My two cents: the techniques OP uses are absolutely valid, but I've found much more success "sampling" styles and poses from existing works.
Rather than trying to perfectly describe my image, I like to use references where the source material has what you want. With minimal direction these prompts get impressively close:
Rather than trying to perfectly describe my image, I like to use references where the source material has what you want. With minimal direction these prompts get impressively close:
"larry bird as a llama, dramatic basketball dunk in a bright arena, low angle action shot, from the movie Madagascar (2005)" https://labs.openai.com/s/wxbIbXa0HRwwGUqQaKSLtzmR
"Michael Jordan as a llama dunking a basketball, Space Jam (1996)" https://labs.openai.com/s/mX4T5Iak8CMO1rPAmjRb7oyH
At this point I'd experiment with more stylized/recognizable references or add a couple "effects" to polish up the results.