Use the uploaded image as the **base image and only reference image**.
Create a vertical **9:16 Instagram Story** image.
## 1. Preserve the real person
Keep the single real human subject **fully photorealistic and unchanged**.
Preserve exactly:
- identity,
- face,
- facial proportions,
- natural skin texture,
- hairstyle,
- facial hair,
- eyewear,
- body shape,
- clothing,
- accessories,
- pose,
- expression,
- gaze,
- scale,
- position,
- and photographic appearance.
Do not redraw, regenerate, stylize, beautify, reshape, retouch, move, replace, or reinterpret the person.
Keep photographic any immediate object or surface that is necessary for the person’s real physical interaction with the scene.
The person must remain the original photographed person.
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## 2. Preserve the identity of the place
First understand **what kind of place the photograph was taken in**.
The final image must still clearly feel like the same type of location.
Do not replace the setting with an unrelated fantasy world.
Preserve:
- the overall spatial logic,
- the main perspective,
- the recognizable character of the place,
- and only the few environmental clues necessary to understand where the person is.
Do not preserve every object in the original environment.
Do not simply redraw the original scene.
The goal is:
**same recognizable place, radically reimagined through a child’s imagination.**
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## 3. Create a real spatial world, not a flat drawing
The illustrated environment must feel like a **complete three-dimensional world surrounding the real person**.
Build clear:
- foreground,
- middle ground,
- background,
- depth,
- scale,
- overlap,
- atmosphere,
- and spatial perspective.
The person must feel physically located **inside this world**, not pasted in front of a painted backdrop.
Objects and illustrated forms may pass safely in front of or behind the person when appropriate, without covering important facial or body details.
The world must have depth and volume even though its surfaces have a handmade illustrated appearance.
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## 4. Reinterpret reality through exaggerated child imagination
Do not imagine that a child simply copied the photograph with drawing tools.
Instead, imagine that a child is **looking at the real place and believing it is something much more extraordinary**.
Transform the existing environment through childlike imagination.
Real elements may:
- take on unexpected identities,
- behave impossibly,
- change scale,
- develop playful relationships,
- transform into imaginative forms,
- interact with one another,
- or follow innocent fantasy logic.
The imagination should be **bold, obvious, exaggerated, and surprising**.
But it must still grow from the actual scene.
The viewer should feel:
**“I can recognize where this photograph was taken, but I am now seeing that place through the imagination of a child.”**
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## 5. High imagination, low clutter
Use **one strong imaginative concept** for the whole scene.
Let that concept transform several major parts of the environment.
Do not fill the image with many unrelated fantasy objects.
Do not create multiple competing stories.
Keep:
- a clean composition,
- strong visual hierarchy,
- large meaningful forms,
- generous breathing room,
- and only a few supporting details.
The imagination should feel powerful because the **world itself has changed**, not because many objects have been added.
**High transformation intensity. Low object count.**
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## 6. The illustrated material
The non-photographic world should have the visual surface quality of a professionally made handmade illustration using:
- wax-crayon texture,
- coloured-pencil grain,
- soft handmade shading,
- imperfect expressive lines,
- tactile paper-like texture,
- simplified forms,
- and controlled playful colour.
These are **rendering materials only**.
Do NOT show:
- crayons,
- coloured pencils,
- drawing tools,
- brushes,
- palettes,
- sketchbooks,
- drawing hands,
- or art supplies
inside the image unless they genuinely exist in the original photograph.
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