Use case: illustration-story / stylized character bust
Asset type: counseling-simulation avatar bust (head and shoulders only), centered, perfectly front-facing, symmetrical
Primary request: a gentle, semi-realistic anime illustration bust portrait of a 17-year-old Korean high-school girl, calm with a slightly melancholic, wistful mood.
Subject: young woman, oval face with a soft rounded jaw and small chin, smooth light warm beige skin with NO pores and NO wrinkles, large soft brown almond eyes with a single gentle white highlight in each, thin softly-arched dark-brown eyebrows, a very small subtle nose (minimal), closed neutral mouth with slightly downturned natural soft-pink lips. Long brown wavy hair, center-parted, with straight softly-textured bangs across the forehead and two side locks framing the face down past the shoulders. Wearing a soft gray-blue rounded-neckline top, shoulders only, no collar detail.
Style/medium: semi-realistic anime illustration, clean soft cel shading, gentle and tasteful and approachable, soft Studio-Ghibli-like warmth. NOT photorealistic, NOT chibi, NOT over-stylized or sexualized.
Composition/framing: head-and-shoulders bust, centered, perfectly front-facing and symmetrical, eyes looking straight forward at viewer, generous even padding around the head and shoulders.
Lighting/mood: soft even gentle frontal light, calm and slightly wistful mood, subtle warmth.
Background: perfectly flat solid plain light gray (#C9CDD2) only, absolutely no gradient, no shadow on the background, no floor, no props, no scenery, no text, no watermark. The flat background is intentional for clean background removal.
Constraints: perfectly front-facing and symmetrical; mouth closed and neutral; both eyes fully open; bangs must NOT cover the eyes; plain flat solid background only; no text; no watermark; no signature.
Avoid: any text or watermark or signature, extra people, hands or fingers visible, earrings or jewelry or hair accessories, busy or textured background, cast shadow or contact shadow on the background, reflections.