IDENTITY PRESERVATION INSTRUCTION:
Using the uploaded photo as reference, preserve the person's exact facial features, face shape, eye color, skin tone, and unique characteristics while transforming the image into a pixel-art style suitable for indie games. Maintain recognizable facial proportions and expression to ensure likeness is kept.

TRANSFORMATION DESCRIPTION:
Convert the photo into a high-quality pixel-art portrait with a retro indie game aesthetic. Apply clean pixel rendering with intentional dithering and limited color palette typical of 8-bit or 16-bit era games. The portrait should look like a professional game asset - stylized but clearly representing the person in the original photo. Keep facial features distinct and readable at the intended display size.

STYLE AND AESTHETIC PARAMETERS:
- Art style: Authentic pixel-art with clean edges and deliberate pixel placement
- Color palette: Limited retro color scheme (16-64 colors) with dithering patterns
- Lighting: Soft directional lighting with 2-3 tone shading using pixel gradients
- Background: Solid color or simple gradient background typical of indie game portraits
- Rendering: Anti-aliased at 2x or 3x scale for clean output, then downscaled to authentic pixel resolution
- Mood: Neutral to friendly expression, suitable for RPG or adventure game protagonist
- Detail level: Focus on facial features - eyes, nose, mouth should be clearly defined with minimal pixels

TECHNICAL QUALITY PARAMETERS:
- High resolution base render for clean pixel conversion
- Sharp focus on face and facial features
- Professional game asset quality
- Aspect ratio: 1:1 (square) for standard portrait sprite format
- Pixel density: 64x64 to 128x128 effective resolution after scaling
- Clean color separation without muddy blending

NEGATIVE PROMPT GUIDANCE:
Avoid: distorted facial features, blurry face, loss of likeness, unrealistic proportions, over-compressed artifacts, messy pixel placement, color bleeding, low resolution noise, photorealistic elements, smooth gradients, anti-aliasing artifacts, unreadable facial features

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