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A prompt that uses an uploaded face as a reference to create a textured oil painting portrait of a young man against a vibrant graffiti street-art background.

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Using uploaded face as reference. 
Study the uploaded photo's facial features and use them as inspiration to draw a similar-looking {argument name="subject" default="young man"} in a textured oil painting portrait style, thick impasto brushstrokes.
Hair: Messy, tousled curly dark hair falling naturally (no cap), light stubble beard.
Outfit: {argument name="clothing" default="White shirt with black tie"}, casual relaxed fit, no jewelry, no accessories.
Skin: Clean bare skin, no tattoos.
Pose: Close-up upper body portrait, one hand near chin/jaw, confident intense gaze directly at camera, shoulders slightly angled.
Background: {argument name="background style" default="Bold colorful graffiti street-art background"} — vibrant spray-paint style lettering and tags in orange, pink, purple, yellow, and teal colors, urban wall texture, energetic layered graffiti words like "STAY WILD," "ONE LOVE," and abstract graffiti symbols/arrows scattered around.
Art style: Thick textured oil painting, heavy palette-knife brushstrokes, realistic detailed face rendering blended with rough painterly texture, vivid saturated colors, high contrast, gallery-style fine art portrait.
Camera angle: Eye-level, close-up chest-up portrait shot, centered composition.
Text overlay:
Small stylish signature-style text in the top corner: "AMIR"
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