# GPT Image Hub prompt

## Recursive Artist Painting Himself from Monitor
- URL: https://www.gptimagehub.com/library/recursive-artist-painting-himself-from-monitor
- Generator URL: https://www.gptimagehub.com/generate?promptId=oss-ym-mm-440
- Markdown URL: https://www.gptimagehub.com/api/agent/markdown?path=%2Flibrary%2Frecursive-artist-painting-himself-from-monitor
- Category: Concept Art
- Model: gpt-image-2-5-sunburst
- Aspect ratio: 4:3
- Style: photorealistic
- Tags: recursive, droste effect, 1990s, amateur photography, artist studio, meta art, nostalgia
- Updated: 2026-10-27T23:53:43.098Z
- Created: 2026-10-27T23:53:43.098Z

Generates a vintage 1990s snapshot of an artist hand-painting a recursive image displayed on an old computer screen. Adjust the bracketed year or painting medium to change the era and style.

### Full prompt
```text
An amateur photograph from [1998] showing a middle-aged artist sitting in a studio, manually copying an image from a bulky CRT computer monitor onto an oil painting on stretched canvas. The image displayed on the monitor is a photograph of the artist in the exact same pose painting the identical recursive image, creating an infinite Droste effect. Authentic late-90s amateur snapshot aesthetics, direct flash, slight film grain, candid composition.
```