Character Sheets Prompts

Create one vertical anime development board for an original 15-second short film titled "The Summer Detour".

The output must be one combined image with 2 sections:

Character design sheet

Cinematic storyboard page

STYLE:

Beautiful nostalgic 2D anime, hand-painted countryside backgrounds, clean anime linework, soft cel shading, lush green scenery, warm summer afternoon sunlight, gentle shadows, and bright blue skies with fluffy clouds.

Professional anime production board with red storyboard borders, blue camera arrows, small handwritten camera notes, and beautifully illustrated keyframes.

SECTION A: CHARACTER DESIGN

Main girl: An original 13-year-old Japanese girl with shoulder-length dark brown hair, soft brown eyes, and a gentle, cheerful expression.

Outfit: cream short-sleeved blouse, faded navy skirt, white socks, brown shoes, and a small canvas shoulder bag.

Personality: calm, curious, thoughtful, and quietly happy.

Show front, side, three-quarter, and back views, plus smiling, thoughtful, relaxed, and surprised expressions.

Include cycling, sitting, and looking toward the horizon poses.

BICYCLE:

Vintage mint-green city bicycle with a silver handlebar, brown saddle, small front wire basket, and simple black tires. A clear glass bottle of lemon soda sits securely inside the basket.

Keep the bicycle's design consistent in every frame.

SECTION B: STORYBOARD

Create 8 storyboard frames in a clean grid, each using 16:9 cinematic framing.

Keep the girl, bicycle, countryside, and lighting consistent.

Story beats:

Wide opening shot of the girl cycling along a peaceful countryside road surrounded by green rice fields.

Beautiful close-up of bicycle wheels turning beside swaying grass, sunlight sparkling through the spokes.

Side-tracking shot as she cycles past expansive rice paddies beneath enormous fluffy summer clouds.

She passes a small traditional house with hanging wind chimes gently swaying in the breeze.

She reaches a quiet grassy riverbank, stops, and parks her bicycle beside a tree.

Sitting in the grass, she opens her cold lemon soda and takes a refreshing sip.

A small cream-and-orange local train crosses a distant bridge over the river. She watches it with a gentle smile.

Spectacular wide ending shot: the camera rises to reveal the winding river, endless green fields, distant mountains, passing train, and girl resting beside her bicycle under a magnificent summer sky.

ENVIRONMENT:

Peaceful rural Japanese countryside, vibrant rice paddies, narrow asphalt roads, traditional wooden houses, wind chimes, wildflowers, a clear river, an old railway bridge, distant green mountains, and beautiful summer clouds.

Bright late-afternoon sunlight throughout.

FINAL GOAL:

Create a beautiful nostalgic anime film development board with soothing countryside scenery, authentic everyday moments, natural cinematic movement, consistent character design, and a breathtaking peaceful ending.

Inputs:
- Image 1: your character sheet (the image to fix)
- Image 2: a close-up skin texture reference
- Image 3: a hair texture reference (light or dark, matching your character)

Keep <<<image_1>>> exactly as it is: same person, same face shape and features, same expression, same hairstyle and hair shape, same hair color, same skin tone, same makeup, same wrinkles, freckles, moles, scars and facial hair, same clothing and accessories, same pose, composition, layout, background and framing.

Change only the surface texture:
- Skin: apply the micro-texture from <<<image_2>>> — fine natural skin lines, pores and soft realistic surface. Do not copy its color or its glossy shine.
- Hair: apply the strand structure from <<<image_3>>> — fine individual strands, soft natural flyaways. Do not copy its color.

Balance the contrast to a natural photographic level: if image 1 looks too harsh or blotchy, soften it; if it looks flat or washed out, add depth. Aim for a well-balanced realistic photo — rich but not crushed shadows, clean highlights, smooth even tonal transitions, natural shading with real volume. No retouching, no beautifying, no plastic look.