Black and White Healing Portrait with Emotional Quote

Use my uploaded photo as the **ONLY identity reference**. Preserve my face **exactly as it appears in my photo**. Do not redesign, beautify, stylize, reshape, age, de-age, or alter my facial identity in any way. Keep the same facial structure, eyes, eyebrows, nose, lips, beard/mustache pattern, jawline, skin texture, hairstyle, hairline, and overall likeness. The final person must look unmistakably like me.

Create a **vertical 2:3 cinematic black-and-white portrait** of me sitting on the floor and leaning my upper back and head against a rough textured wall on the **right side of the frame**.

### Pose and expression

My body is seated close to the wall with my knees raised in front of me. One forearm crosses the lower foreground, appearing slightly closer to the camera and softly out of focus. My shoulders are relaxed.

My head is tilted slightly backward and gently resting against the wall. My face is turned slightly toward the camera in a subtle three-quarter angle.

My **eyes are fully closed**.

My expression is quiet, emotionally exhausted, peaceful, reflective, and slightly heartbroken — no smile, no exaggerated sadness.

Add **one realistic tear running vertically down one cheek**, catching a tiny highlight from the light. Keep the tear subtle and photographic, not dramatic.

### Clothing

Dress me in a very dark, almost-black, simple long-sleeve shirt with a minimal collar/open neckline. No logos, patterns, jewelry, or distracting accessories.

### Earphones

Add small black wired earphones in my ears. Thin black wires should naturally fall from both ears down across my neck and chest.

### Hair and beard

Keep **my actual hairstyle, beard, mustache, facial hair density, and hairline exactly from my uploaded photo**. Do not substitute another hairstyle or beard.

### Composition

The portrait should feel intimate and closely framed.

Place my head and upper body mostly in the **center-right/right half** of the image.

The textured wall should occupy the entire right edge behind me.

Leave a large area of soft, dark negative space on the **left side** of the image.

My head should sit approximately in the upper-middle section rather than touching the top edge.

The lower portion should include my bent arm and part of my knees/body disappearing into deep shadow.

### Camera look

Photorealistic professional portrait photography.

Approximate look of an **85mm portrait lens**, shallow depth of field, natural perspective, subtle background blur, sharpest focus on my face, beard, eyelashes, tear, and hair.

Do not use wide-angle distortion.

### Lighting

Use extremely soft cinematic side lighting coming from the **upper-left/front-left**.

Create a gentle highlight across the forehead, eyelids, bridge of the nose, cheekbone, lips, and tear while allowing the opposite side of the face and body to fall gradually into deep shadow.

Use low-key lighting with rich blacks and smooth gray transitions.

Do not overexpose the face.

### Black-and-white grading

Pure monochrome black-and-white photography.

Deep blacks, soft silver-gray highlights, moderate-to-high contrast, subtle filmic grain, realistic skin texture, detailed beard hairs, detailed hair strands, soft shadow falloff, slightly matte cinematic finish.

No color tint, sepia, blue tint, or artificial HDR effect.

### Motivational quote

In the empty dark area on the **upper-left side**, add this exact text:

**“Breathe. Heal. Rise again.”**

The quote must be **small**, thin, elegant, handwritten cursive/script typography.

Use a delicate light-gray/off-white handwritten ink appearance.

Keep it understated and refined — approximately 3–5% of the image height.

Place it horizontally with generous breathing room around it.

Do not make the quote bold, large, glowing, decorative, or dominant.

### Identity priority

Highest priority: **my face must remain faithful to the uploaded identity photo**.

Preserve facial proportions and distinguishing features precisely. Do not generate a generic handsome man. Do not blend my identity with another person. Do not modify my nose, jawline, eyes, lips, beard, eyebrows, skin texture, hairstyle, or facial proportions.

### Final aesthetic

The finished image should look like a genuine professional monochrome photograph capturing a private emotional moment: lonely, calm, introspective, melancholic, but quietly hopeful.

Minimal scene, no clutter, no props apart from the wired earphones, textured wall, dark clothing, tear, and handwritten quote.

**Negative instructions:** no altered face, no different person, no face reshaping, no beauty filter, no excessive skin smoothing, no artificial perfect skin, no exaggerated muscles, no smiling, no open eyes, no extra tears, no crying expression, no distorted hands, no extra fingers, no extra limbs, no headphones over the ears, no jewelry, no logos, no background objects, no furniture, no windows, no colored lighting, no sepia tone, no oversized typography, no bold typography, no neon text, no watermark, no signature, no frame, no collage, no illustration, no painting, no anime, no CGI appearance.

**Aspect ratio: 2:3 vertical.**
**Style: ultra-realistic cinematic black-and-white portrait photography.**