Midnight Teal — Watercolor Side-Profile Portrait

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Prompt:
Create a highly detailed traditional watercolor portrait based on the uploaded reference image.

SUBJECT & IDENTITY:
Show a beautiful young woman in a refined side-profile / three-quarter profile. Preserve the exact facial structure, proportions, recognizable features, hairstyle, head angle, and overall appearance of the reference image.

POSE & COMPOSITION:
Use a vertical 9:16 portrait composition. Show only the head and upper shoulders. Her face is turned toward the right side of the frame, with a calm, elegant, and slightly mysterious expression. The neck is naturally elongated, the shoulders are relaxed, and the face is the central focal point.

FACE:
Natural feminine facial anatomy, defined cheekbones, elegant jawline, delicate straight nose, soft lips, and subtle blush on the cheeks. Large expressive light brown / gray eyes looking slightly toward the viewer’s direction. Long detailed eyelashes and naturally shaped eyebrows. Render the skin with soft realistic tones using transparent watercolor layers.

HAIR:
Dark teal, deep navy, and blue-black hair swept backward into a loose low ponytail or bun. Flowing strands and layered locks should merge naturally into the surrounding watercolor splashes. Individual hair strands should remain visible, with rich turquoise and deep blue pigment variations.

EXPRESSION:
Calm, graceful, sophisticated, and slightly melancholic. Natural relaxed lips and subtle emotion in the eyes. No exaggerated smile.

CLOTHING:
A simple elegant dark teal / blue garment visible around the shoulders and neckline, partially dissolving into watercolor washes.

ART STYLE:
Authentic traditional watercolor portrait painted on textured cold-press watercolor paper. Fine ink-and-watercolor illustration, delicate hand-drawn contour lines combined with transparent watercolor washes. Visible paper grain, natural pigment granulation, wet-on-wet color bleeding, soft edges, layered translucent pigments, and organic paint blooms.

COLOR PALETTE:
Deep navy blue, turquoise, teal, muted cyan, soft gray, pale beige, warm peach, and subtle dusty rose skin tones. Strong contrast between the dark blue hair and the light paper background.

BACKGROUND:
Clean off-white textured watercolor paper. Minimal background with large abstract turquoise and deep-blue watercolor splashes concentrated around the hair and shoulders. Add natural paint splatters, droplets, irregular edges, and several long dripping watercolor trails extending downward. Keep large areas of white negative space around the face.

LIGHTING:
Soft diffused natural light, with subtle highlights across the forehead, nose, cheekbones, and lips. Gentle shadows beneath the cheekbone and jawline. Delicate luminous watercolor effect.

DETAILS:
Extremely detailed eyes, eyelashes, eyebrows, lips, nose, facial contours, and individual hair strands. Authentic watercolor pigment texture, fine ink outlines, realistic facial anatomy, subtle skin color variations, natural brush marks, and visible paper fibers.

OVERALL FEEL:
Elegant, artistic, sophisticated, emotional watercolor portrait with a modern fashion-illustration aesthetic. The painting should look handmade by a professional watercolor artist rather than digitally generated.

QUALITY:
Ultra-detailed, high-resolution traditional watercolor artwork, refined composition, realistic facial proportions, beautiful color transitions, authentic watercolor imperfections, professional gallery-quality illustration.

NEGATIVE PROMPT:
anime, cartoon, 3D render, CGI, plastic skin, flat digital painting, overly smooth skin, distorted face, altered facial proportions, asymmetrical eyes, extra features, blurry details, harsh outlines, oversaturated colors, photorealistic photography, text, watermark, logo, signature