Our Courtyard, Small Enough to Hold

A handcrafted shallow courtyard model sits on a wide wooden shelf. Three family members gather around a tiny chessboard near its front edge, large enough for readable faces. Rear balconies recede in painted card and carved wood; visible glue seams and scale make it a handmade memory rather than a normal house photograph. Use your own reference for identity; the example supplies the creative treatment.

The magic prompt

REFERENCE PRESENT: The supplied person/persons are authoritative for identity. Preserve each recognizable face, facial structure, distinguishing features, age, ethnicity, skin tone, natural body proportions and hairline. The PicMagic preview supplies the creative treatment, pose, wardrobe, expression, composition, lighting and environment only; do not copy its model's face or identity. Cultural styling never determines ethnicity. Adapt hair arrangement, clothing, expression and pose only as required by the concept, keeping the person recognizable. Otherwise preserve or gently arrange the existing hair. NO REFERENCE PRESENT: Default to an appropriate fictional Indian/South Asian three family members with a believable mix of ages. Use believable diversity of age, complexion, hair and natural build. The preview persona is an example, not a fixed default face. CREATIVE DIRECTION: Create a shallow handcrafted courtyard model displayed on a substantial wooden shelf. Gather all intended family members around a small chessboard near the front, with each face large enough to read. Preserve the supplied group's actual count, identities and relative ages; the preview's three people do not override a different supplied family. If references are incomplete or conflicting, ask who belongs in the scene. Uniformly reduce the group to miniature scale without changing relative anatomy. Teal balconies, warm plaster, terracotta tiles, visible cutaway walls, carved wood and paper edges establish a handmade memory. Faces remain individually rendered, not blank doll faces. Keep the complete shelf and model in frame. Distant buildings must contain no added family members or portrait faces. OUTPUT: 4:5 portrait artwork. Keep faces and essential objects inside the frame. No watermark or unwanted text. Keep anatomy, depth and shadows coherent for the declared medium. Compare the result with the supplied references; if details drift, make a focused edit or composite the original source rather than accepting a different identity.

Aspect ratio: 4:5
Subject: Family
Framing: Uncropped 4:5 composition; preserve all essential faces, panels and props.
Lighting: Lighting follows the scene-specific directions in the prompt; preserve believable depth and facial readability.
Camera direction: Use the declared photographic or craft medium; no unsupported camera or resolution claims.
Occasion: Creative portrait

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ChatGPTGemini

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Creative transformations

A little help getting started

What references should I use?

All family members independently labelled; optional owned home photo. Adapt composition to actual family count, not the fictional sample's three.

Will the result match this preview exactly?

No. This AI-generated example demonstrates the treatment. Your references determine identity and product details. Compare the result with your source and use focused edits or compositing if important details drift.

What can change while keeping the reference recognizable?

Uniform scale and surrounding building material; faces remain carefully rendered rather than blank figurines. Each person's age, recognizable landmarks and relative body proportions; distinguish identity count from miniature scale.