# Photo to Sunlit Anime Character

- Model: [GPT Image 2](/models/chatgpt-image.md)
- Creator: [Library Avatars (@library.avatars)](/@library.avatars.md)
- Label: AI-generated
- Use cases: Photography
- AI keywords: anime, illustration, character, warm
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- Published: 2026-11-01
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- Page: https://promptclay.com/prompts/photo-to-sunlit-anime-character-nbpwqq

## Prompt

```text
Using REFERENCE_0 as the base, transform the photo into a polished anime-style illustration while preserving the same overall pose, camera angle, white oversized shirt, shark plush being hugged, window-side indoor setting, and warm backlit mood. Replace the obscured face with a cute expressive anime face: soft blush, slightly shy eyes, and the hand still raised near the mouth. Keep the short black bob silhouette but make it glossy and stylized, with red-tinted hair tips and 3 visible hair accessories: 2 silver rectangular hair clips and 1 gray X-shaped pin. Render the scene with clean line art, detailed painterly shading, luminous sunlight, soft highlights on fabric, and a high-quality visual-novel/anime key art finish.

Add and clarify the room details that were only vague in the reference: a teal-green wall, a framed ocean-and-cloud picture on the wall, a wooden dresser on the right, a white vase with exactly 3 yellow flowers, and 1 small framed photo on the dresser. Add a few subtle floating dust motes/bubbles in the sunlight. Make the shark plush more cute and crisp, with a blue top, white belly, black eye, gill marks, fin, tail, and open mouth with triangular teeth.

Customizable details: anime character with {eye_color}, {hair_accent_color}, wearing {shirt_style}, holding {plush_toy}, in a {background_mood}.

Constraints: do not crop out the plush, keep the composition vertical, keep the pose and outfit close to the reference, avoid photorealism, avoid extra characters, avoid text or watermarks.
```

## Variables

Replace each `{variable}` before you paste the prompt.

| Variable | Label | Example |
|---|---|---|
| `{eye_color}` | eye color | red |
| `{hair_accent_color}` | hair accent color | red |
| `{shirt_style}` | shirt style | oversized white button-up shirt |
| `{plush_toy}` | plush toy | blue shark plush |
| `{background_mood}` | background mood | warm sunlit bedroom by a window |

## About

Transforms a reference photo into a polished anime illustration while preserving the pose, outfit, plush toy, and cozy window-side setting.

Prompt from YouMind OpenLab (github.com/YouMind-OpenLab).

## Credit and licence

Prompt by @library.avatars on Promptclay, https://promptclay.com/prompts/photo-to-sunlit-anime-character-nbpwqq
When you use or share this prompt, credit the creator with that line. Licence: https://promptclay.com/terms
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