Amateur 1998 photo of an artist painting a recursive image of himself painting — Example made with this prompt on Nano Banana 2. AI-generated.

Recursive Painter 1998 Snapshot Prompt

An amateur 1998 photo of an artist painting a picture of himself painting, looping forever.

Nano Banana 2
Text only
4:5
Retro & vintage

Prompt

Amateur photograph from 1998 of a middle-aged artist copying an image by hand from a computer screen to an oil painting on stretched canvas, but the image is itself the photo of the artist painting the recursive image.

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#1998
#recursive
#surreal
#amateur photo

How to use this prompt

01
Open Photo studio
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02
Paste the prompt
Press Use this prompt to open it in Photo studio, or Copy prompt to paste it into Gemini. Replace any words in [square brackets] with your own details.
03
Generate and download
Run it on Nano Banana 2 at 4:5. If the first result is close but not right, change one detail at a time and run it again.

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