Children's Book Style Colored Pencil and Watercolor Illustration AI Image Prompt

Hand-drawn colored pencil illustration with clean line art and slightly rough pencil outlines [Use the uploaded image as reference], combined with soft watercolor wash textures. Bright pastel colors, lighter and more vivid tones with natural saturation. Visible pencil strokes layered with subtle watercolor gradients.
Warm and friendly tone, semi-cartoon realistic proportions. Simple facial features with dot eyes and small smiles. flat yet detailed coloring, minimal shadows, soft highlights, storybook illustration feel, cozy and cheerful atmosphere, vibrant yet soft color palette, children-book / lifestyle sketch style, high clarity, no realism, no photo texture. Vertical portrait.

An image generation prompt for creating a vertical portrait illustration in a children's book style. It specifies the use of hand-drawn colored pencils with clean line art, soft watercolor washes, bright pastel colors, and a cozy, cheerful atmosphere, explicitly avoiding photorealism.

How to use this prompt

Copy the prompt above and paste it into an AI image generator such as Google Gemini (Nano Banana) or a similar tool. Replace any bracketed placeholders with your own details, then generate and refine the result.

This prompt is designed to work with a reference photo. Upload your own photo (only one you have the right to use) together with the prompt.

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