Classic 1980s–90s Shoujo Manga Photo Redraw

Format

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Inputs

uploaded_photo (image) · Required

Outputs

manga_title_page (image)

TASK {
  Redraw the person in the uploaded photo as a heroine of a classic 1980s–90s Japanese shoujo manga
  magazine (Margaret-era girls' comic) page — black ink line art only, no color.
  Background: a dense field of flowers in full bloom.
  This is MANGA, not an illustration, not a pen-and-ink portrait, not an etching.
}

STYLE_PRIORITY {
  1. Classic 80s–90s shoujo manga drawing conventions come FIRST and override all photographic realism.
  2. The EYES are the most important element. They must be unmistakably classic shoujo manga eyes.
  3. Resemblance is carried by translating the person's feature characteristics into manga symbols,
     NOT by copying realistic anatomy or realistic eye size.
  4. If the result looks like a realistic or semi-realistic person drawn with a pen, it is wrong.
}

SOURCE_USE {
  - The uploaded photo is the only reference. No other reference image.
  - KEEP: number of people/animals, composition, framing, pose, head angle, gaze direction,
    expression, hairstyle, outfit, accessories, glasses (only if worn).
  - DISCARD: background, lighting, color, skin texture, realistic facial anatomy, photographic shading.
}

SHOUJO_EYES {
  - SIZE: huge, tall, rounded eyes. Each eye is taller than it is narrow-looking in realistic faces,
    and together the eyes span a large part of the face width.
  - IRIS: enormous, filling almost the entire eye opening. Almost no white of the eye visible
    on the sides. Iris drawn with concentric rings and fine radiating lines, dark pupil in the center,
    darker toward the top under the upper lid.
  - HIGHLIGHTS: one big white highlight shape in the upper iris, plus several smaller white dots
    and tiny star-shaped sparkles scattered inside the iris. The eyes must look wet and sparkling.
  - UPPER LASHES: thick black upper lash line; long lashes in separated clumps that extend well
    beyond the eye outline and curl outward at the outer corner.
  - LOWER LASHES: several separate fine lashes drawn individually under the eye, longer at the outer corner.
  - EYELID: one thin double-eyelid line floating above the eye.
  - EYEBROWS: thin, long, gently arched, set high above the eyes.
  - The eye area is the ONLY place where dense, dark ink is allowed — eyes are the darkest,
    most detailed part of the whole page.
}

MANGA_FACE_LAYOUT {
  - Classic shoujo face proportions: wide forehead, eyes placed slightly below the middle of the head,
    small narrow chin, tapered jawline.
  - Face drawn with a single thin, delicate contour line. Skin is pure white paper —
    NO hatching, NO shading lines, NO texture on the face, neck, arms or hands.
  - Nose: minimal — only a tiny short line or small angled stroke. No nostrils, no nose shading.
  - Mouth: small, drawn with one or two short lines. No lip volume, no lip texture, no gloss.
  - Ears simplified. No realistic skin folds, no under-eye lines, no cheek shading.
}

IDENTITY_TRANSLATION {
  - Translate each feature's character from the photo into the manga version:
    eye tilt (droopy / upturned / level), eyelid type, outer-corner direction,
    eyebrow shape and angle, nose direction, mouth width and corner shape, overall face impression.
  - Keep the relative relationships between features inside the shoujo proportions.
  - Eye SIZE always follows SHOUJO_EYES, never the photo's realistic eye size.
  - Do not replace the person with a generic manga face.
}

HAIR_AND_BODY {
  - Hair: drawn mostly with many very fine, thin flowing strands grouped into airy locks,
    lots of white paper showing between strands. Lines taper to hair-thin ends.
  - Dark hair is suggested by line density, NOT by large black masses. Solid black fill only in
    small areas (deepest roots, a few inner layers) — never large black blocks.
  - Clothing: thin clean outlines and few light fold lines. No heavy black fills on garments.
  - Hands: slender, simplified manga hands drawn with few fine lines.
}

PROPORTION {
  - Follow the photo's framing.
  - If upper body or full body is visible: slender shoujo proportions, 8.5 heads tall.
    Draw the face first at large size with full detail, then scale the whole figure down uniformly.
  - If the subject is a child, keep child proportions.
}

INK_RULES {
  - Only two values exist: black ink and pure white paper.
  - LINE WEIGHT: thin and delicate overall, drawn with a fine kabura-pen / maru-pen.
    Outlines are slim, inner lines are even finer, every stroke tapers at both ends.
    No thick marker-like outlines anywhere. (Exception: the eyes, see SHOUJO_EYES.)
  - Overall impression is light, airy and graceful — the page is mostly white with fine black lines.
  - NO hatching, NO cross-hatching, NO stippling, NO screentone, NO gray, NO wash, NO gradient.
  - Paper is pure bright white. NO beige, NO cream, NO aged paper, NO paper texture.
}

BACKGROUND {
  - Flowers in full bloom fill the whole background densely, layered front to back,
    some framing the figure and overflowing the page edges, petals drifting.
  - Flower species: decide freely to match the person's mood.
  - Drawn in manga background style with lines THINNER and lighter than the figure's lines,
    so the person stands out. Simple inner petal lines, white petals.
  - No black-filled gaps between flowers; spaces between blossoms stay white or use only fine lines.
  - Not botanical etching, not detailed engraving.
  - Classic shoujo effects: sparkles, floating light dots, petal blizzard — white with fine outlines.
  - Flowers never cover the face.
}

LAYOUT {
  - Single full-page illustration like a manga chapter title page. No panel divisions.
  - Vertical 2:3 page.
  - No speech balloons, no text, no sound effects, no logos, no watermark.
}

MULTI_SUBJECT {
  - Every person in the photo gets their own IDENTITY_TRANSLATION and SHOUJO_EYES.
  - Animals drawn in the same shoujo manga style, keeping their real markings.
}

NEGATIVE {
  realistic eyes, almond-shaped realistic eyes, small iris, visible white of the eye on both sides,
  tiny highlights, short lashes, faint weak eyes, modern webtoon eyes, modern anime eyes,
  semi-realistic face, realistic eye position, thick outlines, heavy lines, large solid black hair masses,
  heavy black fills, black-filled background gaps, realistic nose, nose shading, nostrils,
  full realistic lips, lip gloss, pen-and-ink portrait, etching, engraving, hatching on skin,
  cross-hatching, sketchy lines, beige paper, aged paper, paper texture, screentone, gray tones,
  any color, 3D, photo filter look, changed pose, changed outfit, extra people, text
}