{"id":"vis-consistent-character-three","audience":"freelancers","category":"image-video","track":"visual","technique":"examples","title":"Keep one character the same across 3 image prompts","free":false,"task":"You're illustrating a picture-book pitch and need 3 images of the same hedgehog. Get Claude to write exactly 3 numbered prompts, plain text, under 260 words in total. Every prompt must repeat the same character description word for word (with the final mustard yellow scarf) and the same style line, say 3:2, and say no text in the image. The 3 scenes come from the editor's list.","materialLabel":"The brief (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"Picture-book pitch: \"Pip Finds the Puddle\" - notes from the editor\n\nMain character: Pip, a small round hedgehog, soft brown spines, cream-colored face and belly, tiny black nose, big curious dark eyes, short legs. Wears a knitted scarf.\n\nScarf color: early sketches had a red scarf. Final decision (Oct 3): mustard yellow #E1AD01, so Pip stands out against green grass.\n\nStyle: soft watercolor with light pencil lines, gentle edges, lots of white paper showing, warm afternoon light. Palette: sage green, warm browns, mustard.\n\nThe 3 spreads for the pitch, in this order:\n1. Pip peeks out of a hollow log on a rainy morning.\n2. Pip balances on a mossy stone in the middle of a big puddle.\n3. Pip and a sleepy frog share a leaf umbrella as the rain stops.\n\nNotes:\n- Last pitch failed because the character looked different on every page.\n- The sales team asked if Pip could look \"a bit like that famous hedgehog from the video games\". No.\n- Pages are landscape, 3:2.\n- Text is added by the designer later.","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":3},{"type":"maxWords","max":260},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Describing the character fresh each time","why":"The AI rewords Pip in every prompt, so the tool draws three different hedgehogs.","fix":"Add: \"Repeat the exact same character description, word for word, in all 3 prompts.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Using the old scarf","why":"The notes mention red first, and the AI may use it.","fix":"Add: \"Pip's scarf is mustard yellow #E1AD01, not red.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Letting the style drift","why":"One prompt says watercolor, another says digital painting, so the pages don't match.","fix":"Add: \"Repeat the same style line in each prompt and state 3:2.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"No text rule","why":"Image tools add signs, titles and speech bubbles.","fix":"Add: \"End each prompt with: no text, no words.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Headings and commentary","why":"The AI adds bold titles and tips on consistency, which breaks the numbered list.","fix":"Add: \"Exactly 3 numbered prompts, plain text, no notes.\"","checks":["numberedItems","plainText","maxWords"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Asks for 3 prompts","patterns":["\\b(3|three)\\b.{0,20}prompts"]},{"label":"Repeats the character exactly","patterns":["word for word","same (character )?description","exact(ly)? same"]},{"label":"Fixes the scarf color","patterns":["mustard","#E1AD01"]},{"label":"Repeats the style and shape","patterns":["3\\s*:\\s*2","same style"]},{"label":"Rules out text","patterns":["no (text|words)"]}],"hint":"Image tools forget your character between prompts. Write the character and the style once, then tell the AI to paste them, word for word, into every prompt.","rubricLabels":["All 3 prompts repeat the same character description word for word, and it gives Pip a mustard yellow scarf (not red)","All 3 prompts repeat the same style line (soft watercolor with pencil lines) and state 3:2","Each of the 3 prompts says no text or words in the image"]}