Square Impasto Oil Painting from a Photo

Format

Markdown

Inputs

Reference_photo (image) · Required

Outputs

Generated_image (image)

Transform the subject in the attached photo into a square, miniature-style oil painting, created using an impasto technique with a palette knife.

### Art Style — Emphasized Three-Dimensionality
- Apply paint thickly with a palette knife, so it appears to protrude 3–5 mm from the surface.
- Make the directional marks of the knife visible in each glob of paint, including distinct ridges and furrows.
- Assume a light source from the upper left. Give raised paint bright highlights and recessed or overlapping areas distinct shadows, creating strong light-and-shadow contrast like the surface of an actual oil painting.
- Add subtle shadows along the edges of paint strokes to suggest individual layers of color stacked on one another.
- Ensure the image does not appear flat like a photograph.
- Follow the original photograph’s silhouette, color palette, and composition, but simplify forms into thick, sculptural masses of paint rather than rendering them realistically.
- Keep detail restrained. Make forms recognizable with a few bold, three-dimensional knife strokes, avoiding excessive intricacy.

### Background
Use a warm ivory or cream-colored watercolor-paper background with a subtle, slightly textured surface. Keep the background flat to contrast with the subject’s three-dimensional quality.

### Caption
Include a caption in a black, handwritten-style font at the bottom of the background or in the corner with the most open space. The text must be black, and its content should be determined by the subject in the photo:
- Food or beverage: the item’s name (for example, “Pancake” or “Earl Grey Cake”).
- Product: the product’s name.
- Portrait: a short phrase that captures the person’s essence, or name-like text.
- Animal: the animal’s name or species.
- Landscape: the location’s name or a short word describing the scenery.

Make the handwriting natural, slightly irregular, and authentic; avoid the precise, uniform appearance of a standard digital font.

### Aspect Ratio and Composition
- Use a fixed 1:1 aspect ratio.
- Place the subject in the center of the frame.
- Maintain ample negative space and a simple composition featuring only the subject, without additional props.