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palmflame. A real 35mm film photograph with natural skin texture and fine grain, shot on location at night. Inside an old, dilapidated wooden dojo with cracked plaster walls and dusty floorboards, an oni demon kneels on the floor and looks down at his hands with a fierce scowl. He is clearly not human: his skin is deep crimson red all over his face, neck and hands, with a rough, leathery texture, and he has two thick ivory horns growing from his forehead, small pointed tusks at the corners of his mouth, heavy brows, and black hair tied in a topknot. It looks like a real creature photographed on set, with practical prosthetic-quality detail. He wears a plain, solid dark navy kimono and hakama of clean, heavy cotton, with no pattern, prints, stains or marks on the fabric. A katana in its black scabbard lies on the floor beside him. He holds both open hands together in front of his chest, and a bright blue flame floats just above his palms. The dojo is dark, and the blue flame is the light source: his face is lit cold blue from below, with blue light on his chin, cheekbones, brow and horns, and blue light on his palms and the front of his kimono. Only a faint amber glow comes through the paper shoji window behind him. Shot from a three-quarter angle, the camera off to one side and slightly above him, so he is turned partly away from the lens rather than facing it straight on. Full body. The ambient scene is dark.