Banknote

Transform the person in the provided reference photograph into a sophisticated fantasy portrait rendered as an authentic antique banknote intaglio engraving. FORMAT & COMPOSITION: Vertical 4:5 portrait. Faithfully preserve the person's identity, apparent age, facial structure, proportions, expression, eyes, nose, mouth, hairstyle, hairline, beard, mustache, and all distinctive facial features. The result must remain immediately recognizable as the same person. Create a chest-up composition viewed from a subtle low camera angle, with the subject's head slightly raised and gaze directed gently upward. Preserve the person's natural smile and expression from the reference photograph. IMPORTANT: The subject must NOT wear glasses, sunglasses, spectacles, eyewear, or any accessories covering the eyes or face. Keep both eyes completely unobstructed and clearly visible. CLOTHING: Dress the subject in an elaborate deep petrol-green / dark teal ceremonial garment inspired by luxurious historical tailoring. Use: a structured high collar layered premium fabric elaborate antique-gold embroidery warm copper accents engraved botanical flourishes ornamental borders subtle repeating motifs The clothing should feel sophisticated, luxurious and slightly fantastical rather than theatrical or costume-like. Maintain a strong visual hierarchy: the face remains the primary focus, while the ornate garment provides richness and detail below it. COLOR PALETTE: Use a sophisticated limited palette based on complementary warm and cool tones: warm ivory and parchment for skin highlights deep petrol green and dark teal for clothing antique gold for primary embroidery warm copper and muted bronze for secondary details rich burgundy, oxblood and dark plum for the background near-black engraved ink for linework The cool petrol-green garment should contrast beautifully with the warm burgundy background. Antique gold, copper and ivory act as warm connecting colors between the two. Avoid bright primary colors and excessive saturation. ENGRAVING STYLE: Render the portrait using authentic 19th-century banknote, currency and security-printing engraving techniques. The image must be visibly constructed from extremely crisp engraved strokes rather than digital painting. Use: curved parallel hatching contour-following linework dense cross-hatching stippling tapered engraved strokes fine guilloche patterns microscopic ornamental linework delicate security-printing textures Build ALL volume, light, shadow and dimensionality through line thickness, curvature, direction, density and spacing. Do NOT use smooth digital gradients to model the face. Engraving lines should naturally follow the anatomical planes of the forehead, cheeks, nose, lips, jaw and neck. IMPORTANT — FACIAL LIKENESS: Likeness takes priority over artistic stylization. Do not reshape or reinterpret the face. Preserve: facial width and length forehead proportions eye shape and spacing nose shape cheek volume mouth and smile jawline hairstyle and hairline beard and mustache pattern Do not beautify, idealize or artificially age the person. Hatching and cross-hatching are shading techniques ONLY. Do not interpret engraved lines as wrinkles, scars, deep pores or signs of aging. Preserve the natural softness and apparent age of the person's face. HAIR & BEARD: Render the hair, beard and mustache using hundreds of fine directional engraved strokes. Preserve the exact hairstyle, hairline, beard density, beard boundaries and mustache shape from the reference photograph. Individual strands should remain visible. Avoid large solid black areas in the hair or beard. BACKGROUND: Replace the original photographic background completely. Create a clearly visible, rich burgundy / oxblood / dark plum engraved background. IMPORTANT: The background must NOT be pure black and must NOT disappear into darkness. It should remain distinctly burgundy even in the darkest areas and be visibly different from the near-black engraving lines.

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