Layered paper craft portrait

This prompt turns your photo into a layered paper-craft portrait, cut from stacked coloured paper in colours you choose. Your face stays recognisable.

photo-paper-craft-portrait — gemini — 40 words

Turn this photo into a layered paper-craft portrait. Keep my face recognisable.

Cut coloured paper in [COLOURS] stacked in shadow-box layers, soft shadows between layers, visible fibre texture, simplified shapes for hair and clothing, backlit warm glow, handmade craft feel.

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Reduce the number of colours for a cleaner design.

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What you will get

Your portrait built from stacked sheets of coloured paper in a shadow box, with simple cut shapes for hair and clothes, soft shadows between layers and a warm backlight behind it.

Why it works

Paper-craft art is built in layers, so the prompt asks for cut paper stacked like a shadow box with soft shadows between the layers. Simplified shapes for hair and clothing make it look possible to cut by hand. Visible paper fibre and a warm backlight give the handmade glow. Fewer colours, as the tip suggests, keep the design clean.

Common mistake

It looks like a flat illustration, not layered paper.

Fix: Ask for “five to seven visible layers, deep soft shadows between each, torn paper edges, visible fibres”.

Also watch for

The colours clash. Name three or four colours in the bracket, from one palette, such as teal, cream, coral and gold.
Too much detail kills the paper feel. Say “simplified, bold shapes, no tiny details, cut with scissors, not a printer”.

Try a variation: make a paper landscape

Use the same layered style for a scene instead of a face: hills, a river and a sun cut from paper, for a wall-art look.

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Keep the palette. Add a frame around the shadow box and make the backlight a warm yellow behind the head.