Photo-to-Crayon Picture-Book Page

Format

Text

Inputs

photo (image) · Required title (text) · Optional · Default: Take the long way.

Outputs

two_panel_picture_page (image)

Turn the uploaded photo into one two-panel picture page. Output a single image, not several versions side by side. Use a vertical 3:4 aspect ratio and split the frame into an exact top half and bottom half.

The top half shows the uploaded photo as it is. Do not apply color grading or filters. Crop only as much as the frame requires. Do not place text or drawings over the photo.

The bottom half is a sheet of thick cream paper. Redraw the same scene from scratch in crayon. It must look like a drawing made by hand on an empty sheet, not like the photo with a texture overlaid. Do not fade the photo underneath or trace over it.

Simplify the scene heavily before drawing. Keep only the five or six main visual masses and omit everything else. Do not draw individual bricks, leaves, hairs, or stones. Represent a wall as one field of color, a tree as one mass, and an animal's body as two or three large fields.

Make individual crayon strokes clearly visible. Lay them down thickly and openly enough to count. Do not work over the same area until it becomes smooth. Let the cream paper's grain show through, and leave plenty of the paper visible between strokes. Leave generous empty space; the drawing should not fill the bottom half.

Make outlines slightly crooked and leave their ends open. Do not use ruled straight lines or perfect curves. Use fewer than six colors. Give each mass one color, with no shading within it. Do not draw cast shadows or reflected light.

Render a person's or animal's face with only a few dots and short lines, with no highlights in the eyes. Do not invent features. If the photo shows a turned back, keep it turned. Even with the simplified treatment, the subject must be recognizable at a glance. Preserve patterned areas, ear shapes, poses, and clothing colors that appear in the photo.

The result should look like a children's picture-book illustration. Do not make it colored-pencil realism, a realistic portrait, a filtered photo, or a digital painting.

Text in the bottom half:

Copy the following title exactly as typed, in large typewriter-style lettering, in near-black dark gray, with generous line spacing. Place it in an empty area without overlapping the drawing:
${title:Take
the long
way.}

Directly beneath the title, add three short lines in a small typewriter-style face. Take the words from things actually visible in the photo. Use no more than three words per line.

In the bottom-right corner of the bottom half, add one short line in English, in very small type.

Every character in the image must be English. Do not include Hangul, Chinese characters, kana, or Cyrillic characters. If a sign in the photo contains writing, erase it in the drawing and leave a plain field of color.

Do not put any digits in the image: no dates, numbers, years, or license plates. If a number seems necessary, spell it out as a word.

Do not print brackets or instructions as text. Do not misspell anything or repeat any word or line.

Put text only in the three specified places: the title, the three short lines beneath it, and the small line in the bottom-right corner. Do not add text anywhere else.

The photo in the top half and the drawing in the bottom half must show the same scene. Do not invent a different scene.