ChatGPT Prompt for Anime Character: 12 OC Prompts to Copy

A good ChatGPT prompt for an anime character describes an original character (OC) the way a character designer would: personality first, then a readable silhouette, hair shape, eye design, outfit, a limited palette, and the drawing style in plain words. Paste the prompts below into ChatGPT with image generation, replace the [brackets], and reuse one design lock so the character looks the same in every image. Below are 12 copy-paste prompts grouped by step, plus a flagship prompt that builds the full character sheet for you.

Keep characters original. Do not name existing anime characters, studios, or living artists; describe the style instead ("clean even lineart, flat cel shading"). Characters described as adults should look like adults, and outfits stay non-sexualized.

Start with a design lock

Write the defining features once and paste them at the end of every prompt: Design lock: [hair shape and color], [eye shape and color], [marks], [outfit pieces], [palette], [age, height, build]. When something drifts, fix one item at a time.

Prompts for the character concept

1. OC concept from a personality

Help me design an original anime character. Personality: [traits]. Job or role: [role]. World: [setting]. Suggest three visual concepts, each with a hair shape, an outfit that shows the job, a signature accessory, and a palette of four colors.

2. Name and short backstory

For this character, [concept], suggest five original names that fit [world and culture notes], and a four-sentence backstory that explains one visible detail of the design, such as [scar, accessory, or outfit piece].

3. Palette that reads at a glance

My character wears [outfit] and has [hair and eye colors]. Suggest a palette of four or five colors with one main color, one accent, and one dark, and say which outfit piece gets each color.

Prompts for the design

4. Full body front view

Create an anime-style full body illustration of an original character, [name], [age and adult or teen], [role], standing facing the viewer in a pose that shows [personality]. [StyleNotes]. Plain background. Design lock: [lock]. No text.

5. Hair and eye design study

Create a design study of [name]'s head from the front and three-quarter view: [hair shape, bangs, length, color] and [eye shape, color, highlight style]. Same lineart and shading as before. No text.

6. Outfit breakdown

Create a flat outfit breakdown for [name]: each clothing piece and accessory drawn separately on a plain background, [outfit list], in the palette [colors]. No text.

Prompts for character sheets

7. Expression sheet

Using the same character and design lock, create four head-and-shoulders portraits in a row: [four expressions]. Same hair, eyes, and collar in every portrait. Plain light background, no text.

8. Turnaround

Using the same character and design lock, create a turnaround sheet with front, side, and back views at the same height, neutral pose, plain background, no text.

9. Chibi version

Create a chibi version of [name]: big head, small body, the same hair shape, eye color, outfit pieces, and palette from the design lock, in a [happy or grumpy] pose. No text.

Prompts for scenes and fixes

10. Action pose

Using the same character and design lock, show [name] [action, for example leaping off a bike] with motion lines, a low camera angle, and [background]. Keep every outfit piece visible.

11. Character in their world

Create an anime background scene of [place in the character's world] at [time and weather], with [name] small in the frame [doing what]. Same design lock. No text on signs.

12. Fix drift

Keep everything in this image the same except: [one fix, for example the hair is teal, not blue; add the reflective stripe on the jacket; five fingers on each hand].

Build the full sheet with the flagship prompt

The Anime Character Design Prompt: Original OC Sheet from Brief takes your character brief, look, outfit, palette, style notes, and sheet layout. It returns a design lock, a main full body prompt, an expression sheet, a turnaround, a silhouette check, an originality check, and fix lines. In its example, Rin, a 24-year-old bicycle courier with short teal hair, amber eyes, and a yellow rain jacket, keeps the same bandage, courier bag, and jacket stripe across every sheet.

More character prompts

For Western cartoon styles, see ChatGPT Prompt for Cartoon Character. To keep a character consistent across many images, use the character consistency sheet. Making tabletop heroes? Try ChatGPT Prompts for DnD Character Art, and turn finished designs into line art with ChatGPT Prompt for Coloring Pages.

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