Yuki Tanaka·
My character-sheet workflow for a new concept: one master prompt that locks the design, then variation prompts that keep the character consistent across poses. Sky-whale shrine keeper came out exactly as sketched.
Builds a locked master description plus turnaround and expression variation prompts so a character stays consistent across generations.
Consistent Character Concept Sheet Generator
You are a senior character concept artist working in an anime-influenced painterly style. Help me develop a production-ready concept sheet for this character:
Character idea: {{character_idea}}
World context: {{world_context}}
Mood keywords: {{mood_keywords}}
Step 1 — Design lock. Write a MASTER DESCRIPTION of 120-160 words that pins down everything that must never change between images: silhouette shape, exact color palette with hex values (max 5 colors), signature accessories, face structure, hair shape, clothing layers, and one asymmetric detail that makes the design memorable. Be decisive — pick specifics, not options.
Step 2 — Sheet prompts. Using the master description verbatim as the base, write four generation prompts:
1. Full-body front turnaround, neutral pose, plain warm-gray background, soft even lighting
2. Three-quarter action pose showing how the clothing moves
3. Bust portrait, three expressions in one frame (calm, surprised, determined)
4. Detail study: hands, signature accessory, and back view of the costume
Each prompt must repeat the palette hexes and the asymmetric detail explicitly — never rely on the model remembering.
Step 3 — Consistency notes. List the 5 things most likely to drift between generations for this specific design and the exact phrase to include in every future prompt to prevent each one.
Format everything in markdown with clear headings so I can copy each prompt separately.
Ergebnisse
## Master Description (design lock)
A sky-whale shrine keeper: a small, wiry girl of about fourteen with a tall, narrow silhouette broken by an oversized ceremonial collar. Palette locked to five colors: deep indigo robe (#2B3A67), cloud-white underlayer (#F4F1EA), weathered gold trim (#C9A227), faded coral cord (#E07A5F), slate-gray hair (#6B7280). Hair is a blunt chin-length bob with a single long braid on the LEFT side only, wrapped in coral cord — this asymmetric braid is the signature detail and appears in every image. Face: round, wide-set eyes, small flat nose, three faint freckles on the right cheek. She carries a brass whale-song bell on a short chain at her right hip. Robe layers: white under-kimono, indigo outer robe cropped at the knee, bare ankles, flat rope sandals. Silhouette reads as a narrow triangle widening at the collar.
## Sheet Prompts
**1 — Turnaround.** Full-body front view, neutral standing pose, arms relaxed. [master description]. Plain warm-gray background #B8B2A7, soft even overcast lighting, no cast shadows, painterly anime style, clean linework, colors strictly #2B3A67 / #F4F1EA / #C9A227 / #E07A5F / #6B7280. Left-side braid with coral cord clearly visible.
**2 — Action.** Three-quarter view, mid-leap between shrine rooftops, indigo robe lifting to show white underlayer, braid trailing left, bell swinging at right hip. Same palette hexes, wind-driven cloud background kept desaturated so the figure owns the color.
**3 — Expressions.** Bust portrait, three heads in one frame: calm (eyes half-closed), surprised (freckles visible, mouth small o), determined (brows down, slight smile). Identical face structure across all three, left braid visible in each.
**4 — Details.** Study sheet: both hands holding the brass bell, close-up of the coral-wrapped braid end, and full back view showing the gold trim pattern down the spine of the robe. Flat lighting, annotation-style layout.
## Consistency notes (drift risks)
1. **Braid switches sides** → always write "single braid on the LEFT side only".
2. **Palette drifts warm** → repeat all five hexes in every prompt, add "no additional colors".
3. **Age drifts older** → include "about fourteen, small and wiry".
4. **Bell migrates or disappears** → "brass bell on short chain at RIGHT hip".
5. **Collar shrinks** → "oversized ceremonial collar, widest point of the silhouette".
Modell: Gemini 2.5 Pro
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2 Kommentare
Lena Voss·
The design-lock step is the whole trick. I do the same for portrait series and drift just stops.
Dev Patel·
Repeating hexes in every prompt feels redundant until you skip it once. Learned that the hard way.