Personality Caricature — Your Traits, Not Your Job

Turn the person in this photo into a caricature illustration surrounded by evidence of who they are rather than what they do for work. Exaggeration: amplify proportion, expression and posture — head enlarged relative to the body, my characteristic expression pushed further, my habitual posture exaggerated into a deep slouch in an armchair with legs crossed. Exaggerate only expression, proportion and posture. Do not alter or exaggerate ethnic features, and keep my skin tone exactly as it appears in the photo. Preserve my facial identity: bone structure, eye shape and spacing, nose bridge, hairline and mouth stay recognisably mine. Traits to make visible: always reading three books at once, never finishes a cup of tea, cannot say no to a stray cat — render each one as a physical object, a piece of styling or a detail of the environment rather than as a written label, so the picture tells someone about me without a single word in it. Hobbies and habits in frame: playing an old acoustic guitar, long runs, letting the cat win the armchair, drawn as real used objects with wear on them, not clean icons. Setting: a small warm living room, warped slightly so the space curves around me. Expression and mood: contentedly overwhelmed, half-smiling with eyebrows raised. Art style: hand-drawn ink and watercolour caricature, with confident varied line weight and flat shading. Colors: burnt orange, sage green and warm paper cream. Composition: me large and central with the personal detail layered in depth behind and around me, close objects sharp and heavy-lined, distant ones lighter. Quality: high-resolution illustration, crisp linework, visible medium texture, affectionate and specific rather than generic or mocking.