# Keeping a Character Recognisable Across a Series of Images

A single good character image is easy. A set of ten that clearly shows the same character is harder. The trick is to treat the character like a small style guide rather than a description you retype each time.

Write a fixed character block of three or four short phrases: age range, hair, one distinctive clothing item, one colour. Paste that block unchanged at the start of every prompt, and change only the scene after it.

Pick details that are easy to see at small size. A yellow rain jacket survives a thumbnail; the pattern on a shirt button does not. Distinctive silhouettes and colour blocks carry identity better than fine detail.

Reuse your best frame as a reference. Instead of describing the character again, bring the strongest earlier image back in and say keep this person and outfit, new scene.

Vary one thing at a time. Change the location, or the pose, or the time of day, but not all three. When a result drifts, you will know which change caused it.

A tool such as this AI picture generator makes the loop quick: set the ratio, add the earlier frame as a reference, run the scene and compare. For storyboards, keep the framing words consistent too, because a change from close-up to wide shot can look like a different character.

Finally, keep a contact sheet of every accepted frame. Looking at all of them side by side is the fastest way to notice when the hair length or jacket colour has wandered.