Animated Short Storyboard Character Design
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Animated Short Storyboard Character Design

Animated Short Storyboard Character Design—a ChatGPT prompt with character design art direction.

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Use as a creative starting point, then adapt the subject, composition, style, and constraints to your brief.

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Prompt Bookmarks @promptbookmarks Original source: x.com

The prompt

Copy it.
Then make it yours.

21:9, AI picks a funny story   SELECT pitch_sheet FROM animated_short_storyboard_boards WHERE subject = '[TOPIC]' AND format = 'single wide horizontal pre-production storyboard page' AND top_header = ARRAY[   'large brush-lettered film title',   'short subtitle',   'theme quote',   'genre / tone / duration notes' ] AND storyboard_area = ARRAY[   '12-16 sequential full-color frames',   'red rounded borders',   'white numbered circles with red outline',   'camera labels under panels',   'handwritten scene descriptions',   'clear beginning-middle-end story arc' ] AND bottom_area = ARRAY[   'CHARACTER DESIGN & CASTING section',   'main character portrait',   'turnaround poses',   'supporting character / obstacle design',   'personality bullet notes',   'SETTING / LOCATION REFERENCE section',   'environment thumbnails',   'worldbuilding bullet notes',   'PRODUCTION NOTES',   'PAGE 1 OF 2' ] AND style = ARRAY[   'professional animation studio pitch board',   'clean white background',   'Pixar-like appealing cinematic lighting',   '2D/3D hybrid concept art',   'handwritten production annotations',   'organized storyboard layout' ] AND ai_inference = ARRAY[   'infer title',   'infer short film premise',   'infer protagonist and obstacle',   'infer emotional arc',   'infer shot progression',   'infer character traits',   'infer location references',   'infer production notes' ] AND avoid = ARRAY[   'comic page',   'finished poster only',   'random disconnected panels',   '2x2 grid',   'photorealistic movie stills',   'messy illegible writing',   'missing bottom reference sections' ];

Detected placeholders

[TOPIC]

Refinement notes

Three useful ways to customize it

01

Subject and action

Replace the central subject first, then adjust its pose, action, expression, or relationship to the scene.

02

Composition and light

Change the viewpoint, crop, negative space, light direction, and contrast before layering on more style words.

03

Output shape

The saved reference uses 1:1. Change the aspect ratio to match the final placement before refining small details.