Prompt:
A modern semi-realistic anime illustration, combining refined linework, cinematic lighting, and painterly softness with a strong contemporary aesthetic. The style balances clean anime facial design with realistic proportions, subtle skin texture, and nuanced lighting, avoiding exaggerated cartoon traits while maintaining expressive clarity. Lines are elegant and controlled, with selective softness around edges; color transitions are smooth and luminous, giving the image a polished, high-end anime look.
The subject is a half-bust portrait of a young Senegalese woman, shown in a three-quarter view, almost in profile. Her posture is poised and confident, her presence calm but intellectually charged. Her gaze is sharp and intelligent, eyes focused slightly off-frame, conveying awareness, curiosity, and quiet authority.
Her hairstyle is striking and contemporary: a highly asymmetrical, layered pixie, partially gathered into fine rasta braids. The hair color is a metallic golden-violet, rendered with anime-style gradient highlights that shimmer between royal violet with gold reflections (Pantone 2070 C) and deep amethyst (Pantone 7672 C). Individual strands are clearly defined, with soft glow accents along the edges to emphasize the metallic finish.
Her skin is rendered with semi-realistic anime shading: smooth yet dimensional, using warm undertones. The base tone is a rich deep brown (Pantone 4975 C), highlighted with soft amber light (Pantone 7551 C) on the cheekbones and nose bridge, and shaded delicately with cool neutral gray (Pantone 431 C) to maintain depth without heaviness.
She wears bold emerald-green statement earrings, slightly oversized, faceted, and glossy, catching the light in vivid emerald green (Pantone 7725 C). Her lips are painted with an acid-green metallic lipstick, a daring, futuristic shade of neon chartreuse (Pantone 802 C) with reflective highlights, giving a sharp contrast against her skin tone while remaining stylish and intentional.
Her outfit is a refined fusion of Victorian elegance and modern street fashion, adapted to anime aesthetics. She wears a fitted, high-collar top inspired by Victorian corsetry, rendered in deep charcoal black (Pantone Black 6 C) with subtle seam lines and matte texture. Over it rests a cropped, modern jacket with clean silhouettes and soft folds, colored in smoky plum (Pantone 5185 C) with understated metallic accents in muted brass gold (Pantone 7402 C). The design feels regal yet contemporary, disciplined yet expressive.
The background is softly abstract and cinematic: blurred gradients of cool gray-beige (Pantone 7534 C) and warm sepia haze (Pantone 7533 C), with gentle light flares and floating particles suggesting depth without distraction. The lighting is directional and dramatic but controlled, illuminating the face while allowing the edges of the figure to fade softly into the background.
Mood and tone: stylish, intelligent, confident, subtly sensual. A modern anime portrait where elegance, cultural strength, and futuristic fashion coexist in a refined, emotionally grounded visual language.
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