Turn a Photo into a Springfield Background Resident

Format

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Inputs

reference_photo (image) · Required

Outputs

generated_character_illustration (image)

Use the reference photo only to guide the person’s gender, approximate age, build, personality, pose, hairstyle, overall silhouette, and clothing color palette. Transform them into a fully original, unnamed background resident of Springfield in the visual style of The Simpsons. Do not copy or resemble any main or otherwise recognizable character from the show.

CRITICAL: The character must look like a Springfield resident, not a realistic person with a cartoon filter. Do not preserve realistic facial features, head proportions, nose shape, skin texture, or realistic anatomy. Do not aim for portrait likeness; convey the person only through hairstyle, build, clothing, and personality.

Rebuild the appearance using the show’s character anatomy. Give the character a simple geometric head shape—rounded, elongated, pear-shaped, or with a distinctive notch. Use very large, perfectly round white eyes that nearly touch, with small black pupils; a long, rounded nose that projects forward; a simple mouth; and simple C-shaped ears. Hands have four fingers. Keep the body simplified, with little or no neck, or a thin neck, and simple legs. Shapes may be slightly awkward and asymmetrical. Male characters may have a distinctively colored stubble area around the mouth and chin.

Use the show’s skin-color conventions: light-skinned people become yellow; for dark-skinned people, use warm brown tones like those used for characters in the show. No gradients or skin texture.

Hair: Preserve the hairstyle type, length, and color from the photo, but simplify it into a graphic shape typical of the show: a unified silhouette with minimal detail, a jagged edge, projecting locks, or a voluminous cap shape. Slightly exaggerate the shape if it helps express the character.

Figure: Use the photo to determine the person’s general build. Make a slim person thin and angular, a large person rounded with a simple soft belly, a tall person elongated, and a short person compact. Do not draw muscles, ribs, collarbones, or other anatomical details. Convey build through the overall silhouette.

Clothing: Do not copy the outfit literally. Infer its category, formality, and main colors from the photo, then redesign it as simple clothing for a background resident of the show: for example, a solid short-sleeved shirt, plain T-shirt, straight-leg pants, undecorated dress, or minimally detailed jacket. Keep clothing flat and solid-colored, with at most one or two fold lines. Preserve the type of garment: a dress remains a dress, pants remain pants, a skirt remains a skirt, and shorts remain shorts. Use the photo’s palette as a guide, not an exact copy. No realistic fabric, prints, logos, seams, or textures. Simplified accessories such as glasses, a hat, or a bag are allowed.

Personality: Read the person’s mood and character from the photo and translate them into exaggerated cartoon expression through eyelid position, mouth shape, eyebrows, head tilt, hand position, and pose. A touch of the show’s characteristic ironic awkwardness is welcome.

Background: Use a simple suburban street in the show’s style, but do not include recognizable buildings or locations from the series. Include a green lawn, gray sidewalk, pale blue sky with a few flat white clouds, and one or two simple trees or bushes. Keep the background minimal, slightly faded, and spacious.

Color: Use the show’s classic palette, with saturated yellow on the character against calmer colors such as sky blue, grass green, light gray, and warm beige. Keep saturation moderate; avoid neon or garish colors.

Graphic style: Classic 2D cel animation, clean even dark outlines, simple flat fills, no volumetric lighting or shadows, and minimal detail. The character should look at home beside Springfield’s background residents.

Composition: Show one character full-body, entirely within the frame, standing on the sidewalk. Use an eye-level camera, a clearly readable silhouette, and ample space around the character.

Top priority: The photo determines gender, age impression, personality, build, hairstyle, and clothing color concept—but not realistic facial features. The result must read immediately as a completely new Springfield background resident, not as a photo processed with a filter.

Exclude: realistic face, realistic facial features, realistic nose, realistic eyes, realistic skin, skin texture, realistic anatomy, five fingers, realistic portrait, detailed hair strands, photorealism, 3D render, realistic clothing, detailed fabric, logos, cinematic lighting, shading, gradients, recognizable Springfield buildings, existing characters from the show, neon colors.