Explain the Art direction in everyday language
Permission is more useful when a person understands what is being proposed. Describe the Art direction without technical shorthand: a painterly portrait, an editorial color treatment, or a graphic poster style. If you have a mood board, show the overall feel and explain that the result will be AI-created from the selected portrait after a separate in-app confirmation.
Avoid saying only that you are making a fun photo. The style may change how someone is perceived, so clarity matters. Give the person time to ask what the image is for and what they can expect to see. A direct description is kinder and more reliable than trying to secure agreement through a vague message.
Name the audience before asking for an answer
A person might agree to see an Art result privately while declining a public post. Tell them whether you are considering a private gallery, direct messages, a portfolio, a social account, or a website. Naming the audience lets them make a decision about real exposure rather than an abstract idea of sharing.
Include the platform if you know it and explain whether the image could be reposted or viewed by people outside your immediate circle. If the intended audience changes later, ask again. Permission for one channel or a small group should not be stretched into an assumption that every future use is allowed.
Separate permission to create from permission to publish
FocalYou asks for confirmation before each creative upload, but that in-app confirmation is not a substitute for an agreement with the person depicted about public sharing. One choice concerns whether to send the selected portrait for the chosen Art request; another concerns what you will do with any generated image afterward.
Make both choices explicit. Someone can say yes to a private experiment and no to publication, or agree to one image but not another. Treat each answer as meaningful, and do not use a result created for private review as a reason to pressure someone into a public share they did not want.
Offer an easy way to decline or change course
A permission request should make no feel safe. Say that it is fine to decline, revise the idea, keep the image private, or stop the request entirely. This is particularly important where there is a friendship, work relationship, or power difference that could make a person feel they need to agree to be accommodating.
If someone changes their mind after seeing an Art result, honor that decision. Do not publish, remove any draft where possible, and discuss whether they want the image deleted. Generated photos remain private in FocalYou's Gallery until you choose to share them, giving you a practical space to review without creating public exposure first.
Share with an accurate creative caption when approved
When permission includes publication, choose a caption that presents the image honestly as an Art or AI-created portrait where that context matters. Do not imply the image was taken by a photographer, documents a real event, or represents an unedited appearance. The disclosure can be short while still respecting the viewer and the person depicted.
FocalYou provides per-request consent for creative uploads and controls to delete generated content. It does not grant permission to use another person's likeness publicly. The responsible part of sharing remains with the person posting: obtain a clear agreement, preserve the agreed audience and context, and stop if that agreement changes.