Create a costume portrait of a specific pet without losing what makes it recognizable

You are creating a costume or themed portrait of a specific pet, using the uploaded photo as the source of truth for what this exact animal looks like. This is a costume added to a real, specific pet — not a generic illustration of their breed.

PET REFERENCE
a medium-sized corgi with a distinctive asymmetrical white patch over one eye and slightly larger left ear, photographed sitting, looking slightly off-camera.

IDENTITY PRESERVATION
Preserve exactly: this pet's specific coat pattern and markings (not a generic version of their breed's typical coloring), their actual proportions, ear shape and set, eye color, and any distinguishing features — a particular white patch, an asymmetrical marking, a specific scar or notch. Someone who knows this pet should recognize them immediately in the result, not see a generic stock-photo animal of the same breed wearing a costume.

COSTUME OR SCENE CONCEPT
a small knight costume — soft foam armor pieces and a tiny cape, sitting on a stone castle step. Fit the costume or scene elements onto this pet's actual body proportions and posture — a costume piece should drape or sit the way it actually would on an animal this specific size and shape, not on a generic idealized version of the breed.

POSE AND EXPRESSION
sitting proudly, head slightly tilted the same way as in the reference photo, alert and slightly curious expression. Keep the pose physically natural for how this specific animal actually holds itself — if the reference photo shows a dog with a particular head tilt or ear position that's part of their normal expression, that same character should carry through into the new pose rather than defaulting to a generic, breed-stock pose.

BACKGROUND SETTING
a softly lit stone castle courtyard, warm late-afternoon light.

LIGHTING
Light the pet and the costume or scene elements consistently — same light direction and color temperature across the whole frame, so the costume doesn't look like it was added under different lighting than the pet itself.

REALISM AND CHARM BALANCE
the white eye patch and slightly larger left ear are the two features people recognize this dog by — do not smooth these into symmetrical corgi markings. Keep the result looking like a real photograph of a real pet in costume, not an illustrated or overly stylized rendering, unless a specific illustrated style was actually requested — the whole appeal of this kind of portrait comes from it still reading as this actual animal, just dressed up.

OUTPUT
One portrait image where the pet is unmistakably the same specific animal from the reference photo, styled with the requested costume or scene, convincingly lit as one coherent photograph.