sakshi ranglani
Packaging | Branding | Visual design
Ideogram Character Consistency: 3-Page Storybook Concept ("Maya & The Masala Box")
The Problem & The Solution:
When illustrating children's books with AI, most characters drift—faces morph, outfits switch colors, and art styles shift from page to page. My goal for this proof-of-concept was to solve character drift in @Ideogram , keeping the same protagonist, same art style, and same world across multiple pages.
1. Character DNA Card (Establishing the Anchor)
Before generating any backgrounds or narrative scenes, I locked down Maya’s visual identity with 3 non-negotiable anchors:
Face Lock: 5-year-old Indian girl, light brown skin, big golden wire glasses, two fluffy pigtails with red ribbons.
Outfit Lock: Mustard yellow kurta, green pockets with yellow stars, red leggings, brown sneakers.
Prop Lock: Silver tiffin-box backpack.
Key Rule: I copy-pasted this exact Character DNA into every prompt to give Ideogram zero room for interpretation.
2. Consistency Technique & Workflow
Prompt Anchoring: Instead of just using her name, every subsequent prompt opened with: "SAME girl Maya with [Full Character DNA]".
Character Reference: For Pages 2 and 3, I set Page 1 as the primary Character Reference image to lock her facial geometry and clothing palette.
Inpainting (Magic Fill): Used Ideogram's Magic Fill for minor cleanup (like sharpening the cat’s reaction and removing clutter on the kitchen shelves) without re-generating the full frame.
3. The 3-Page Narrative Break
Page 1 (The Discovery): Cozy kitchen at night. Reaching for a glowing masala box on a high shelf under soft moonlight. (Anchor Image)
Page 2 (Meeting Haldi): Magical basil forest. Kneeling down to meet Haldi, a tiny smiling turmeric root character. Proves multi-character integration and scale shifts while maintaining Maya's exact outfit details.
Page 3 (The Climax): Back to the kitchen. High-energy action scene with spices (cinnamon sticks, star anise, turmeric dust) swirling like glowing stars. Proves character lock during dynamic jumping poses.
Key Takeaways:
Generic prompts cause drift. Hyper-specific DNA tags + signature details (like the star pockets) act as visual anchors.
Anchor images save credits. Setting a high-quality initial frame as a Character Reference dramatically increases hit rates on subsequent poses.
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🌸 Hand Symphony: Zen Pinch Garden 🌸 A garden I always wanted to grow with my own hands — now you can too. 🌱
Try this with your hand up to the camera:
🤏 Pinch thumb + index → bloom a flower
🤏 Pinch thumb + middle → sprout leaves
🤏 Pinch thumb + ring → grow vines
🤏 Pinch thumb + pinky → release pollen
🤲 All 5 fingers pinch together → gather your whole garden into your palm for a golden flourish + chord
🖐️ Open palm → gently fade it all into calm 🍂 Season palette shifts automatically (Spring → Autumn → Winter)
No wrong moves. Just plant, gather, breathe.
Come grow something. 🌿✨
https://www.loom.com/share/31bb3425ae8b43c49122f3a1e39c5950
Link : https://easylens.snapchat.com/lens/06a71d95-f176-7ef3-8000-01ca4b67d96b
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🌸 Hand Symphony: Zen Pinch Garden 🌸
A garden I always wanted to grow with my own hands — now you can too. 🌱
Try this with your hand up to the camera:
🤏 Pinch thumb + index → bloom a flower
🤏 Pinch thumb + middle → sprout leaves
🤏 Pinch thumb + ring → grow vines
🤏 Pinch thumb + pinky → release pollen
🤲 All 5 fingers pinch together → gather your whole garden into your palm for a golden flourish + chord
🖐️ Open palm → gently fade it all into calm
🍂 Season palette shifts automatically (Spring → Autumn → Winter)
No wrong moves. Just plant, gather, breathe.
Come grow something. 🌿✨
Link : https://easylens.snapchat.com/lens/06a71d95-f176-7ef3-8000-01ca4b67d96b
walkthrough video :https://www.loom.com/share/4bae8dfce44a41dbad6bdca2f5e4283d
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Always wanted to turn my diary into a zine.
Not a perfect, polished comic. Just a messy, tactile, indie mini-zine — the kind with halftone dots, paper textures, and a big KER-THUNK! when your oat milk latte spills on the subway.
So I built INK + ECHO.
A tiny studio where you write on the Diary Desk, style your protagonist in Character Ink — 3D glasses, cozy knit or biker jacket, shock lines or warm grin — and compose it into a 4-panel story with SFX and Riso textures.
I designed it in @Flowstep (https://contra.com/company/flowstep) , and brought it to life with Antigravity using MCP . From static frames to a live prototype.
Flowstep link :here (https://app.flowstep.ai/file?activeFileId=85680943-0cee-4086-a0b4-9c42144897fb)
Live prototype : https://ink-echo-jade.vercel.app/
DO preview the UI screens.
Would love feedback on the character studio!
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