Dreamy Birthday Portrait Collage

Use the uploaded user photo as the **ONLY identity reference** for the main human subject. Preserve the user’s exact recognizable identity with maximum fidelity: facial structure, face shape, forehead, eyebrows, natural eye shape, nose, lips, mouth proportions, cheekbones, jawline, chin, skin tone, natural skin texture, hairline, hair characteristics, and all distinctive facial features. Do not replace, redesign, beautify, slim, age, de-age, masculinize, feminize, or reinterpret the identity. The reference image controls the scene, expression, pose, clothing, composition, lighting, and visual style only; the user’s face must remain unmistakably their own.
Recreate the reference as a **vertical cinematic birthday portrait collage**, approximately **9:16 aspect ratio**, with a dreamy, soft, elegant photographic aesthetic. The composition features the same woman appearing in multiple photographic frames layered over a large atmospheric monochrome background portrait. Recreate this multi-exposure collage structure precisely while replacing every instance of the reference person with the user’s identity.
BACKGROUND: Fill the entire canvas with a large, softly blurred, monochrome/low-saturation close-up portrait of the same user, occupying most of the background. The background face is enlarged and partially obscured by haze and the foreground collage elements, creating a double-exposure/memory-like effect. Keep the background portrait subtle, low contrast, misty, and slightly desaturated, with soft gray-white tones and delicate photographic texture. Add faint abstract light leaks, translucent bokeh, cloudy white haze, and soft blurred circular highlights around the edges. The atmosphere should feel dreamy, nostalgic, feminine, elegant, and celebratory rather than dramatic.
MAIN FOREGROUND SUBJECT: Place a large full-body/three-quarter-length portrait of the user in the lower center, extending from approximately the middle of the composition toward the bottom edge. The user stands naturally and faces generally toward the camera but with the **head turned slightly toward screen-left**, following the reference. Her expression is calm, thoughtful, gentle, and slightly introspective rather than smiling broadly. Her eyes look toward **screen-left**, away from the camera, matching the reference gaze. Preserve the exact reference head rotation, chin position, neck angle, eye direction, eyelid openness, eyebrow position, and mouth expression, but apply them to the user’s own face and identity.
MAIN POSE: Recreate the reference standing posture: shoulders relaxed, torso upright, body facing mostly forward, arms lowered naturally, both hands positioned around the front of the waist/skirt area. One hand rests naturally over the gathered sari fabric while the other overlaps nearby, producing a graceful traditional portrait pose. Keep fingers, wrists, elbows, shoulders, and body anatomy natural and realistic. The lower body extends downward with the flowing garment visible into the lower portion of the frame. Do not invent an exaggerated fashion pose.
THREE SECONDARY PHOTO FRAMES: Surround the central composition with three smaller vertical photographic frames of the same user wearing the same outfit. Place one narrow rectangular image on the **upper-left**, one taller central image directly behind/above the main foreground subject, and one narrow rectangular image on the **upper-right**. Each frame should have a very thin pale/white border and appear slightly floating or tilted over the atmospheric background.
LEFT FRAME: Show the user looking downward toward her hands, with her head lowered and slightly angled toward screen-right. Her hands gently adjust or hold the flowing sari fabric around the waist. Expression is quiet and introspective. Use a medium-full/full-body crop, with the outdoor greenery softly blurred behind her.
CENTER REAR FRAME: Show the user standing upright and facing the camera more directly, with a calm neutral expression and eyes directed toward the camera. Both hands rest naturally in front around the waist. This is the tallest secondary photograph and should sit behind the large foreground portrait.
RIGHT FRAME: Show the user standing with her head slightly lowered/tilted, eyes looking subtly toward screen-left/forward with a serious, contemplative expression. Arms hang naturally downward, with one hand near the sari fabric. Keep the pose graceful and relaxed.
CLOTHING: Recreate the reference outfit exactly in visual design: a rich **mustard-gold/orange traditional Indian blouse/choli** with fitted three-quarter sleeves and subtle small dotted/embroidered texture, paired with a flowing **white/off-white skirt or lehenga** featuring delicate tonal embroidery/texture. Add a long mustard-gold/orange **dupatta/sari drape** wrapped over the torso and flowing vertically down the front and side, with realistic folds, layered fabric, soft translucency, and natural draping. Include delicate traditional jewelry visible in the reference, such as a small necklace, earrings, bracelets/bangles, and subtle rings/hand accessories, while adapting naturally to the user’s identity.
ENVIRONMENT: The secondary photographs should appear to have been captured outdoors in an elegant historic courtyard or garden setting, with pale stone/cream architecture, large dark arched doorways/windows, green lawn, trees, and softly blurred natural surroundings. Maintain the same outdoor photographic atmosphere and architecture without making the background overly sharp.
LIGHTING: Use soft natural daylight with gentle warm illumination on the mustard-gold clothing and skin. Maintain subtle highlights on the face and fabric while preserving soft shadows. Add a dreamy white haze around the collage edges and mild atmospheric bloom. The overall palette should combine warm mustard/golden yellow, ivory white, muted green, and soft gray monochrome background tones.
COMPOSITION & DEPTH: Preserve the exact layered collage hierarchy: large hazy monochrome face in the background, three bordered vertical photographs floating across the upper/middle area, and one dominant full-length portrait overlapping the lower center. The central foreground subject should be the visual focal point. Create convincing depth through overlapping photographs, soft transparency, atmospheric haze, subtle shadows, and different focus levels. Avoid making the collage look like separate random images; it must feel like one professionally designed birthday portrait composition.
TEXT: Add elegant white typography near the lower-middle/lower portion of the composition reading exactly **“Happy BIRTHDAY”**. “Happy” should appear in a graceful flowing handwritten/script style, positioned above the larger word “BIRTHDAY.” “BIRTHDAY” should use a bold, sophisticated high-fashion serif display font in uppercase, centered horizontally, with clean white lettering. Keep the typography clearly readable without obscuring the subject’s face. Do not add any other words, logos, signatures, watermarks, or random text.
PHOTOGRAPHIC STYLE: Ultra-realistic professional photography, high facial fidelity, natural skin texture, realistic hands and fingers, realistic fabric physics, subtle depth of field, soft cinematic focus, premium editorial birthday portrait, dreamy double exposure, delicate film grain, gentle bloom, refined tonal grading, sophisticated Indian fashion photography, high detail, realistic proportions, seamless compositing, 8K-quality appearance.
CRITICAL IDENTITY/EXPRESSION RULE: The user’s uploaded photo determines **WHO the person is**. The reference determines **HOW the person looks, poses, gazes, and expresses emotion in every collage frame**. Never copy the reference person’s identity or facial features. Never use the user’s original photo expression, gaze, or head pose if it conflicts with the reference. Every appearance of the person throughout the collage must consistently depict the same user with the same recognizable identity.
NEGATIVE INSTRUCTIONS: no identity drift, no face replacement, no reference-person identity, no facial beautification, no altered facial proportions, no plastic skin, no excessive makeup, no unnatural eyes, no wrong gaze direction, no smiling unless required by reference, no distorted hands, no extra fingers, no missing fingers, no duplicated limbs, no warped body, no incorrect clothing, no random accessories, no modern studio background, no harsh lighting, no oversaturated colors, no excessive blur on the main subject, no incorrect typography, no extra text, no watermark, no logo.

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