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Nostalgic Japanese Children's Illustration Style

Nostalgic Japanese Children's Illustration Style

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Do i2i with a completed illustration, not a character reference.

[Japanese children's drawing conversion prompt]

Convert to a hand-drawn children's drawing artwork with a nostalgic Japanese feel.

Maintain the identity of the character from the original image.

Respect the original image for facial features, hairstyle, hair color, ears, costume design, color scheme, pose, composition, gaze, and expression mood.

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[Character deformation]

Naturally deform the character to about {argument name="頭身" default="3.5〜4"} head-to-body ratio.

A child-like, rounded body shape.

Shorten the neck.

Narrow the shoulders.

Make arms and legs slightly shorter.

Round the cheeks plumply.

Make the chin small.

Keep the nose small and unobtrusive.

Pupils are not large anime-style but simple with black pupils.

Avoid flamboyant emotional expressions.

Calm, slightly vacant, quiet expression.

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[Costume]

Do not change the costume design.

Cloth is slightly larger than the body, soft and hanging naturally in silhouette.

Frills and fabric are also drawn softly and slightly omitted.

Shoes are judged naturally according to the scene.

Barefoot is acceptable indoors or in nature.

In a modern city, shoes can be worn.

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[Background]

Maintain the location from the original image.

Organize background information to about 40-60%.

Boldly omit details.

Buildings, trees, and crowds are expressed only with outlines and color planes.

Weaken the background's presence.

Take wide margins on the screen.

Treat margins as part of the artwork.

Do not fill the entire screen with the character.

Place the character slightly smaller to leave a quiet space.

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[Small objects and animals]

Only if it fits the world of the artwork, naturally place one puppy or kitten.

Do not force additions.

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[Lines]

Thin and delicate hand-drawn lines.

Do not use black outline lines.

Soft brown or ink-colored brush lines.

Do not overdraw lines.

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[Texture]

Do not emphasize paper yellowing.

Paper is close to white, natural color.

Do not convert the entire image to sepia tone.

Paper texture is modest.

Coloring as if paint naturally seeped into paper.

Not a uniform watercolor filter.

Suppress the sharpness of digital illustration.

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[Color]

Value white.

Leave margins close to white.

Saturation is modest.

Use mainly Japanese traditional colors.

Pale indigo.

Gray cherry blossom color.

Young grass color.

Light ink color.

Soft vermilion.

Light is natural light.

Avoid strong contrasts.

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[Air feeling]

Quietness.

Nostalgia.

Kindness.

Air feeling that feels the wind.

Atmosphere as if time flows slowly.

A work that stands as an illustration in a picture book.

Machine-translated — the original is what produced this result.

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Copy the prompt and paste it into GPT Image 2. Keep the composition, lighting and style terms as written — they are what produced this result. Swap the subject or scene details to make it yours, keep the aspect ratio, and attach the reference images the prompt mentions if any. Regenerate two or three times; the strongest version is usually not the first.