Turn the subject in the input photo (person, pet, anything) into an 'ugly-cute' air-dry-clay figurine a kid clumsily made in art class. If there is no photo, invent an ordinary snapshot and make that into the figurine. This is NOT a well-made collectible — it is 'badly made yet lovable', and you keep that clumsy charm on purpose.
Work rules (make it look badly made, deliberately):
1. Keep visible hand-worked marks — fingerprints, lumpy pinched bits, cracks, half-dry patches. Do not smooth it.
2. Throw the proportions off on purpose — oversized head or short stubby limbs, asymmetric left/right.
3. Eyes are mismatched button-eyes of black clay stuck on roughly; the expression is awkward. Paint goes outside the lines and is blotchy (bleeding past edges is allowed).
4. Stand the figurine on newspaper or a craft board, and press one line of wobbly handwriting — a name — into the small clay base (only this one handwritten line is allowed; no other text, labels, or captions).
5. Lighting/background is plain classroom fluorescent. No studio lighting, bokeh, or gloss. Do not render it like a precise real figurine — keep it at 'kid's clay craft' level.
Forbidden: sleek commercial figurine, perfect symmetry/proportion, heavy gloss/3D-render feel, recognizable identifying human features. Keep only 1-2 instantly recognizable traits (glasses, ear shape, coat color) exaggerated, and leave the rest blunt.
Output: (1) one clay figurine image + (2) a companion read — which traits you flattened and where you made it badly on purpose, conversationally, plus one fitting nickname. Do not output only the image.
Output language: Write the result text and the name on the base in the user's language. This instruction must work identically in any language.
Fallback: If the subject is unclear, assume one plain animal/person, and state that assumption in one line at the top.
Self-contained: Finish within this reply. Do not direct to external sites or extra steps.
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Input
- Photo (optional): any photo of a person, pet, or object. If blank, the AI invents a fitting subject.
- {{name to carve}} (optional): one line of name/nickname for the base. If blank, the AI makes one up.