An AI character sheet generator for characters who act

What a character sheet is, and what it's for

In animation and illustration, a character sheet shows one character from several angles and in a few expressions, so every artist draws the same person. In AI video it does the same job for the model: it is the visual definition of the character that every shot is generated against.

That makes the sheet the most important picture in an AI production. A vague sheet gives you a vague cast. A clear one, with the face and figure easy to read, gives every later shot something to match.

There's a difference between a sheet made to look at and one made to generate from. A design sheet for an artist can be stylized, annotated and full of callouts. A reference for a model should be plain: the person, clearly lit, nothing else competing for attention. Text labels, arrows and extra props on the sheet can turn up in the shots generated from it. Think of it as a casting photo rather than concept art. It's the picture you'd hand a costume team and a camera crew so they all build the same person.

What a good sheet needs

Show the face clearly, since that is where identity lives. Show the full figure so height and build carry. Use a neutral setting so the model takes the person and not the background. Write a description that states the specifics, including skin tone, age and build. Anything you leave out gets filled in by the model's own defaults.

Wardrobe should be separate from identity. A character who changes clothes is still the same person. Storing outfits as variants lets a shot name "the uniform" or "the wedding dress" without re-inventing the face underneath.

• Face and figure clearly visible.
• Specific description: skin tone, age, build, hair.
• Outfits stored as wardrobe variants, kept apart from identity.

How ShowMaker generates and uses sheets

If you start from a screenplay, Import Script extracts the cast along with locations, props and wardrobe. You can also attach a World bible, which is reference text about the peoples, places and looks of your world. ShowMaker uses it when it describes the cast, so a character from a named people takes on that people's look.

Each character then gets a character sheet of identity stills, wardrobe variants and a fixed voice. Shots cite the character as an @slug, and the sheet is sent to the model on every shot. In a series, the sheet is shared by every episode.

The voice belongs on the record for the same reason the face does. Pick it from the ElevenLabs library or design one from a written description, including child voices and accents, and it stays with the character for every line in every episode. With face, wardrobe and voice together, there is one place to look when something seems off, and one place to change it. Locations and props work the same way, each with its own reference stills.

Mistakes that weaken a character sheet

Leaving out the details is the common one. If you don't state ethnicity or age, the model fills them in with its own defaults. Busy backgrounds are another. The model can't tell what belongs to the character and what belongs to the room.

The last is regenerating the sheet midway through production. Every shot drawn before the change was built on the old face. Approve the sheet before you storyboard, and treat it as fixed once shots depend on it.