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Villain Board

A claymation / plasticine character — locks the sculpt, expressions and pose library.

Villain Board example — Calista Vault, a plasticine claymation antagonist, in a multi-panel reference sheet

Example board generated from a single photo · subject: Calista Vault

BRIEFHERO + METADATAPANELSSTYLE

Lock a claymation villain on-model — sculpt, costume, an 8-face expression set and a full pose library, all tactile clay. 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.

Villain Board · claymation character
[BRIEF] Create a single high-resolution, densely packed character reference sheet titled "VILLAIN BOARD" using the attached photo of the plasticine villain as the single source of truth for sculpt, proportions, color, costume and expression language. The same clay villain must appear in every panel — same sculpt, same costume, same fingerprint surface, same sneer. All on-image labels in ENGLISH. Editorial claymation-studio reference board layout with a dark near-black background, thin yellow neon accent light, faint film-grain overlay, and animation-studio / character-design UI. Hero shot, metadata, expression set and pose studies can shift into different balanced arrangements. Design the board so it adapts cleanly to different aspect ratios.
[HERO + METADATA] Hero shot of the full plasticine villain in signature scheming pose, with a detailed metadata block: CHARACTER NAME · FILM (fictional) · ROLE (antagonist / boss / rival) · AGE FEEL · HEIGHT MATERIAL: plasticine modeling clay over wire armature TOOL MARKS: visible thumbprint, dental tool detail PERSONALITY: (3-4 keywords — scheming / arrogant / theatrical) SIGNATURE LINE: (1 line) COSTUME: (describe sculpted clay garments from the attached photo) PRODUCTION USE: (villain reveal / monologue / climax)
[PANELS] PANEL 01 — VIEWS (5 full-body angles): FRONT · 3/4 LEFT · SIDE · BACK · 3/4 RIGHT. PANEL 02 — EXPRESSIONS (8 sculpted-face replacements): SMIRK · LAUGH · RAGE · SCHEMING · DISGUST · SHOCKED · MOCK-INNOCENT · DEFEATED. PANEL 03 — DETAIL MACROS (4): THUMBPRINT TEXTURE · EYE SCULPT · MOUTH MECHANISM · COSTUME SCULPT DETAIL. PANEL 04 — POSE LIBRARY (5 full-body action poses): SCHEMING LEAN · POINTING ACCUSATION · GRAND GESTURE · STORMING OFF · CRUMPLED DEFEAT. PANEL 05 — LIGHTING / MOOD (4 same-pose dramatic portraits): HARD KEY DRAMATIC · UNDERLIT EVIL · WARM REDEMPTION · COOL ISOLATION. PANEL 06 — CLAY COLOR PALETTE: 6 swatches with HEX codes pulled from the plasticine sculpt.
[STYLE] Bottom caption: "Use this clay villain board as a visual reference for consistent depiction of the puppet across all generations." Bottom-right tags: STYLE · Claymation · Plasticine · Handmade. Style: tactile stop-motion claymation aesthetic — real plasticine clay, visible thumbprints, seam lines, smoothing marks, slight surface sheen, miniature studio photography. Aardman handmade quality. NOT digital CG, NOT 3D render, NOT 2D illustration. Consistent clay puppet across every single panel. 8K, fine film grain.
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