Pixel Art Retro

Transform the uploaded photo into a polished 16-bit retro video game pixel-art portrait while preserving the subject's real identity and the original photo's composition. Maintain the person's facial structure, facial proportions, skin tone interpretation, hairstyle, hair volume, eyebrows, eyes, nose, lips, jawline, facial hair, accessories, clothing silhouette, body position, pose, camera angle, crop, subject placement, and natural expression as accurately as possible. The final image must remain immediately recognizable as the same person in the original photo. Reinterpret the photograph through the visual language of premium 16-bit console game art: intentional square pixels, a limited but expressive color palette, crisp pixel clusters, visible dithering, deliberate anti-aliasing, controlled shading steps, and clean sprite-like contours. Avoid smooth digital gradients; all transitions must be built from carefully placed pixels and color bands. Keep the original composition as the foundation, adapting the environment into a nostalgic game-world version of the same setting. Simplify background details into layered pixel-art scenery, atmospheric silhouettes, stylized architecture, foliage, city lights, interiors, or landscapes, depending on the source image. Preserve depth using parallax-like layers, selective detail, and restrained atmospheric color shifts. Use a refined retro palette that adapts naturally to the uploaded image, with rich shadow tones, bright highlight accents, and cohesive color grouping. Add subtle CRT-inspired character only when appropriate, such as minimal screen glow, faint scanline texture, or pixel sparkle—never enough to obscure the portrait or make the image look damaged. Render the final image as sophisticated 16-bit pixel art with strong readability, balanced composition, expressive facial detail, and a nostalgic premium-game aesthetic. The result should feel like a memorable character portrait from a high-end retro adventure game, not a low-effort pixelation filter. No readable text, no logos, no watermark, no altered identity, no distorted face, no extra limbs, no malformed hands, no photorealistic skin, no blurry pixels, no vector look, no 3D rendering, no anime style, no generic game interface, no excessive scanlines, no low-detail blocky abstraction.