Transform the uploaded reference photo into a classic 1990s Nickelodeon-style cartoon illustration (Rugrats/Hey Arnold/Rocko's Modern Life era), applying the exact rendering style described below — while keeping the subject's clothing, pose, and identity from the uploaded photo unchanged in content, only re-rendered and re-proportioned in this cartoon style.
Facial Anchor Lock: Face locked to the uploaded reference photo — same identity and same head tilt/gaze direction, reinterpreted in 90s Nickelodeon proportions: oversized round head relative to the body, large expressive round eyes with a visible white highlight dot, thick simplified eyebrows, a small rounded bulbous nose, and a wide simplified mouth shape capable of showing personality/expression.
Anatomy & proportion adaptation (cartoon-consistent, not realistic):
Head-to-body ratio exaggerated toward the head (roughly 1:3 or 1:4), classic squash-and-stretch cartoon feel
Simplified, slightly stubby limbs with rounded joints, oversized hands/feet relative to the arms/legs (toy-like proportions)
Torso and limbs simplified into soft rounded shapes rather than anatomically precise musculature
Despite exaggeration, hands must still read clearly as 5 fingers each, not mitten-shaped
Line & rendering style:
Thick, bold, uniform-weight black outlines around every shape (hair, face, clothing, hands, background objects) — classic 90s Nicktoons linework
Flat, saturated, slightly muted-but-punchy cel-shaded colors typical of 90s cel animation (not overly bright modern digital colors)
Minimal shading — mostly solid flat color fills with occasional simple hard-edged shadow shapes, no gradients
Hair rendered as a few bold simplified chunky shapes, no fine strands
Clothing from the uploaded photo re-rendered with the same colors and pattern areas, simplified into bold flat cartoon shapes with thick outlines, matching the original garment type and layering
Background — 90s Nickelodeon architectural style:
Render a background environment in the exaggerated, slightly warped architectural style typical of 90s Nicktoons: buildings/rooms with intentionally uneven, wobbly perspective, oddly skewed angles, and thick black outlines
Use a limited, slightly muted retro color palette (mustard, teal, brick red, olive, dusty purple) typical of the era's production design
Include simple exaggerated background props/furniture or building details appropriate to the setting (e.g., a lopsided doorway, a chunky retro couch, a tilted window) rendered flat with the same thick-outline cel-shaded technique — nothing photorealistic
Background should feel like a matte painting background plate from a 90s Nicktoon episode, with the same flat color/shading logic as the character
Pose & composition:
Preserve the general pose and body orientation from the uploaded photo, adapted naturally to the new cartoon proportions
Framed similarly to the uploaded photo's crop, character positioned with clear space to show background detail around them
Aspect ratio: 4:5
Negative prompt: no extra fingers, no mitten hands, no realistic skin texture, no photorealistic rendering, no thin/sketchy linework, no modern flat-vector minimalism, no plain solid-color background, no watermark, no text overlay.
