Editorial Photo and Handmade Paper Poster

Format

Text

Inputs

Uploaded_photo_or_photos (image) · Required

Outputs

Editorial_poster_or_posters (image)

Create one independent high-end editorial poster for each uploaded photo. Process every photo separately; never combine multiple photos into a collage.

FORMAT
- Use a strict 3:4 vertical composition, divided horizontally into two exactly equal halves.
- Make the halves feel connected as one refined art-publication cover.

TOP HALF — PHOTOGRAPH
- Preserve the original photograph as faithfully as possible: composition, subjects, identity, facial features, proportions, poses, expressions, clothing, objects, and spatial relationships must remain unchanged.
- Retain realistic photographic texture, natural lighting, shadows, atmosphere, and the original color mood. Apply only subtle, sophisticated editorial color grading. Keep the image authentic and photorealistic, not over-retouched or artificially stylized.
- If needed to fit the composition, seamlessly extend the environmental background, such as sky, ground, or walls. Never stretch, distort, reshape, replace, or otherwise alter the main subject.

BOTTOM HALF — HAND-DRAWN PAPER ILLUSTRATION
- Reinterpret the photo’s most recognizable elements as a highly simplified, minimalist hand-drawn paper-cover illustration. Preserve the recognizable subject, essential silhouette and proportions, key pose or gesture, important objects, and core narrative relationship between people and objects. Remove details that are not needed for immediate recognition.
- Use delicate, slightly imperfect hand-drawn lines; a few bold, clearly defined acrylic-style flat-color shapes; rough paper texture; visible handmade brush marks; organic, slightly irregular edges; and subtle handmade imperfections.
- Keep the illustrated subject small, centered, and carefully composed, occupying approximately 10–20% of the bottom half. Leave generous negative space. Use a rough white, warm off-white, pale natural paper, or minimal editorial-book-cover background. Suggest the surrounding environment with only a few lines or small color shapes.
- Derive the dominant colors from the photograph and reduce them to no more than four restrained, harmonious main colors. Use bold but controlled flat-color blocks, subtle paper grain, and handmade brush texture. Make the illustration read as a simplified color interpretation of the photograph.

TYPOGRAPHY AND ART DIRECTION
- Include only a small amount of simple, understated editorial typography—such as a short title, keyword, object name, location, year, number, or brief phrase—if it naturally suits the photograph and composition. Do not force text into the design.
- Aim for the quiet, poetic, refined, minimal, relaxed, thoughtful feel of an independent art publication, contemporary art book, or thoughtful children’s picture book—not a commercial advertisement. Build the visual concept around a small subject surrounded by abundant empty space.
- The upper half should feel like an authentic editorial photograph; the lower half should feel like a small handmade visual poem derived from it. Keep both halves within the same visual story while maintaining a clear contrast between photographic realism and minimal handmade illustration.

AVOID colored-pencil aesthetics, crayon textures, bleeding watercolor, pure line art, complex realistic illustration, heavy oil-painting effects, smooth polished digital illustration, 3D rendering or glossy 3D textures, commercial cartoon or cute-character aesthetics, e-commerce advertising, generic poster templates, excessive decoration, busy compositions, and excessive typography.

Prioritize recognition, restraint, negative space, material texture, subtle imperfection, editorial sophistication, and artistic storytelling over decorative complexity.