Use the uploaded image as the only identity reference.
Identity lock – face, hair, gender (100% from photo)
Keep the exact same face and likeness from the reference image, preserving 100% of facial structure, proportions, and expression.
Maintain the same eye shape and distance, nose, lips and mouth shape, jawline, cheekbones, chin, ears, apparent age, skin tone family, and gender expression exactly as in the original.
Preserve the same hairstyle family from the photo (length, volume, silhouette, hairline, parting) translated directly into drawn pencil strokes, not redesigned into a new haircut.
Core style – multicolor pencil illustration
Transform the portrait into an expressive multicolor pencil‑sketch illustration built from dense cross‑hatching, scribbled contour lines, and energetic hand‑drawn strokes.
Construct the image using layered colored‑pencil textures, with visible pressure variation and rough sketch marks intentionally left uncleaned.
Colors are vibrant and overlapping: deep blues, reds, oranges, greens, and yellows blending through optical mixing, not smooth airbrushed gradients.
Linework, shading, and texture
Use chaotic directional strokes for shading, with cross‑hatching and scribble lines to build realistic facial volume while keeping a raw, emotional feel.
Let contours and inner features be defined by scribbled, broken lines rather than clean vector edges, enhancing the expressive sketch quality.
Show the texture of drawing paper clearly: visible tooth, pencil grain, and scratch marks across light and dark areas, as if scanned from a real sketchbook page.
Color behavior and expression
Layer multiple colors in the same area so hues mix optically: blues over reds, oranges over greens, yellows over shadows, creating rich vibration instead of flat fill.
Allow some strokes to go outside strict boundaries, with overlaps, ghost lines, and correction marks that add to the emotional, almost abstract painterly look.
Overall mood and finish
The final portrait should feel like a fusion of realism and abstract expressionist illustration: recognizably realistic face and hair, wrapped in wild, expressive multicolor pencil energy.
Keep background minimal or softly indicated with loose strokes and patches of color, so the focus remains on the expressive face and head.
Negative prompt – avoid
Avoid smooth digital gradients, airbrushed shading, flat vector style, photorealistic rendering, or perfectly clean line art.
No anime/cartoon proportions, 3D render look, or pastel children’s‑book flat coloring; this should stay sketchy, textured, and emotionally intense.