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A highly detailed Nano Banana 2 prompt for creating an 8k stylized digital portrait illustration. The prompt mandates strict identity accuracy based on an uploaded image, specifying facial details, hair, outfit (plaid jacket), composition (head-and-shoulders, centered), lighting (soft directional), and a semi-realistic, painterly style with a bold orange background square.

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Create an 8k high-detail stylized digital portrait illustration of a person with a slightly happy, gently uplifted expression, maintaining realistic facial structure and natural imperfections, captured at an eye-level camera angle with the subject looking directly into the camera.
Use the uploaded image as the primary identity reference.
Face Accuracy (Critical)
Match the face with 100% identity accuracy. Preserve exact facial structure, bone anatomy, grooming details, jawline, cheekbones, and forehead proportions.
Subject & Expression:
The person has natural eyes with visible iris details. His face shows noticeable forehead lines. His expression feels subtly warm and introspective, with a faint, relaxed softness around the eyes and a very slight, natural hint of a smile — not exaggerated, just a mild uplift in mood while preserving realism.
Hair:
Natural-length, natural colour hair, slightly naturally messy, with textured strands highlighted in lighter colour tones to add depth and volume.
Outfit:
He wears a dark green and brown plaid (tartan) jacket with a loose, painterly pattern. Underneath is a muted beige/tan button-down shirt with a neatly tucked collar. The clothing should feel grounded, simple, and slightly worn.
Composition & Framing (IMPORTANT):
Head-and-shoulders portrait only (no full body)
Subject perfectly centered in the frame
Shoulders must NOT touch the edges — maintain clean breathing space
Bottom of the artwork should fade into a soft, rough, painterly edge (subtle cut-out feel)
Negative space below the portrait to draw focus upward to the face
Background:
Minimal cream background. Behind the head, place a bold orange square with slightly rough, painterly edges to create contrast and a halo-like framing effect.
Lighting:
Soft directional lighting from the upper left, creating gentle highlights on the forehead, nose bridge, and cheek, with subtle shadows on the opposite side to enhance facial structure and depth.
Style & Rendering:
Semi-realistic illustration blending editorial portrait art and graphic novel style
Strong sketch-like linework with expressive strokes
Visible textured brushwork and painterly shading
Dry brush effects, especially around the shoulders, where the image softly dissolves
Natural skin texture with varied tones (subtle reds, neutral hues, faint bluish undertones for stubble effect)
No beautification — preserve raw realism and imperfections
Quality Tags:
ultra-detailed, 8k high resolution, sharp focus, textured brush strokes, cinematic portrait, centered composition, premium illustration style
Aspect ratio 4:5
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A candid couple photo of the Woman's Look and Man's Look in the Setting, engaged in the Activity. Render it as the Camera Type, with soft focus, smeared facial detail, color noise, dim uneven indoor light and low-resolution compression. Use awkward webcam framing from a desk-level angle, with a slight tilt and casually cropped shoulders or arms. Include the Era Props naturally in the booth. The couple should look genuinely close and relaxed, with real skin, messy everyday hair and no heavy retouching. Use Face Reference for the matching faces when applicable. Make it feel like an unedited early-2000s personal photo from an old Facebook album or MSN chat, not a modern image with a retro filter. No date stamp, text, watermark, modern electronics or current fashion. Output in the Format.

Use these details:
Woman's Look: "{argument name="woman's look" default="Young woman in her early 20s with straight black hair, a casual graphic T-shirt and a loose zip hoodie"}"
Man's Look: "{argument name="man's look" default="Young man in his early 20s with a thin mustache, tousled hair and a worn casual sweatshirt"}"
Setting: "{argument name="setting" default="A cramped internet cafe booth with a laminate desk, worn carpet, beige walls and bulky CRT monitors"}"
Activity: "{argument name="activity" default="Leaning close together and looking into the webcam during an online chat"}"
Camera Type: "{argument name="camera type" default="Low-resolution built-in webcam capture from a chunky desktop computer"}"
Era Props: [{argument name="era props" default="Wired earphones, A burned CD in a paper sleeve, A chunky desktop keyboard"}]
Face Reference: "{argument name="face reference" default="Use attached photos for the matching person's face when provided; if none are attached, invent both faces"}"
Format: "{argument name="format" default="4:3 landscape"}"

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