# AI Manhua Character Template

Duplicate per character. Mark undecided fields explicitly.

```text
1. IDENTITY AND STORY
Character ID: [C01]   Name: [name]   Version: [v01]
Story function: [task in this episode, up to two sentences]
Age and presentation: [adult / age / intended apparent age]
Performance baseline: [visible acting cues, not only abstract traits]

2. FIXED APPEARANCE
Face: [shape, eye spacing, brows and other observable features]
Hair: [color, length, part, fringe and back silhouette]
Proportions: [shoulders, head-body relationship or relative height]
Identity anchors: [up to three features readable in the actual panels]

3. OUTFIT AND PROPS
Current outfit version: [everyday v01 / undercover v01]
Top / trousers / shoes: [color, construction and length]
Props: [anatomical side, attachment and allowed occlusion]
Must stay fixed: [neckline, scar position or similar details]
Allowed variation: [folds, windblown hair, explicit story costume changes]

4. REFERENCE LIST
Master: [filename, version, approval state]
Front / side / back: [file and review state for each view]
Expressions: [emotion, intensity and intended use]
Excluded drafts: [old files that must not be used]

5. PANEL PROMPT
Identity block: [copy approved appearance and outfit wording]
Shot block: [panel ID, framing, direction, action, emotion, setting, light]
Change in this revision: [one main variable]

6. REVIEW AND HANDOFF
Panel / character version / references: [record]
Face / hair / clothing / props / proportions: [pass or correction]
Required fixes: [identity or story problems]
Acceptable variation: [differences that do not break continuity]
Reviewer / date / notes: [avoid unrelated personal information]
```

## Filled example: Lin Lan (original teaching character)

- ID: C01; version: v01; state: example, requires review in a real project.
- Story: Investigator tracing a missing cassette in an old city.
- Age: Adult woman, 24.
- Appearance: Narrow face, chin-length dark brown bob with inward ends.
- Outfit: Teal cropped jacket, ivory crew-neck shirt, charcoal straight trousers, dark ankle boots.
- Prop: Brown strap over her left shoulder; bag at her right hip. Do not mirror.
- Master file: lin-lan_base_v01_front.png (replace with your approved file).
- Panel 03: Medium three-quarter view, alert after hearing a sound in an alley.
- Revision: Direction and expression only; preserve identity, outfit and strap.
- Example review: Face/hair accepted; reversed strap requires repair before approval.