Retro Cel Fantasy Character Illustration—a Midjourney prompt with character design and character art direction.
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Use for character exploration, portrait studies, costume variations, or visual-development boards.
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Prompt Bookmarks @promptbookmarks Original source: x.comThe prompt
1980s American fantasy animation of a [subject] holding a [object] in a [environment], wearing a [color] outfit, [mood] atmosphere, bold hand-drawn linework, slightly grainy cel-animation texture, grounded dark fantasy aesthetic, hand-painted backgrounds, muted color palette, cinematic lighting, Panavision-style framing, restrained emotion, natural character design
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[subject][object][environment][color][mood]Refinement notes
Replace the central subject first, then adjust its pose, action, expression, or relationship to the scene.
Change the viewpoint, crop, negative space, light direction, and contrast before layering on more style words.
The saved reference uses 1:1. Change the aspect ratio to match the final placement before refining small details.
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