An original hand-painted animation scene brief
An original illustrated scene plan with expressive characters, painted backgrounds and clear composition. Paste this prompt into ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude or Grok, change the parts in brackets to suit you, and generate.
- Written for
- ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Grok
- Status
- Tested 9 Oct 2026 in Grok, 9 Oct 2026 (one run; model id not exposed)
- Test settings
- The page's exact default prompt was run once in Grok on 9 Oct 2026. The default details already written on the page were the input. They are illustrative, not a record of a real event. ChatGPT and Gemini were not used. The first result was kept.
- Variability
- A different set of details, or another run, will change the wording. This is the first result for the defaults on this page.
Prompt
Create an original art-direction brief for a hand-painted animated scene from my subject and setting. Translate broad preferences into concrete choices: character silhouette and expression, foreground/midground/background, warm or cool palette, painted texture, natural light and one quiet action. Do not copy an existing film frame, named character, studio logo or artist-specific design. If I mention Ghibli, use it only as shorthand for broad hand-painted animation preferences, and describe an original result without claiming studio affiliation. Provide a 120–180-word scene brief, a concise image-generation prompt, and three composition checks. Preserve supplied cultural details; ask about missing essential subject/setting instead of inventing an occasion. No text lettering or logos in the image unless explicitly requested. My details: Subject: an original adult character repairing a bicycle. Setting: a small hillside courtyard after rain. Palette: moss green, warm ochre and muted sky blue. Mood: quiet optimism. Format: landscape 16:9.
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Example output
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Scene brief An adult kneels beside a bicycle in a small hillside courtyard after rain. The figure is original: a compact silhouette, one knee on wet stone, shoulders bent over the rear wheel, face turned toward the hub with a quiet, closed-mouth smile. Nothing about the clothes copies a known film character. There is no logo and no lettering. Foreground is the wet courtyard floor, a pale puddle holding muted sky blue, and a small cloth by the hands. Midground holds the person and the bicycle, with moss green on the clothing and warm ochre on the wall behind the wheel. Background is a low wall, a dripping eave, and the hillside under a soft blue-grey sky. The paint looks hand-made: visible strokes, soft edges, and a little paper grain. Light is natural and clouded, warm where it bounces off the ochre wall, cool in the puddle. The only action is one hand turning the pedal to test the chain. The mood is quiet optimism. The frame is landscape 16:9. Image-generation prompt Landscape 16:9, hand-painted animation look, an original adult kneeling to repair a bicycle in a small hillside courtyard after rain, compact silhouette, calm closed-mouth smile, wet stone and a puddle in muted sky blue, moss green clothing, warm ochre wall, soft clouded daylight, visible brush strokes and paper grain, one hand turning a pedal, no text, no logo, no lettering. Composition checks 1. The person and the bicycle both read in the midground, with the face and both wheels uncropped. 2. The palette stays moss green, warm ochre, and muted sky blue, and the puddle carries the blue without turning neon. 3. No text, logo, or lettering appears, and the recent rain reads as wet surfaces rather than a storm hiding the repair.
How to use it
- Open ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok or Claude.
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Good to know
- Default details are fictional examples. Supply your own facts and review the draft. This prompt has not been independently run in a named AI app. Run once in Grok on 9 Oct 2026 using the illustrative defaults on this page. Check the draft against your own facts before you use it.
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