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IDENTITY REFERENCE — ABSOLUTE HIGHEST PRIORITY:
Use the newly uploaded photograph as the ONLY source for the person’s identity. Replace the original reference model completely with the person shown in the uploaded photograph.
Preserve the uploaded person’s exact recognizable identity and natural facial anatomy: apparent age, gender presentation, natural skin tone, face shape, forehead, natural hairline, eyebrow shape and spacing, eye shape, eye position and spacing, eye colour, nose bridge, nose length and tip, cheeks, cheekbones, lips, ears, jaw width, jaw angle, chin, moustache, beard outline, beard density and every natural facial proportion.
The final portrait must remain immediately recognizable as the uploaded individual. Do not copy the identity or facial features of the original reference model. Do not blend the uploaded person with another model or create a generic attractive replacement face.
Do not excessively beautify or reshape the person. Do not lighten or darken the skin, enlarge the eyes, sharpen the jawline, change the nose, alter the lips, remove or add facial hair, change the age or modify any natural facial proportions.
If the uploaded photograph uses a different camera angle, reconstruct the same person’s head accurately from the required three-quarter angle. Treat the uploaded person as one consistent three-dimensional character—never invent a different face or inaccurate side profile.
Ignore the uploaded photograph’s original clothes, hairstyle styling, glasses, pose, expression, lighting, camera angle and background. Use the uploaded photograph only for exact identity preservation.
PORTRAIT COMPOSITION:
Create an ultra-realistic vertical 9:16 lifestyle-fashion portrait of the uploaded person standing close to a plain warm beige wall during golden-hour sunlight.
Frame the portrait from slightly above the head to approximately the upper thighs or lower torso. Keep the entire hairstyle, face, neck, shoulders, arms and most of the oversized T-shirt properly visible.
Position the subject near the centre of the frame, slightly toward the right. Leave a small amount of clean wall space above and around the person.
The body should face mostly toward the camera with a slight diagonal turn. Keep both shoulders relaxed and both arms hanging naturally downward beside the body.
Turn the person’s head toward the right side of the frame at a natural three-quarter angle. The subject should look calmly into the distance, slightly above eye level and away from the camera.
Give the person a neutral, thoughtful and quietly confident expression. Keep the lips naturally relaxed and closed. Do not add a smile, angry expression or exaggerated emotion.
Maintain a natural youthful editorial posture without artificial model posing. Do not place the hands near the face, glasses, hair, collar or chest.
HAIRSTYLE:
Give the subject medium-length, thick, naturally voluminous dark hair with a soft messy texture.
Create a relaxed curtain-style or loose side-parted hairstyle with natural strands falling softly across the upper forehead. The top should appear fluffy and lightly tousled, while the sides remain naturally full and gently cover the upper edges of the ears.
The hairstyle must look realistic and naturally grown—not overly styled, wet, spiky, perfectly symmetrical or wig-like.
Preserve the uploaded person’s natural forehead and hairline so the recognizable identity remains accurate. Adapt the hairstyle naturally to the individual’s head shape and facial proportions.
EYEGLASSES:
Add large round-to-soft-oval eyeglasses with thin dark-brown or black metal frames.
Use completely clear, transparent prescription lenses so the person’s real eyes, eyebrows and facial identity remain clearly visible. Add only subtle realistic sunlight reflections on the glass.
Fit the glasses accurately to the uploaded person’s face. The bridge must sit naturally on the nose, and both temples must rest properly above the ears.
Both lenses must remain correctly aligned with the face perspective. Do not make the glasses crooked, floating, warped, oversized or asymmetrical. Do not turn them into sunglasses or dark lenses.
CLOTHING:
Dress the person in a relaxed oversized dusty-blue short-sleeve crew-neck T-shirt.
Use a soft, heavyweight cotton fabric with natural folds, realistic seams and a slightly loose streetwear fit. The sleeves should reach close to the elbows, and the body of the shirt should hang naturally without appearing tight.
Place a small retro yellow chest graphic on the wearer’s left chest, appearing on the right side from the viewer’s perspective. The graphic should read exactly:
“TROY
CO”
Use chunky retro yellow lettering with a thin dark outline. Keep the chest graphic small and secondary—it must not dominate the portrait.
Add a simple thin silver chain necklace around the neck. The chain should hang naturally over the blue T-shirt without a pendant.
Do not add a jacket, hat, earrings, watch, bracelets, additional jewellery or other accessories.
LIGHTING:
Use strong, warm, late-afternoon golden-hour sunlight entering from the upper-right side of the frame.
The sunlight should fall across the front and right side of the person’s face, neck, T-shirt and arms, producing a warm golden glow and realistic skin highlights.
Create dramatic hard-edged architectural shadows across the beige wall. Include a large dark diagonal shadow shape moving across the upper-left corner of the background.
Cast a clear but naturally softened silhouette of the person’s head and hair onto the wall behind the left side of the subject.
Add a narrow horizontal or slightly diagonal shadow band passing across the lower jaw, neck and upper chest area. The shadow must look like it was created by sunlight passing through a window or architectural opening.
Keep the face sufficiently illuminated and clearly recognizable. Do not allow harsh shadows to completely hide the eyes, nose, lips or important facial features.
Use realistic contrast between bright golden sunlight and deep warm-grey shadows. The lighting should feel naturally captured in-camera—not like artificial studio lighting or digital effects.
BACKGROUND:
Use a simple, clean, slightly textured warm beige or cream plaster wall.
The background must remain minimalist and uncluttered with no furniture, decorations, windows, plants, scenery or additional objects.
Only the person’s natural cast shadow and the bold diagonal architectural sunlight-shadow patterns should appear on the wall.
Use muted warm beige, golden tan and soft charcoal-grey tones in the background. Do not use an outdoor landscape, colourful backdrop, gradient background or black studio background.
COLOUR PALETTE:
Use a warm cinematic palette consisting of:
• Dusty blue for the oversized T-shirt
• Warm beige and cream for the wall
• Golden amber sunlight
• Deep warm charcoal shadows
• Natural and accurate skin tone
• Dark brown or black hair
• Small muted-yellow chest typography
• Subtle silver for the chain necklace
Keep the colours refined, slightly muted and naturally cinematic. Do not oversaturate the blue shirt, yellow graphic or golden lighting.
PHOTOGRAPHIC STYLE:
Create the appearance of an authentic premium lifestyle and youth-fashion editorial photograph.
Use realistic human skin with visible natural pores, subtle imperfections and accurate texture. Preserve individual eyebrow hairs, eyelashes, facial hair, lip texture and fine hair strands.
Simulate professional photography captured using an 85mm portrait lens at approximately f/2.0, with sharp focus on the face and eyeglasses and a gently softened background.
Use realistic depth of field, natural dynamic range, slightly soft highlight roll-off, crisp facial details and subtle fine film grain.
The result should feel like a modern cinematic social-media fashion portrait captured during real golden-hour sunlight.
The final image must look genuinely photographed—not painted, illustrated, digitally drawn, heavily retouched, computer-generated or AI-created.
OUTPUT REQUIREMENTS:
Create a vertical 9:16 portrait at 2160 × 3840 pixels with ultra-realistic detail, premium editorial quality, professional sharpness and 8K-level clarity.
Show EXACTLY ONE person.
The entire head and hairstyle must remain inside the frame. Do not crop the top of the hair, chin, shoulders or arms unnaturally.
Do not add any large text, captions, titles, logos, watermarks, borders, frames or signatures. The only permitted text is the small “TROY CO” chest graphic described above.
NEGATIVE INSTRUCTIONS:
Different identity, reference-model face, generic attractive face, identity mixing, face-swapping artifacts, inaccurate three-quarter profile, changed facial proportions, changed age, changed gender, altered skin tone, skin whitening, skin darkening, excessively beautified face, enlarged eyes, sharpened artificial jawline, modified nose, modified lips, incorrect ears, added beard, removed beard, changed moustache, plastic skin, waxy skin, excessive skin smoothing, beauty filter, distorted anatomy, asymmetrical face, duplicate person, extra person, extra face, extra head, extra arms, extra hands, malformed fingers, raised hands, crossed arms, hand touching the collar, dark sunglasses, tinted lenses, hidden eyes, crooked glasses, floating glasses, warped frames, bald head, extremely short hair, long hair, wet hair, spiky hair, wig-like hair, tight T-shirt, different shirt colour, jacket, hoodie, formal clothes, additional accessories, cluttered background, outdoor landscape, black background, coloured studio lights, neon lighting, soft flat lighting, overexposed face, face completely covered by shadow, blurry face, low resolution, excessive noise, extreme film grain, oversaturated colours, cartoon, anime, painting, illustration, digital art, CGI or 3D-rendered appearance.Copy the complete prompt and use your own reference photos where requested.
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