Hanbok Portraits

The hanbok register

The hanbok lives in a single contrast: the short jeogori jacket against the high, full chima skirt, the colour of one set deliberately against the other. This pack builds three looks on that contrast. The first is a hanok courtyard — a jade-green jeogori over a crimson chima, white over indigo, butter-yellow over persimmon, the long otgoreum ribbon tied at the chest, a norigae pendant at the waist, set against a wooden veranda and hanji paper screens under grey-tiled eaves. The second is a palace look in the Gyeongbokgung manner — dusty-rose, royal-blue and plum jeogori over jade, saffron-gold and ivory chima, beneath painted dancheong eaves and vermilion lacquer columns, regal and composed. The third is a clean studio editorial where the garment is the hero. Three takes each — pose, crop and colourway shift, the hairpiece moving from binyeo to daenggi braid to jokduri coronet — so the nine portraits read like a real shoot.

These are photographs, not paintings. The output is photoreal: your face and your features, dressed and lit like an editorial — the silk jeogori's sheen against the structured matte fall of the chima, the ribbon crisp, the courtyard soft behind you. It borrows the cut of the hanbok, the colour grammar, and the register of a Korean portrait shoot; it does not turn you into a cartoon, an illustration, or a costume sticker.

How to photograph yourself for hanbok portraits

Good input, good portrait.

1. Soft, even lightFace a window with indirect daylight on you. Skip the overhead bulb and hard noon sun — both flatten the face and kill the modelling the pack is built around.
2. Front or three-quarter, at eye levelHold the camera level with your eyes. No selfie up-angle, no looking down — the hanbok register wants you square to the lens.
3. Plain wall behind youLet the pack build the hanok courtyard, the palace colonnade and the clean studio. A clear backdrop means the whole likeness budget goes to your face.
4. Hair off the faceThe hanbok dresses the hairline — a low chignon with a binyeo, a braid with a daenggi. Hair pulled back from your face lets the pack set the ornament cleanly instead of inventing what it can't see.

Frequently asked questions

Is this a real hanbok look or a costume filter?

It's built to read as a genuine portrait — a real silk jeogori with its sheen, the structured fall of the chima, the otgoreum ribbon and norigae crisp, real light. It borrows the cut and register of a Korean portrait shoot; it doesn't claim to reproduce one specific hanbok house's piece.

Can I use these for a profile picture, a card, or a print?

Yes. The portraits are yours to post, print, and send — a holiday card, a framed print, a profile picture, the group chat. Delivered at a resolution that holds up in print.

Will the photos look like me?

Every photo looks like you, well photographed. If one is nearly right, say what to change, in your own words.

Do I have to write a prompt?

No. There is nothing to write: you pick a pack, and it is ready in seconds.

How many photos of myself do I add?

Between six and twenty, from different days and in different light, with your face clear. We check each one when you add it.

What happens to the photos I add?

They are used only to create your model, on our own servers in the European Union. They are not shared and not sold.

When the hanbok pack fits

• A Chuseok or Seollal portrait for the family — without queueing for a studio in the one week everyone wants one.
• The Korea-trip photo you didn't take, or the palace hanbok rental you couldn't fit into the day.
• A wedding or paebaek look, tried on before the event so you know the jeogori-and-chima colour pairing suits you.
• Diaspora users picturing themselves in the dress, from a flat in Los Angeles, London, or Sydney.
• A profile picture with heritage and intent rather than another phone photo.
• A gift for the mother, sister, or friend who would love the look but would never sit for the shoot.

About narcis

Most AI photo tools put every pose, job, era, and style in one giant catalog. The photos all look like every other AI photo on the internet — a glaze over a stock face. Narcis goes the other way. One job: photos of you that look like photographs. You add at least 6 photos of yourself, and we create your AI model from them. Your photos are ready in a few hours, and we email you when they are. Then this pack and every other pack on Narcis can be made with your face. Each pack is curated against real references — paintings, photographers, places — and tested on real faces before it goes live. Built and run by one small team, on our own servers.