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Vehicle Board

A handmade / cardboard vehicle — locks the build, interior and in-motion frames.

Vehicle Board example — Groovy, a handmade cardboard stop-motion van, in a multi-panel reference sheet

Example board generated from a single photo · subject: Groovy · Sundrift Valley

BRIEFHERO + METADATAPANELSSTYLE

Lock a handmade vehicle on-model — every angle, the cabin interior, in-motion frames and a build color palette. Attach one clean photo of your subject, paste the prompt into GPT Image 2, and it fills in the metadata and palette from your image — then feed the finished board back as a reference so the subject never drifts.

Vehicle Board · handmade / cardboard vehicle
[BRIEF] Create a single high-resolution, densely packed vehicle reference sheet titled "VEHICLE BOARD" using the attached photo of the handmade vehicle as the single source of truth for build, paint, materials, decals and proportions. The same vehicle must appear in every panel — same cardboard build, same hand-lettered details, same wear. All on-image labels in ENGLISH. Editorial stop-motion vehicle-design board layout with a dark near-black background, thin yellow neon accent light, faint film-grain overlay, and miniature-build / production-design UI. Hero shot, metadata, technical views and detail panels can shift into different balanced arrangements. Adapts cleanly to different aspect ratios.
[HERO + METADATA] Hero shot of the full cardboard vehicle in signature standing pose, with a detailed metadata block: VEHICLE NAME · FILM (fictional) · TYPE (rover / glider / submarine) · SCALE (1:12 etc.) MATERIAL: corrugated cardboard, masking tape, hot glue, acrylic paint, acetate window PILOT FIT: (1-line) · TOP SPEED IN FILM: (playful in-story line) NARRATIVE ROLE: (1 line) · SIGNATURE FEATURE: (1 line) PRODUCTION USE: (hero shots / chase sequences / wide cuts)
[PANELS] PANEL 01 — VIEWS (5 angles): FRONT · 3/4 · SIDE · BACK · TOP-DOWN. PANEL 02 — INTERIOR / CABIN (4 close shots): COCKPIT THROUGH WINDOW · DASHBOARD DETAIL · CARGO AREA · DRIVER POV. PANEL 03 — DETAIL MACROS (4): CORRUGATED EDGE · TAPED SEAM · PAINTED PANEL LINE · HAND-LETTERED DECAL. PANEL 04 — IN MOTION (4 staged motion frames): DRIVING STRAIGHT · TURNING · STOPPED ON HILL · LAUNCHING OFF RAMP. PANEL 05 — LIGHTING / MOOD (4 same-angle hero shots): DESERT MIDDAY · GOLDEN HOUR · STORMY OVERCAST · NIGHT HEADLIGHTS-ON. PANEL 06 — BUILD COLOR PALETTE: 6 swatches with HEX codes pulled from cardboard, paint and decals.
[STYLE] Bottom caption: "Use this cardboard vehicle board as a visual reference for consistent depiction across all generations." Bottom-right tags: STYLE · Stop-Motion · Cardboard · Handmade. Style: tactile stop-motion cardboard-craft aesthetic — real corrugated cardboard, visible tape and glue, painted acrylic surface, scuffs and wear, miniature studio photography. Michel Gondry / Wes Anderson handmade quality. NOT digital CG, NOT 3D render, NOT 2D illustration. Consistent cardboard build across every single panel. 8K, fine film grain.
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