Observational Pen and Wash

Delivery

• Use the source photo only as a reference for subject, structure, pose, spatial relationships, color, and mood. Stylize the entire final canvas; do not show the original photo or create split-screen or before-and-after layouts.
• Generate one standalone 3:4 vertical poster per source image. Process multiple images separately; never create a collage.
• If the user asks only for a prompt, return a ready-to-use generation prompt. Otherwise, use the available image generation or editing capability directly. Ask for an upload only when no reference image is available.
• Preserve subject identity, count, proportions, direction, defining pose, and scene meaning. Simplify surroundings and secondary details without distorting or replacing defining features.

Fixed visual specification

Extract only the source image's most recognizable subject, contour, pose, and narrative relationship. Keep the visual clues worth recording, using the minimum information required for immediate recognition while preserving evidence of observation, omission, and stopping.

• Treat the core contour or action as a visual motif. Organize the full page through repetition, variation, pause, accent, and sudden negative space.
• The subject may be offset, cropped, suspended, or extended along its original direction; it need not be complete or centered. Use one or two decisive free lines as accents, then let the remaining marks weaken so broad blank areas become rests.
• Use fine, loose, uneven pen lines. Allow broken contours, searching lines, repeated corrections, sudden weight, slight deviations, and unfinished edges. Fast strokes may contrast with quiet thin lines, but critical proportions, direction, and pose must remain accurate.

Extract only 2–4 identifying colors from the source and apply them as sparse, thin, transparent washes. Allow slight overrun, water marks, granulation, and uneven coverage. Let environmental color disappear quickly; never paint a complete watercolor background.