The core method

Keep a consistent character across scenes

The hardest part of any illustrated series is not drawing one great character — it is drawing that same character again, and again, and having it still read as them. Here is a method that works with generative editing instead of fighting it.

Generic image tools treat every prompt as a fresh start. Ask one for "a fox in a red scarf" ten times and you get ten different foxes. For a story, a comic, or a brand, that is useless: readers recognize characters by their face, their outfit, and a hundred small constants. To keep a character across scenes you have to feed the tool the character, not just describe it — and then change only the scene around them.

Anchor the character before you change anything

Start from a clear image of your character, not a text description. One clean primary reference is enough to begin. The current engine can receive one optional supporting view, while a third workbench slot stays local for comparison. Because multi-reference lift has not been tested, judge each output against the source instead of assuming more inputs guarantee fidelity.

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Change one thing at a time

Write your scene prompt as two lists in your head: what changes, and what stays. What changes is the setting, the pose, the action, the lighting. What stays is the outfit, the palette, the distinctive marks, and the drawing style. Naming what must stay — "keep the blue jacket, keep the watercolour look" — measurably improves how much the tool preserves.

• Keep the same reference image across every scene in a series, so each frame is anchored to the same source rather than to the previous output.
• Generate one scene, judge it against your reference, and only move on when it reads as the same character.
• Re-run frames that drift instead of accepting them — a second attempt with the same reference usually lands closer.

Build the strip, not just one image

Think in series from the start. A children's book is a strip of spreads; a webtoon is a strip of panels; a brand campaign is a strip of scenes. Generate them as a set, review them together, and you will spot the one frame that went off-model far faster than judging each in isolation. The free reference-sheet planner helps you lay your references out before you begin.