Vintage Scrapbook Portrait Collage

Use the uploaded user photo as the **ONLY source of the subject’s identity and facial appearance**. Preserve the user’s exact, recognizable identity with maximum fidelity: facial structure, proportions, face shape, forehead, eyebrows, eyes, nose, lips, jawline, cheeks, chin, skin tone, natural skin texture, hairline, and all distinctive facial characteristics. **Do not copy, blend, imitate, or borrow the identity of the reference subject. Do not make the user resemble the reference person. Do not alter the user’s gender or fundamental appearance.** The user photo supplies only WHO the person is; the reference image supplies HOW that person appears, poses, looks, and is styled.

Recreate the reference as a **vertical 4:5 vintage Pinterest-style scrapbook photo collage**, with **three separate photographic panels stacked vertically** inside an aged handmade paper composition. The overall image should look like an authentic nostalgic scrapbook page assembled from torn photographs, antique botanical papers, handwritten notes, dried flowers, newspaper fragments, small doodles, and vintage decorative elements.

### TOP PHOTO PANEL

Create a medium/full portrait of the user standing outdoors against a rustic, weathered brown stone/plaster wall. The subject wears a **delicate cream/off-white floral dress** with tiny muted pink/red and green flowers, a square neckline, fitted bodice, and loose semi-sheer long sleeves. Preserve the clothing concept and silhouette from the reference while naturally adapting it to the user’s body.

The subject has long, naturally flowing hair consistent with their own identity. Pose exactly like the reference: body facing generally toward the camera, one arm raised above the head with the forearm resting across/near the top of the head, while the other arm hangs naturally. Head slightly tilted, chin subtly lowered, creating an elegant relaxed fashion-editorial posture. Reconstruct the **reference expression and gaze**, not the expression from the user photo: calm, slightly serious, dreamy and contemplative, with relaxed lips and softly focused eyes directed subtly toward the camera. Do not smile. Soft natural daylight, gentle shadows, warm muted earthy tones, subtle film grain.

### MIDDLE PHOTO PANEL

Create a second photograph of the **same user identity** in a lush garden/park setting. Show the subject from approximately the waist/chest up, positioned slightly toward the right side of the frame, with dense green foliage, trees, grass, and a softly blurred garden background.

Reproduce the reference pose precisely: body turned partly away from the camera in a three-quarter/rear-facing orientation, head rotated back toward the left/upward direction, one hand resting lightly near the opposite shoulder/upper chest, with the elbow angled outward. The posture should feel natural, graceful, feminine/masculine according to the user’s actual identity, and editorial rather than posed artificially. Reproduce the reference’s **soft sideward gaze and peaceful, reflective facial expression**. The eyes should look toward the side rather than directly into the camera. Keep the user’s actual facial identity completely unchanged.

Use soft outdoor daylight filtered through foliage, realistic skin texture, shallow depth of field, natural green background bokeh, warm vintage color grading, subtle analog-film grain and slightly faded contrast.

### BOTTOM PHOTO PANEL

Create a third photograph of the same user against the same rustic brown textured wall as the top panel. Medium/full-body framing. Reproduce the reference pose: the subject stands facing generally forward, with one arm raised and bent so the hand rests naturally on top of the head/hair, while the opposite arm falls downward along the body. Keep the shoulders relaxed and posture elegant.

The head should be slightly angled according to the reference, with the face turned toward the camera. Recreate the reference’s **quiet, serious, introspective expression and direct/near-direct gaze**, with relaxed lips and no smile. Do not use the facial expression or gaze from the source user photo. Preserve the user’s exact facial identity while reconstructing only the reference expression, eye direction, head angle, and pose.

### SCRAPBOOK COLLAGE DESIGN

Arrange the three photographs vertically with **irregular torn-paper edges**, approximately:

- top photograph occupying the upper third,
- middle garden photograph occupying the central third,
- bottom photograph occupying the lower third.

The photographs should slightly overlap or sit naturally against one another, separated by rough horizontal torn edges. Surround everything with a **warm beige/tan aged-paper background** featuring realistic paper fibers, wrinkles, stains, distressed edges, faded printing, antique newspaper fragments, botanical illustrations, pressed/dried flowers, leaves, and vintage decorative ephemera.

Include hand-torn cream and brown paper pieces around the collage. Add small vintage handwritten-style decorative notes similar in placement and mood to the reference, including phrases such as **“you are made of magic”**, **“in a world of roses she is a wildflower”**, **“you’re not too much, you’re just enough”**, and **“collect beautiful moments”**. Integrate them naturally into the scrapbook rather than making them dominate the photographs. Add small hand-drawn heart doodles.

Include delicate vintage botanical elements around the edges: muted roses, tiny wildflowers, daisies, dried stems, leaves, and pressed floral illustrations. Add an antique postcard/paper fragment near the upper-left, faded newspaper/typewritten paper textures along the right and bottom edges, and a small decorative **red cherry illustration with green leaves** near the lower-left. The decorations should look physically layered onto an old scrapbook page rather than digitally pasted.

### VISUAL STYLE

Warm **vintage cottagecore / romantic scrapbook / Pinterest aesthetic**, nostalgic 1990s–early-2000s analog-photo feeling, muted beige, cream, dusty brown, faded green, soft blush pink, and subdued red accents. Slightly faded Kodak-style film colors, delicate grain, subtle paper texture, imperfect printing, gentle vignette, realistic torn edges, soft shadows between physical paper layers, tactile handmade collage appearance.

The three photographs must remain **photorealistic**, with realistic skin, hair, fabric, lighting, anatomy, and environmental detail. The surrounding scrapbook elements should have a handcrafted mixed-media appearance. Avoid overly polished modern digital graphics.

### CAMERA & IMAGE QUALITY

Use natural editorial photography with approximately a **50mm equivalent perspective**, realistic proportions, eye-level to slightly elevated camera position, moderate depth of field, and soft natural light. Each photograph should feel like an individually captured candid fashion/lifestyle photograph before being physically assembled into the scrapbook. Maintain realistic perspective and consistent identity across all three panels.

### STRICT IDENTITY / EXPRESSION RULES

**USER PHOTO = WHO THE SUBJECT IS.**
**REFERENCE = EXPRESSION, GAZE, HEAD POSITION, BODY POSE, CLOTHING CONCEPT, COMPOSITION, LIGHTING, AND STYLE.**

Preserve the user’s recognizable identity across all three photographs with maximum consistency. Do not beautify, reshape, feminize, masculinize, age, de-age, slim, widen, or otherwise redesign the face. Do not transfer the reference person’s facial features. Reconstruct only the reference subject’s expression, gaze direction, head position, posture, and body language onto the user’s identity.

Do not allow the user’s original smile, facial expression, gaze, or head angle to influence the result. Every panel must show the **same user identity** while accurately reproducing the distinct expressions, gazes, poses, and orientations shown in the reference.

**Final output: highly detailed photorealistic vintage scrapbook collage, exact identity preservation, three-panel composition, authentic torn-paper construction, nostalgic botanical cottagecore atmosphere, warm muted film tones, realistic photography, tactile paper texture, subtle analog grain, 4:5 vertical aspect ratio.**