Soft Aesthetic Portrait Collage in Maroon Ethnic Wear

Use the uploaded user photo as the **only source of identity** for the person. Preserve the user's recognizable facial identity exactly: facial structure, proportions, forehead, eyebrows, eye shape, nose, lips, jawline, cheeks, chin, skin tone, natural skin texture, hairline, and distinctive facial characteristics. Do not make the person resemble the reference subject's identity, and do not beautify, feminize, masculinize, age, slim, reshape, or otherwise alter the user's identity. The user's original facial expression, gaze, and head position must NOT be copied; use the reference image only for expression, gaze, pose, styling, composition, and environment.
Recreate the reference as a vertically oriented **4:5 photographic collage/portrait editorial**, preserving the same multi-image arrangement and visual hierarchy. The collage consists of five overlapping views of the same person, all using the user's identity, arranged into one cohesive warm-toned composition.
**Main central portrait:** occupy most of the frame with a large waist-up/medium close-up portrait. The subject faces generally toward the camera with her head slightly tilted and subtly turned, eyes looking directly toward the camera with a calm, gentle, introspective expression and a very soft closed-mouth smile. Long dark hair falls naturally around both sides of the face and over the shoulders, with loose wisps crossing the forehead and cheeks. She wears an elegant deep burgundy/maroon traditional South Asian outfit with intricate antique-gold embroidery around the neckline, chest, and sleeves. Add delicate jewelry, including a fine necklace with a small pendant and subtle earrings. Pose is relaxed and feminine, shoulders naturally angled, posture upright but unforced.
**Upper-left inset:** show a smaller three-quarter/side-profile portrait of the same person, positioned behind and to the left of the central figure. The subject is turned toward screen-right in profile/three-quarter profile, chin slightly lowered, eyes gazing softly downward/right rather than toward the camera, with a serene contemplative expression and closed relaxed lips. Long dark hair drapes over the back and shoulder. She wears the same deep burgundy traditional embroidered outfit and delicate jewelry. Frame this inset with warm cream-colored flowers and foliage, including a large lily-like flower near the upper-left corner.
**Upper-right inset:** create an oversized extreme close-up of the same person's eyes and upper face occupying the upper-right background. The face is partially obscured by a translucent deep maroon/burgundy scarf or dupatta drawn across the lower half of the face. Eyes are open and directed toward the camera with a soft, intimate, slightly mysterious gaze. Loose strands of hair cross the forehead and face. Preserve the user's exact eye shape and facial identity while reproducing this expression and gaze. Place warm cream flowers around the right edge.
**Lower-left inset:** include a cropped extreme close-up of the lower half of the same person's face, emphasizing the nose, cheeks, and relaxed lips. The lips form a subtle natural smile matching the reference, not the user's source-photo expression. Warm golden light falls across the skin, with a few loose strands of hair visible. Keep this section softly blended into the collage rather than sharply separated.
**Lower-right inset:** show the same person seated in a relaxed three-quarter pose. Her torso is angled slightly toward screen-left while her head turns toward the camera/screen-left, with one elbow supported and one hand gently resting against the side of her face/cheek. Her expression is peaceful and softly smiling, eyes gazing toward the camera. She wears the same maroon/burgundy embroidered traditional outfit, with multiple thin gold bangles stacked around the wrist. Long dark hair falls naturally over her shoulders and chest.
Surround the collage with an elegant floral environment: large creamy ivory/peach lily-like flowers, delicate pale dried flowers, green stems and leaves, and softly glowing decorative glass vessels/candle holders in the foreground. Include warm candlelight and subtle floral arrangements near the lower portion. The environment should feel intimate, romantic, refined, nostalgic, and luxurious without looking artificial or overly ornate.
**Lighting:** warm late-afternoon/golden-hour illumination mixed with soft candlelight, predominantly amber, honey, caramel, cream, and deep burgundy tones. Use gentle directional light from the front/side, soft highlights on the skin and hair, delicate shadows, luminous skin texture, and subtle rim lighting on strands of hair. Maintain natural skin texture rather than plastic retouching. Flowers should catch warm highlights while remaining softly diffused in the background.
**Camera and optics:** realistic high-end editorial portrait photography, approximately 50–85mm portrait-lens perspective for the main portrait and natural close-up perspective for the inset images. Eye-level camera for the central portrait, with intimate close camera distances for the extreme close-ups. Shallow depth of field, creamy natural bokeh, realistic optical falloff, finely resolved eyes and hair, softly blurred background elements, subtle filmic grain, and photographic dynamic range. Avoid fisheye distortion, exaggerated perspective, or synthetic CGI appearance.
**Color and styling:** cohesive warm sepia-golden color grading with rich maroon/burgundy fabric, ivory flowers, muted green foliage, and glowing amber highlights. The embroidery should be intricate but realistic, consisting of fine antique-gold threadwork and small ornamental details. Jewelry should remain delicate and proportional. Hair should look naturally textured, flowing, slightly tousled, and consistent with the user's own hair characteristics while adapting naturally to the reference styling.
**Composition:** preserve the reference's layered collage aesthetic, with the central portrait dominant, the upper-left profile partially behind it, the giant upper-right eye close-up forming the background, the lower-left mouth close-up partially cropped, and the lower-right seated portrait anchored near the bottom-right. Allow subtle overlaps between portraits and flowers so the separate views feel intentionally composited into one editorial artwork. Maintain the same approximate crop, subject scale, negative space, flower placement, and visual balance as the reference rather than producing five unrelated portraits.
**Identity/expression priority:** USER PHOTO = identity only. REFERENCE = expression, emotion, gaze, head orientation, body pose, clothing, composition, environment, lighting, and photographic style. Every occurrence of the person must unmistakably retain the user's identity, while adopting the exact emotional behavior and poses described above. Do not copy any facial identity from the reference. Do not use the user's source-photo smile, gaze, expression, or head angle. Create a polished, photorealistic, cohesive South Asian fashion/editorial portrait collage with authentic skin, realistic anatomy, natural hands and fingers, physically plausible fabric, flowers, jewelry, lighting, and photographic depth.

Copy the complete prompt and use your own reference photos where requested.