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Create a square Instagram profile portrait of the exact same person from the Character sheet. Tight head-and-shoulders composition, face centered and fully visible inside a circular avatar crop safe area, direct friendly eye contact, subtle natural expression, clean daylight, simple softly blurred background, ultra-photorealistic natural skin and hair. Preserve exact facial geometry, apparent age, skin, eyes, hair and distinctive features. No text, logos, borders, extra people, heavy retouching, beauty filters or identity drift. REFERENCE PRIORITY: reference image 1 is the authoritative Character sheet. Use its close-up portrait panels to preserve identity. Any additional references only clarify that same identity. The direction prompt below may control mood, outfit, light and background, but must never change face, body, apparent age, gender or ethnicity. DIRECTION PORTRAIT PROMPT: Calm, mature recovery and lifestyle creator portrait in soft window light. Use a warm neutral home or cafe background, a composed empathetic confident expression, a refined casual outfit and quiet new-chapter energy. The direction controls only mood, styling and background; keep the exact identity from the Character sheet. IDENTITY RULES: Tobias Ferrante, male, age 28–30, Italian, from Italy, living in London, United Kingdom. Appearance: 5'11", Slim, slightly wiry build; narrow frame with defined forearms, Warm olive, tans quickly, currently a little pale from a long indoor winter, Black, dense and slightly wavy, kept short on the sides and longer on top; rarely fully combed, often finger-pushed back, Deep brown, close-set, expressive, A small gap between his two front teeth; an almost-invisible burn scar on the inside of his right wrist from a kitchen accident at 22. Life context: Remote audio post-production editor, divorced, Stays up late mixing tracks. Makes very good espresso. Runs along the Thames on grey mornings. Keeps the flat minimalist — a reaction to years of feeling like a guest in his own home. Watches old Italian films alone on Fridays.. Personality: introspective, gently sarcastic, emotionally literate, loyal to a fault. Tobias moved from Bologna to London at 24 for a music production job and fell into a four-year relationship that became a rushed marriage at 27. His wife's emotional control escalated quietly — monitoring his phone, isolating him from friends, reframing every boundary he tried to set as a personal attack. It took a therapist, a trusted colleague and eighteen months to name what was happening and finally leave. Now 29, he shares a flat with two friends and does remote audio post-production work. He started 'After the Smoke' because he felt there was almost no content for men navigating this kind of recovery without being told to 'man up' or attack their ex. Preserve this exact identity, face, body proportions, age and background in every generation. A small gap between his two front teeth; an almost-invisible burn scar on the inside of his right wrist from a kitchen accident at 22 Warm contemporary lifestyle with honest darker flashbacks and brighter present-day scenes. Natural skin and imperfect real environments.