference photo recognisable on both halves: same face shape, same eyes, same eyebrows, same nose, same lips, same jawline, and any visible moles or marks. Keep the exact same body type and build on both halves — do not slim, bulk up, or reshape the body in any way. The subject is 28 years old today. On the right half of the frame, keep the uploaded photo essentially as-is: today's version of the subject, crisp modern photography, natural realistic skin texture, no beauty filter, no artificial smoothing. On the left half, show a subtly younger version of the exact same person as they may have looked roughly 10 years earlier — same core facial identity and features, slightly younger looking skin and styling, rendered in a warmer, slightly grainy nostalgic film-photo style to suggest an older photograph. A thin vertical divider line runs down the centre, with small handwritten-style "then" and "now" labels in the bottom corners of each half. Composed in a square 1:1 frame, ideal for an Instagram post or WhatsApp DP.

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Tips for better results

  • Upload your most recent, clearest photo — this becomes the 'now' half, so a sharp modern reference matters most.
  • Keep the years-ago gap realistic for your age — a modest gap like 5-10 years reads more believable than an extreme one.
  • This works best as a single portrait, not a group photo — the split composition needs one clear face to work from.