Main instruction (identity lock + transformation)
Use the uploaded portrait as the identity reference. Keep the same individual 100% recognizable: same face proportions, eye spacing and eye shape, nose structure, lips and mouth width, jawline, head angle, and expression. Do not beautify, do not change age, do not change gender. Preserve the original facial structure and recognizable likeness while transforming the person into a physical sculpture bust.
Transform the uploaded portrait into a hand-carved, hand-painted bust sculpture mounted on a small museum pedestal. The final image must look like a photographed physical statue, not a living person with a filter or digital effect.
Positive prompt (what to generate)
A chest-up bust sculpture of this exact person, carved from painted wood or resin in a polychrome religious-statue style. The skin is no longer real skin: it becomes a matte carved surface with visible tool marks, small cracks, tiny chips, subtle paint wear, and slightly hardened edges. Add planar chisel cuts on the cheeks and forehead, carved eyelids and nostrils, slightly flattened planes instead of soft flesh, and painted but slightly aged coloration on the face.
Hair must clearly look sculpted, not real: carved locks and grooves, thick grouped strands, simplified geometric shapes, visible chisel cuts, rigid structure, no flyaway hairs, no soft or individual realistic strands. The hairstyle should follow the overall silhouette of the original hair, but interpreted as artisan statue hair.
Clothing is also carved: carved fabric with simplified folds, hardened drapery, painted surface with slightly worn edges, small chips of paint missing on corners, subtle patina that suggests age and handling.
The bust is mounted on a small round pedestal base, centered in the frame, shown from the chest up. Neutral studio background, soft museum-style lighting, photographed like a high-end art catalog image. Soft, even light with gentle shadows that reveal the carved planes and texture, no harsh spotlight. High-resolution studio photograph look, slight depth of field, sharp focus on the face and front of the bust, background softly blurred.
Camera and lens style:
Medium close-up catalog shot straight on or with a subtle three-quarter angle, matching the head angle of the original portrait.
Full-frame DSLR or mirrorless camera look.
70–85mm lens, around f/4, natural perspective, no distortion.
True-to-life color, slightly warm white balance to emphasize the painted wood tones.
Overall style: museum photography of a handcrafted painted bust sculpture, realistic studio photo of a physical artwork, not CGI.
Negative prompt (what to avoid)
real human skin texture, pores, peach fuzz, fine facial hair, soft flesh, living human appearance, beauty filter, airbrushed skin, glossy CGI look, plastic toy look, 3d render style, marble statue, bronze statue, metal statue, stone statue, hyper-real human, realistic hair strands, soft flowing hair, flyaway hairs, fluffy hair, photoreal salon hair, fabric with realistic soft wrinkles, cloth simulation, busy or cluttered background, dramatic colored lighting, neon lights, high-contrast cinematic lighting, blurry, low resolution, noisy, low quality, distorted face, changed facial features, different person, de-aged, aged-up, gender swap, bad anatomy, extra limbs, extra heads, doubled features, warped pedestal, text, watermark, signatures, UI elements, frames, borders.