Art style: Cinematic Realistic.
A montage of intense interstellar space combat. Sleek jump ships dodge laser fire near a giant ringed planet. Overlaid is the face of Ares, now 25 years old, with a small scar on his cheek, looking exhausted but resolute. Sci-fi epic.
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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 entirely in "Cinematic Realistic" style. Match the lighting grammar, material response, colour science, level of realism / stylisation, line weight, and shading model typical of "Cinematic Realistic". Keep the subject, composition, camera angle, lighting direction, and colour palette from the description above — but EVERY surface, skin, fabric, material, and environmental element must be rendered in the "Cinematic Realistic" idiom, not in any other medium.
Character appearance reference (MUST match exactly):
- Ares: A 15-year-old boy with messy dark hair, intense determined eyes, wearing a simple grey orphanage jumpsuit. Later in the story, he is 25 years old, tall, athletic, with a weary but resolved expression, wearing a worn but clean space pilot uniform.
