Black White Sticker People

Transform the provided reference photograph into a mixed-media editorial image while preserving the original photographic scene as faithfully as possible.

1. PHOTOGRAPHIC BACKGROUND — DO NOT CHANGE
Preserve the original photograph exactly as the visual foundation.
Keep unchanged:
original composition and framing camera angle and perspective focal length and viewing distance spatial relationships and proportions buildings, streets, architecture and interior furniture, objects and environmental details background geometry materials and surface textures natural lighting highlights and shadows reflections depth and perspective atmospheric conditions photographic color and exposure realistic photographic texture
The entire background must remain fully photographic, realistic and highly detailed.
Do not repaint, redraw, simplify, blur, stylize, cartoonize or replace the background.
Do not turn the entire image into an illustration.
The contrast between the real photographic environment and the flat illustrated characters is essential.

2. CHARACTERS — CHANGE ONLY THE PEOPLE
Transform every person visible in the reference photograph into a minimalist black-and-white hand-drawn sticker.
Preserve the exact number of people. Never omit, merge, duplicate or replace anyone.
For every person, preserve:
exact pose body position gesture action direction of movement head angle gaze direction body proportions relative scale position within the scene interaction with other people and objects recognizable hairstyle and silhouette basic facial structure characteristic clothing shapes distinctive clothing details accessories and important visual features
The illustrated people must remain precisely integrated into their original positions in the photograph.
Do not invent new poses or change the action.
Do not make the characters more beautiful, younger, thinner, taller or otherwise alter their natural appearance.

3. CHARACTER ILLUSTRATION STYLE
Render the characters as minimalist monochrome hand-drawn stickers.
Style:
one-line hand-drawn illustration loose editorial sketch minimalist black ink drawing slightly uneven natural linework imperfect handmade strokes rough but intentional contours simple expressive lines flat 2D illustration contemporary Instagram/editorial collage aesthetic subtle graffiti-sketch influence handmade paper-sticker feeling
The drawing should look humanly sketched rather than digitally vectorized.
Lines should be slightly irregular, organic and imperfect.
Avoid overly polished cartoon outlines.

4. PURE BLACK & WHITE
Use only pure black and pure white for the illustrated characters.
No gray. No color. No gradients. No semi-transparent shading. No colored outlines.
Use clean black lines on white sticker areas.
Small solid black filled areas are allowed only where visually necessary:
hair deep clothing folds eyelashes small shadows selected facial or clothing details
Keep the illustration predominantly white with economical black linework.
Do not use realistic skin tones or photographic colors on the characters.

5. STICKER CUTOUT EFFECT
Surround each individual character with a clean, continuous white sticker border.
The white border should:
follow the character silhouette have a consistent thickness look like a physical die-cut sticker clearly separate the illustrated character from the photographic background remain visible around the entire character where possible
The border must be white and clean, not gray, beige or translucent.
Characters should look like physical paper stickers placed directly onto the photograph.
Do not create rectangular sticker backgrounds.
Do not place the characters inside white boxes or panels.

6. INTEGRATION WITH THE PHOTOGRAPH
The characters must appear naturally positioned on top of the original photographic environment.
Preserve the original spatial logic of the photograph.
Their scale and placement must correspond exactly to the people in the reference.
The photographic environment remains three-dimensional and realistic, while the people become flat 2D black-and-white illustrations.
This intentional visual collision is the core of the style:
REAL PHOTOGRAPH + HAND-DRAWN BLACK-AND-WHITE STICKER PEOPLE.
Do not stylize the environment to match the characters.
Do not add illustrated objects to the background.
Do not convert surrounding objects into stickers.

7. MIXED-MEDIA AESTHETIC
Overall visual language:
documentary photography + minimalist ink sketch + die-cut stickers + editorial paper collage + contemporary Instagram aesthetic + mixed media.
The result should feel like an artistic editorial photograph where real people have been replaced by handmade monochrome paper illustrations.
The image should look sophisticated, slightly playful and intentionally imperfect rather than childish or cartoon-like.

8. IMAGE QUALITY
High-resolution final image.
Extremely sharp photographic background with:
realistic textures fine environmental details natural photographic depth crisp architecture realistic materials high micro-detail
Illustrated characters should have:
crisp black linework clean white sticker borders visible handmade imperfections strong separation from the photographic background
Do not reduce the photographic quality of the original environment.

9. STRICT PRESERVATION RULE
CHANGE ONLY THE CHARACTERS.
Everything else must remain as close as possible to the original photograph.
No changes to:
background architecture objects lighting shadows perspective composition camera angle environment photographic textures weather time of day
Only the people are transformed into black-and-white hand-drawn stickers.

FORMAT
Vertical composition.
Aspect ratio: 3:4 or 9:16, depending on the selected output format.
Do not crop out any important person or essential part of the original scene.

KEY PRINCIPLE:
Original photograph remains photographic. People become black-and-white hand-drawn stickers. Nothing else is redesigned.

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