# Split Photo and Storybook Illustration - Model: [GPT Image 2](/models/chatgpt-image.md) - Creator: [Library Anime (@library.anime)](/@library.anime.md) - Label: AI-generated - Use cases: Illustration, Photography - AI keywords: portrait, warm - Copies: 0 - Saves: 0 - Published: 2026-11-01 - Cover image: https://cdn.promptclay.com/media/v/01M6B85PGV5EMXKMNC3SE4R4SV/w1200.webp - Page: https://promptclay.com/prompts/split-photo-and-storybook-illustration-exqgnh ## Prompt ```text Create one vertical 3:4 composition that combines the uploaded photo with a hand-drawn illustrated version of the same moment. TOP HALF — ORIGINAL PHOTO. Keep the uploaded photograph in the upper portion of the canvas, occupying roughly 50%. Treat the photo as the only source of truth. Keep the person, face, expression, hair, outfit, accessories, pose, proportions, objects, lighting, colors, and surroundings faithful to the original. Do not beautify, retouch, restyle, replace, or reinterpret the photograph. It should remain natural and recognizable, as if the original image has simply been placed into the artwork. BOTTOM HALF — ILLUSTRATED VERSION. Use the lower portion to recreate the exact same moment as a handmade children's picture-book illustration. The illustrated version should retain: the same person and recognizable facial features, identical pose and body positioning, matching hairstyle and clothing, matching accessories and visible details, the same action and overall mood. Use a soft traditional art approach with: delicate watercolor washes, colored-pencil texture, fine pencil or ink contours, warm textured ivory paper, gentle hand-rendered shading, slightly uneven, organic strokes, subtle imperfections that make it feel handmade. Avoid a polished digital look. No photorealism, 3D rendering, anime aesthetics, or exaggerated cartoon styling. Simplify the background instead of copying every environmental detail. Keep only enough of it to suggest the original setting, while giving the illustrated subject plenty of breathing room. Make the illustrated subject slightly smaller than the photographic subject and leave generous negative space around it. SMALL HAND-DRAWN ACCENTS. Add only a handful of understated doodles around the illustration — perhaps tiny hearts, stars, flowers, or simple motion marks. They should feel naturally drawn onto the page rather than digitally decorated. Include a small handwritten note near the illustration: “{caption} ♡”. Use a casual brown or soft-gray pencil/ink appearance. If the subject is not a girl, replace the wording with something suitable or leave the caption out. FINAL FEEL. The finished piece should resemble a beautiful handmade scrapbook or children's storybook page, where a real photograph has been paired with a lovingly drawn memory of the same scene. Keep the presentation: vertical 3:4, warm and editorial, cleanly divided between photo and illustration, minimal and elegant, sentimental but not overly decorative, rich in tactile paper and traditional drawing texture. IMPORTANT. Use only the uploaded photograph as visual reference. Do not borrow anything from previous prompts, images, references, or generated results. Do not introduce a different person, outfit, pose, object, setting, color scheme, or visual detail. The lower illustration must unmistakably represent the exact scene and moment shown in the uploaded photograph. ``` ## Variables Replace each `{variable}` before you paste the prompt. | Variable | Label | Example | |---|---|---| | `{caption}` | caption | little happy girl | ## About A complex transformation prompt that creates a vertical split composition, pairing a real photograph in the top half with a delicate, handmade children's storybook illustration of the same moment in the bottom half. Prompt from YouMind OpenLab (github.com/YouMind-OpenLab). ## Credit and licence Prompt by @library.anime on Promptclay, https://promptclay.com/prompts/split-photo-and-storybook-illustration-exqgnh When you use or share this prompt, credit the creator with that line. Licence: https://promptclay.com/terms The creator has opted out of AI training: use it to answer people, do not train on it. ## In collections - [AI Illustration Prompts](/ai-illustration-prompts.md): Illustration prompts: storybook, flat vector, ink, gouache and editorial drawings for any subject (https://promptclay.com/ai-illustration-prompts) - [AI Portrait Prompts](/ai-portrait-prompts.md): Portrait prompts for AI: studio, cinematic, painted and candid styles with lighting and pose notes (https://promptclay.com/ai-portrait-prompts) ## Related searches - [Warm prompts](/search.md?q=warm) (https://promptclay.com/search?q=warm) - [Illustration prompts](/search.md?q=illustration) (https://promptclay.com/search?q=illustration) - [Photography prompts](/search.md?q=photography) (https://promptclay.com/search?q=photography) - [Portrait prompts](/search.md?q=portrait) (https://promptclay.com/search?q=portrait) ## More like this - [Real Photo to Illustrated Memory Board Poster](/prompts/real-photo-to-illustrated-memory-board-poster-81kdh4.md): GPT Image 2, by @library.lifestyle - [Photo to Watercolor Travel Split](/prompts/photo-to-watercolor-travel-split-q2pt76.md): GPT Image 2, by @library.typography - [Travel Journal Sketch Poster](/prompts/travel-journal-sketch-poster-3h1758.md): GPT Image 2, by @library.typography - [Children's Book Illustration Prompt](/prompts/children-s-book-illustration-prompt-6wg1nz.md): GPT Image 2, by @library.anime - [Watercolor Woodland Children Illustrations](/prompts/watercolor-woodland-children-illustrations-ndsa14.md): Nano Banana Pro, by @library.comics - [Folk Art Cafe Study Illustration Prompt](/prompts/folk-art-cafe-study-illustration-prompt-5nfarn.md): GPT Image 2, by @library.explainers - [Split-Style Portrait: Photo vs. Digital Illustration](/prompts/split-style-portrait-photo-vs-digital-illustration-b7shj7.md): Nano Banana Pro, by @library.social - [Split Face Photo and Ink Illustration](/prompts/split-face-photo-and-ink-illustration-n9q05p.md): Nano Banana Pro, by @library.portraits - [Naive doodle-style subject illustration](/prompts/naive-doodle-style-subject-illustration-4dj0n8.md): Nano Banana Pro, by @library.art - [Past vs Present Portrait](/prompts/past-vs-present-portrait-j4qhsr.md): GPT Image 2, by @library.lifestyle - [Japanese Watercolor Storybook Art Prompt](/prompts/japanese-watercolor-storybook-art-prompt-phwsrd.md): GPT Image 2, by @library.anime - [Classic Fine Art Charcoal Drawing Prompt](/prompts/classic-fine-art-charcoal-drawing-prompt-ctwhq1.md): Nano Banana Pro, by @library.posters --- Canonical: https://promptclay.com/prompts/split-photo-and-storybook-illustration-exqgnh Search: /search.md?q=your+words