31 AI Prompts for Character Design

Anime-style illustration of {{subject-description}} holding a small card that reads "{{card-text}}" in bold sans-serif letters; thoughtful expression, card held at chest level. Soft, glowing warm lighting with a calm, reflective mood; gradient bokeh backdrop; pastel color palette with gentle highlights. Medium shot, centered framing. --ar 3:4 --niji 6 --q 2 --s 100

Result: one children's book illustration continuing a story with an established character, 4:5.

Character consistency: the character is exactly {{character-sheet}}. Keep the same facial features, proportions, outfit, and color palette. Do not redesign, restyle, or age the character.

Scene: {{scene}}. The character is the clear focus, mid-action, with a readable emotion.

Details: soft watercolor illustration, gentle light, muted natural background so the character's colors stand out, warm and reassuring mood expressed through color and posture rather than effects.

Constraints: no text, no speech bubbles, no borders, no watermark.

A late-30s Viking warrior woman walks slowly toward camera in a mid-wide, slightly low-angle shot. Fierce, exhausted, determined expression with eyes full of loss. Dirty blonde hair long and tangled, partially braided with frost gathering. Face marked by smudged war paint, dried blood, windburn, and ash—preserve original facial features. Wears a dark brown fur-lined leather tunic with faded red markings, cut marks, smoky residue, and torn seams; ashen grey wool trousers with mud splatter and frayed edges. Hand-carved rune pendant, leather bracer with axe scrapes, simple iron ring. Grips a battle-worn Viking axe with blood stains, chipped blade, and wrapped leather handle.

{{setting}}

Background elements: charcoal wood and burned structures, collapsed longhouse, smoldering fire pit, abandoned shields and weapons, snow-covered mountains in the distance, ravens circling overhead. A shatte

16-bit pixel art character: {{character-description}}. Bold neon geometric background, clean square canvas composition. Collectible NFT aesthetic with sharp pixel edges, limited color palette, nostalgic gaming vibe. --ar 3:4 --style raw

A medium close-up cinematic still. Inside {{setting}}, a man and a woman are seated. The man is in the foreground, wearing dark, heavy layered clothing. He has a weathered look and gazes pensively to the side. The woman is in the mid-ground, looking towards the man. She wears distinctive clothing with warm accent tones that catch the light. The interior is dark and utilitarian. Environmental elements are visible on the window between them, blurring the grey landscape outside. The lighting is diffused and {{mood}}.

Eye-level angle. Soft, diffused natural daylight from outside. Muted tones, cool color palette with pops of {{accent-color}}. Atmospheric exterior visible through window. Introspective tone. Sharp focus on the man in foreground, slightly softer focus on the woman through the window --ar 16:9 --v 6 --style raw

{{character-concept}} with glowing katana, futuristic armor, neon Tokyo city background, bold cinematic lighting, vibrant purple + blue palette, collectible PFP style, high-detail vector artwork. --ar 3:4 --raw --sref 970460098