Romantic Desi Couple Illustration with Floral Splash

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Create a highly detailed hand-painted watercolor illustration of a romantic Desi couple posing affectionately together, matching the reference image’s facial features. Composition: Vertical waist-up framing in a clean, intimate portrait. Center the couple, leaning naturally toward each other. The man stands slightly behind and to the left of the woman, gently embracing her with one arm around her shoulder and his other hand resting affectionately near her upper arm. The woman stands slightly in front, with one arm crossing naturally across her body and her other hand resting near her hair. Their bodies overlap naturally. Keep both faces clearly visible and prominently framed. Man: A handsome man with neatly styled hair swept back with natural volume, natural masculine facial proportions, and realistic facial structure. He wears a light sage-green casual button-up shirt with a soft fabric appearance, subtle folds, and an open collar. His expression is cheerful, loving, relaxed, and directed toward the camera. Woman: An elegant woman with long, smooth hair flowing naturally over her shoulders and a small traditional red bindi. She wears elegant gold jhumka earrings, a delicate gold necklace, and multiple thin gold bangles. She is dressed in a beautiful pastel pink traditional Indian saree with intricate golden embroidered borders and subtle gold floral motifs. The saree has soft flowing folds and delicate watercolor detailing. Her expression is happy, affectionate, natural, and directed toward the camera. Background: Clean white textured watercolor paper with soft pastel watercolor splashes behind the couple. Use subtle washes of powder blue, aqua, mint green, pale yellow, and soft lavender, blending organically with irregular brush edges, scattered watercolor droplets, and delicate paint splatters. Keep the background airy, bright, minimal, and uncluttered, with no scenery or distracting objects. Art style: Premium hand-painted watercolor portrait in an elegant contemporary Indian romantic illustration style, combining realistic watercolor rendering with refined digital illustration. Use detailed ink-like outlines, soft translucent watercolor washes, delicate brush textures, subtle color bleeding, layered pigments, gentle highlights, and controlled shading. Keep the faces highly detailed and expressive while retaining an authentic watercolor aesthetic. Lighting and color: Soft, diffused studio-like illumination with a bright high-key appearance, gentle highlights on the faces and hair, warm skin tones, a pastel palette, natural shadows, and harmonious pink, sage green, gold, blue, mint, and cream tones. Avoid harsh contrast. Details: Highly detailed facial features, realistic eyes with natural reflections, individually defined hair strands, delicate saree embroidery, intricate gold jewelry, realistic fabric folds, watercolor pigment variation, detailed edges, and organic brush strokes. Maintain realistic anatomy, natural proportions, expressive faces, clean linework, vibrant color harmony, and crisp facial details with carefully rendered watercolor edges.