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One Claude chat holds the outline and the style samples, so the sheet is drafted against the samples directly.
Prepare the file
Draft table and sheet
Check together
Use: You
Put the outline and character notes into one clean text file.
Read the file to make sure it holds the full 24-page outline and the character notes.
Use: Claude
Upload the outline and 3 style-sample spreads in one chat. Ask Claude for a per-page action-emotion table, then the sheet and do-not-change list.
What to paste into the tool
Task: Table: page, action, emotion. Read the attached outline page by page. Return a table with columns page, action, emotion for the main character only. Quote the outline line each row comes from. Mark any page where the character does not appear. Task: Draft character sheet with do-not-change list. Using only the corrected table and the attached style samples, write the character sheet. State every fixed feature as a rule ("must", "must not"), not as mood. Give colours as values only where the author supplied them, otherwise write "to confirm". One pose entry per page. End with a do-not-change list. Describe only the supplied illustrator samples; do not imitate any named living artist.
Use: You
Re-read the outline page by page, mark missed actions or emotions. Mark undrawable items with the illustrator; check every page has a pose entry.
Check every fixed feature and pose is drawable in the style samples. Count poses against the 24 pages and confirm recurring features are covered. Do not imitate a named living artist's distinctive style without permission.
Style samples stay on paper as written notes. ChatGPT builds the table and the sheet from your text.
Build the table
Write style notes
Draft the sheet
Check poses, sign off
Use: ChatGPT
Paste the outline and character notes into ChatGPT and ask for the page, action, emotion table.
What to paste into the tool
Task: Table: page, action, emotion. From the pasted outline, list every page with its action and emotion, one row per page. Do not invent pages. Write "to confirm" for any page where the action or emotion is not stated.
Use: The illustrator
Write 8-10 plain sentences describing the style samples (line weight, palette, proportions), naming no living artist or imitation wording.
Use: ChatGPT
Paste the table, character notes and style notes (no images) and ask for the rule-based sheet with the do-not-change list.
What to paste into the tool
Task: Draft character sheet with do-not-change list. From the pasted table, character notes and style notes only, write the character sheet: fixed features as rules, outfit, colours only where given, expressions, one pose per page, do-not-change list. Write "to confirm" for any gap. Do not imitate any named living artist.
Use: You
Check one pose entry per page. Re-read the outline against the table and mark missed actions or emotions. The illustrator signs off on recurring features.
Read the notes and remove any named living artist or imitation wording. Count pose entries against the 24 pages. Do not imitate a living artist's distinctive style without permission.
The sheet rules are written by hand, so authorship stays with the illustrator. Gemini drafts poses and audits coverage.
Write rules by hand
Draft poses and audit
Fix gaps and confirm
Use: You
Work through the outline together and write the fixed features, outfit, colours, expressions and do-not-change list by hand as rules.
Check features are rules, not mood words. Do not imitate a named living artist's distinctive style without permission.
Use: Gemini
Upload the outline and the hand-written sheet and ask Gemini for one pose entry per page plus a coverage audit: missing poses, conflicts, mood wording.
What to paste into the tool
Task: Poses per page and audit list of gaps. From the outline and the sheet, write one drawable pose entry per page. Then compare the outline with the sheet and pose list: list every page with no pose entry, any two entries that contradict each other, and any feature written as mood instead of a rule. Do not rewrite the sheet.
Use: The illustrator
Fix the flagged gaps so the sheet covers all recurring features; check each pose is drawable and ignore false flags.
Best when: The samples may be shared and one conversation is wanted
What it does: Claude drafts table and sheet from outline plus samples
Strong at: Outline, table and sheet stay in one conversation
Limit: Uploads capped at 20 files per chat; samples leave your hands
Free plan: Yes
Best when: Style samples should not be uploaded anywhere
What it does: ChatGPT builds the table and sheet from your text and notes
Strong at: Image samples are never uploaded; only written notes go in
Limit: Written notes can lose detail; check the table and every rule
Free plan: Yes, limited (uploads, images, voice, data analysis)
Best when: The illustrator wants full authorship of the rules
What it does: Gemini drafts poses and audits gaps; people write rules
Strong at: Wording and rules stay the illustrator's own
Limit: Poses and audit have no proof of quality; verify each flag
Free plan: Yes, limited
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Every page in the outline has a pose entry.
Every fixed feature is written as a rule, not mood.
Illustrator confirms the sheet covers all recurring features.
Do not imitate a named living artist's distinctive style without permission.
Check the result against your original inputs. Approve it before sharing or acting.