Character Design Reference Sheet

the prompt

Character design reference sheet, 16:9 wide canvas, pure white background, painterly digital concept art with visible graphite construction lines and loose brush strokes left unblended.

LAYOUT: Left half is a large cropped bust portrait from mid chest up, head turned three quarters toward camera, eyes to lens. Right half is the same character in a small full body standing pose, weight even, arms relaxed, right hand loosely curled into a fist, soft grey cast shadow on the floor. Empty white space between the two views.

CHARACTER: Young man, early twenties, athletic build, square jaw, slightly heavier brow than typical, a rounder nose. Sandy blond hair, medium length, swept upward and back in loose uneven layers rather than sharp spikes, some strands falling forward over one eye. Warm amber brown eyes, easy confident expression. Plain cheeks, no whisker marks, no scars. Tan skin.

WARDROBE: High collar zip jacket, burnt orange lower body with deep maroon upper shoulders and collar (different split than a straight orange/black block), no metal shoulder emblem, plain dark trousers, simple cloth wrist wraps. A folded cloth band worn loosely around the neck rather than a metal-plated forehead headband.

LIGHT: Warm orange key light from upper left carving a rim along the hair and jaw, cool blue and violet bounce fill in the shadow side.

RENDER: Loose gouache and charcoal hybrid, semi realistic anime proportions, thick confident strokes, sketch lines deliberately visible at collar and shoulders, no cel shading, no outlines, no background elements, no text, no logos.