Art style: Studio Ghibli.
The same courtyard and steps, the same person growing up in place from a small child to a teenager to a young adult sitting on the steps, the seasons shifting behind them, the old lantern glowing steadily and unchanged.
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FINAL STYLE ENFORCEMENT (this is the authoritative rendering directive — it overrides any style wording elsewhere in the prompt):
Render this image in the following art style:
Studio Ghibli hand-painted 2D anime (Hayao Miyazaki look) — lush hand-painted backgrounds, soft watercolour-and-gouache textures, gentle pastel palette, warm natural daylight, clean confident line work, cel-shaded characters with simple expressive features. CRITICAL: EVERY element — characters, foliage, trees, animals, sky and the entire environment — must be rendered in this single consistent hand-painted Ghibli idiom. Do NOT mix in photorealism or 3D CGI; keep one cohesive 2D painted look across the whole frame.
Every surface, skin, fabric, material, and environmental element must be rendered in this idiom.
Character appearance reference (MUST match exactly):
- Фонарь: An old ornate cast-iron street lantern with a gracefully curved post and decorative scrollwork, weathered green-patina metal, a single glass lamp housing a warm amber glow, standing beside worn stone steps in a small courtyard.
