Gently Smiling Adult · Cheek Lift and Eyelid Curves

SUBJECT
One adult with short straight hair and a plain crewneck shirt, facing the viewer with a gentle closed-mouth smile; the raised cheeks visibly support the upward curves of the lower eyelids.

COMPOSITION
Use an eye-level frontal head-and-shoulders view in a vertical frame. Keep both eyes, both cheeks, and the whole mouth unobstructed, with relaxed shoulders and a small margin above the hair.

STYLE GUIDE
1. Shape & line
Draw the closed mouth as a gently curved seam with slightly raised corners, then lift the cheek contours beneath both eyes and bow the lower eyelids upward. Keep the upper lids relaxed and the eye openings slightly narrowed so the smile reads through connected facial shapes.

2. Color & light
Use soft light from the upper image-left, leaving the raised cheek tops pale and placing gentle graphite shading beneath their rounded volumes. Make the image-right cheek slightly darker while preserving the lifted shape on both sides.

3. Texture & material
Build skin tones with light overlapping pencil strokes that follow the cheek curves, letting paper grain remain visible. Use denser directional strokes for the short hair and a broad quiet tone for the shirt so facial modeling stays clear.

4. Composition
Center the face against an unmarked paper background and give the eyes, lifted cheeks, and mouth the clearest detail. Keep the neck and shoulders simpler, and allow slight natural differences between the two mouth corners rather than forcing mirror symmetry.

PRIORITY
Preserve the requested identity, count, action, composition and output settings. Apply the style rules within those constraints; a style reference must not replace the subject or layout. Within the style: Make the cheek lift and lower-eyelid response carry the smile.

AVOID
Avoid a pasted-on mouth curve, exposed teeth, or deeply carved smile lines.

OUTPUT
Create one portrait image in a 4:5 aspect ratio, rendered as a graphite pencil drawing on warm white paper, with no lettering, captions, or watermark.

SELF-CHECK
Check that both raised cheeks visibly connect to gently narrowed eyes.