Pencil / Charcoal Sketch
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Pencil / Charcoal Sketch

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Prompt
Transform the uploaded photograph into a hand-drawn PENCIL / CHARCOAL SKETCH on textured paper.

SUBJECT: the person/people in the uploaded photograph.

LIKENESS THROUGH STYLE (mandatory):
- A STYLE TRANSFORMATION: redraw the WHOLE image as a graphite/charcoal sketch, but the subject(s) stay RECOGNISABLE — keep face shape, features, expression, hairstyle, pose, framing. "That's [them], sketched."
- Apply the drawing UNIFORMLY (subject + background) — one coherent hand-drawn piece (no photo-real face on a sketched body).
- Preserve identity cues — face shape, the real features and hair, distinguishing marks (translated into line and tone, not colour). For couples/groups keep each person DISTINCT; never blend.

Sketch style spec:
- Confident GRAPHITE LINEWORK with varied line weight; soft tonal SHADING built from hatching and smooth blending; charcoal smudges for the deeper darks; a kneaded-eraser highlight or two.
- The FACE drawn with the most care and detail (so the likeness reads); hands/clothing/background looser, some areas left as suggestion or unfinished (the artful "vignette into white paper").
- Visible PAPER TEXTURE (tooth of the paper catching the graphite); a soft natural value range.
- Monochrome graphite grey (or charcoal black-and-white); optional one subtle colour accent.

Preserve from the original: number of people, pose and relative positions, composition/crop, key props, each person's likeness.

Output: a single pencil/charcoal sketch on paper texture, no text, no border, no watermark. Aspect ratio matching the upload (or 4:5).

This image was generated with AI.

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