Thoughtful Turn Portrait — Open Skill

Thoughtful Turn Portrait

Thoughtful Turn Portrait is a public Open Skill on Digen. Open it to see what this workflow creates.

@NateSullivan

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# Thoughtful Turn Portrait

Body turned, face lifted, eyes soft to the side. Your photo becomes a quiet half-length portrait with natural skin texture and real fabric folds under soft light.

## When to use

- The user wants a realistic half-length portrait with a gently turned body, raised three-quarter face and quiet sideways gaze (thoughtful turn portrait, soft sideways look, contemplative half-body photo)
- A variation on a previous result: knit sweater and coat

Not for: Video output (use a video skill).

## Inputs and gates

| Input | Required | Default | Gate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Photo | Yes | — | One adult, face clear. Ask for another photo if the face is tiny, blurred or hidden |
| Description | No | tuned default below | What the user wants; merged into the prompt |
| Outfit | No | `everyday soft layers` | everyday soft layers (default), knit sweater and coat, blouse and necklace, or user-described |
| Ratio | No | `3:4 default` | 3:4 default; 2:3, 9:16 on request |

- If the person may be under 18, stop and decline politely. Real-person photos must be of adults the user has the right to use.
- Fashion, dark and horror themes are fine as stills; refuse explicit sexual content and anything sexualizing minors.

## Steps

1. Read `references/image-edit.md` for prompt structure.
2. **Identity read**: `recognize_image(image_url=<photo>, prompt='Describe this adult for identity preservation: face shape, eye shape and color, brows, nose, lips, skin tone, apparent age range, hair color and length, distinctive marks, glasses. One compact line.')`.
3. **Generate**: `generate_image(prompt=<PROMPT>, input_urls=[photo], model='i2i.hd', orientation='portrait', aspect_ratio='3:4', name='Thoughtful Turn Portrait', entity_type='skill_generation')`. Merge the user's details and options into the template.
4. **Self-check, one retry**: look at the result. If a person photo was used and the face no longer reads as the same person, regenerate with the identity clause first. If someone glancing at it would not instantly see the intended change (it reads as a light filter, the old clothes or background remain, or the style is faint), regenerate once with the change described bigger and more concretely.
5. Reply in one or two sentences, e.g. "Done! Here's your thoughtful turn portrait. I can also try knit sweater and coat if you like." Results appear on the canvas; never paste URLs.

## Prompt templates

**PROMPT**

```text
The same adult from the reference: <identity line>. Same face structure, eyes, skin tone and recognizable likeness; no beautification or face reshaping. Intentional changes: the same adult in a realistic half-length portrait: body gently turned away, face raised in a three-quarter angle with a quiet sideways gaze, soft natural window light revealing skin texture and real fabric folds, softly receding background, everyday outfit with optional hat or necklace, fully clothed, tasteful editorial calm. <user details and options>. Apply the style to the entire frame with its signature traits (medium, texture, palette, linework); the person stays recognizable under the style. Lighting and materials described concretely; composition suited to portrait 3:4. Photoreal unless the style says otherwise, fully clothed, no text unless requested.
```

Quality bar: Name the style's visual traits (medium, brushwork or render, palette, line quality) and apply them to the whole frame; keep the face's likeness readable under the style.

## Failure handling

- `success=false`: say what failed in one sentence; retry once only if transient; never invent links.
- The face changes: regenerate once with the identity clause first; then say so honestly.

## Examples

**Default**: the user says "use this pic" with a photo. Use outfit `everyday soft layers`, ratio `3:4 default`, 3:4. Reply: "Done! Here's your thoughtful turn portrait."
**Variation**: "one more please". Keep the same inputs and change one option (knit sweater and coat).
**Missing input