Afarin Sajedi style reference and prompts

Surreal figurative painting with finely modeled realistic focal detail, matte crimson clothlike planes, translucent pale layering, and wide weathered ivory negative space. Soft frontal-side light gives delicate facial and handlike shadow transitions without drama. Tiny jewel-red accents anchor the spare composition. Subtle scratches and aged wall texture keep the symbolic stillness tactile.

A square surreal figurative painting shows a woman in left-facing profile against a pale aged wall. She wears a deep crimson dress with long sleeves, a red headband, and a translucent white veil that falls from the crown down beyond the lower edge. Her dark hair is mostly hidden. Both hands hold a halved pomegranate near her chest; its rough dark red rind and jewel-like seeds become the strongest small detail in the otherwise spare scene. Her face is finely modeled, eyes lowered toward the fruit, lips closed, and expression inward. A black collar cuts a sharp shape between pale neck and red dress. The wall behind is warm ivory with subtle stains, scratched lines, and faint geometric scoring. The figure occupies the left and center, with a broad open field of pale wall to the right. Light is soft and frontal-side, making the veil translucent and giving cheek and fingers delicate shadows. The red garment has matte folds, while the fruit's seeds catch tiny dark highlights. The composition feels ceremonial, quiet, and slightly uncanny. Its visual power comes from precise realism in face and hands set against weathered blank space and restrained symbolic color.