Split Soul: Human and Demon

A dark, cinematic, surreal **Japanese-inspired horror portrait** of a mysterious young adult man, composed in a dramatic vertical close-up. The image shows a striking **split-face composition**: the right half reveals the realistic face of a handsome, intense young man with pale skin, sharp cheekbones, a narrow nose, subtle mustache and beard stubble, and one piercing dark eye staring directly toward the viewer. His expression is calm, cold, serious, and intimidating.

The left half of his face is concealed by a large, ancient **demonic oni mask**, appearing weathered, cracked, aged, and heavily textured. The mask has a terrifying skeletal expression, deep hollow black eye sockets, a broad distorted nose, sharp exposed fangs, and a large curved horn rising upward from the forehead. The horn and mask have rough stone-like textures, scratches, cracks, stains, and distressed details.

The man has long, thick, messy black hair, wildly tangled and windswept around his head, with loose strands extending dramatically into the background. His hand is positioned in the foreground, gripping or holding the lower edge of the demon mask near his mouth, with realistic fingers, visible knuckles, skin texture, and dramatic shadows.

He wears a dark, textured black robe or traditional-inspired garment, partially open at the chest, with a deep **dark crimson-red inner collar or fabric accent** running diagonally along the right side of the composition.

The artwork has an intense **dark fantasy, gothic, samurai, and Japanese ink illustration aesthetic**, combining photorealistic facial anatomy with highly detailed sketchwork, charcoal strokes, ink lines, rough engraving textures, cracked surfaces, and distressed painterly details. The entire image is predominantly monochrome in shades of black, charcoal, gray, and muted ivory, with the **deep crimson red fabric as the only strong color accent**.

Dramatic low-key lighting, strong chiaroscuro, deep shadows, subtle highlights on the eye, nose, fingers, horn, and mask, moody atmospheric contrast. A rough textured gray parchment or concrete-like background with subtle stains, scratches, smoky shadows, and distressed paper grain.

Ultra-detailed, highly intricate, cinematic composition, dark surrealism, psychological horror, ancient Japanese demon symbolism, fine-art portrait, realistic skin texture, detailed hair strands, sharp focus on the visible eye and mask, dramatic contrast, gritty texture, monochromatic color grading, selective deep red accent, haunting atmosphere, vertical 2:3 composition .Preserve the reference image

**Negative prompt:** bright colors, smiling, cheerful expression, clean modern background, soft beauty lighting, cartoon style, low detail, blurry face, extra fingers, deformed hand, symmetrical composition, smooth plastic skin, text, watermark, logo, oversaturated colors.