Image generation prompt — Proof of Humanity ≠ Worse Craft Still

Campaign: meta
Piece: Proof of Humanity ≠ Worse Craft Still (Craft vs Costume)
Generated at: 2026-07-21T20:32:09-07:00
Tool: image_gen (OpenAI gpt-image-2-high via Hermes)
Aspect ratio: 1:1
Output image: hero.png
Content-ready pack: ops/content-ready/20260722-proof-of-humanity-worse-craft-still-craft-vs-costume-as-singular-object.md

Prompt (verbatim — regenerate with this exact text)

Photoreal hard split-frame still, square 1:1 composition, one continuous desk surface divided left/right with a sharp vertical seam. LEFT HALF (craft / punished polish): warm cream paper with a clean professional longform paragraph in careful black serif type under a generic composite craft byline such as "A. Craft · Advisor" — no real names of public figures; over the clean text a loud round rubber-stamp style badge in harsh red or black reading exactly "looks AI" — tribunal energy, clean care punished as machine; orderly desk light, careful craft mood smashed by the badge. RIGHT HALF (costume / rewarded damage): the same paragraph text visibly mangled — all lowercase, missing punctuation, planted misspellings and awkward spacing — printed on similar paper; a cheap glossy sticker or temporary badge reading exactly "proof of humanity" stuck over the mess like authenticity theater; slightly messier desk edge, intentional craft self-sabotage sold as real. Documentary product/editorial photography, shallow depth of field, high contrast on the two short badge phrases so they are legible, no QR codes, no signup forms, no dual key fobs, no matchboxes, no rate sheets, no hold slips, no trophies, no stamp walls, no sleeves, no video-call chrome, no notetaker UI, no real detector brand logos, no company logos. The visual contradiction is the subject: clean craft with "looks AI" smashed against mangled costume with "proof of humanity."

Scene contract (agent notes — not for the human front page)

Must show: singular split still; left clean longform + craft byline + looks AI badge; right same paragraph mangled + proof of humanity sticker
Must be legible if present: looks AI; proof of humanity; short generic byline only (not a real public figure)
Must not show: named experts (Pangram/Spero/Hart/Murray/etc.), real detector-vendor logos, Dual Key fob/sleeve, matchbox, SUPERSEDED rate sheet, blank hold-slip + red pen, stamp wall, Zero-Person trophy, Meet≠Record room chrome, product screens as tour, QR/signup, Meta Platforms news collage
Style: photoreal split editorial / desk still
Regenerate? only if badge type is unreadable, left/right roles swap meaning, real logos/faces appear, or banned prior-cycle objects appear as the hero

Tool result

Status: generated
Saved path: hero.png
Notes: 1024x1024 square via gpt-image-2-high; hard L/R split — left clean craft + “looks AI” badge; right mangled paragraph + “proof of humanity” sticker; human should confirm badge legibility before post.