---
title: "American Comic"
contributor: "@semih@mitte.ai"
tags: #system, #semihmitteai
---

story: a child superman and a child batman joins their forces together in a forest. it's a beautiful day in the forest and they see a stick shelter and want to check out. they see a fox and for several seconds both fox and kids don't know what to do. they think first. then they all decide to run in opposite directions

instructions: {
  "style": {
    "name": "American Comic Book",
    "description": "Bold, dynamic comic book page in the classic American superhero tradition. Deliver your narrative as a fully realized comic page with dramatic panel layouts, cinematic action, and professional comic book rendering."
  },
  "visual_foundation": {
    "medium": {
      "type": "Professional American comic book art",
      "tradition": "DC/Marvel mainstream superhero comics",
      "era": "Modern age (2000s-present) with classic sensibilities",
      "finish": "Fully inked and digitally colored, publication-ready"
    },
    "page_presence": {
      "impact": "Each page should feel like a splash-worthy moment",
      "energy": "Kinetic, explosive, larger-than-life",
      "tone": "Epic and dramatic, never static or mundane"
    }
  },
  "panel_architecture": {
    "layout_philosophy": {
      "approach": "Dynamic asymmetrical grid with dramatic variation",
      "pacing": "Panel sizes reflect story beats—big moments get big panels",
      "flow": "Clear left-to-right, top-to-bottom reading path despite dynamic layout",
      "gutters": "Clean white gutters, consistent width, sharp panel borders"
    },
    "panel_variety": {
      "hero_panel": "Large central or full-width panel for key action moment",
      "establishing": "Wide panels for scale and environment",
      "reaction": "Smaller panels for faces, dialogue, tension beats",
      "inset": "Occasional overlapping panels for emphasis or simultaneity"
    },
    "border_treatment": {
      "standard": "Clean black rectangular borders",
      "action_breaks": "Panel borders may shatter or be broken by explosive action",
      "bleed": "Key moments may bleed to page edge for maximum impact"
    }
  },
  "artistic_rendering": {
    "line_work": {
      "quality": "Bold, confident, professional inking",
      "weight_variation": "Heavy outlines on figures, medium on details, fine for texture",
      "contour": "Strong silhouettes readable at any size",
      "hatching": "Strategic crosshatching for form and shadow, not overworked",
      "energy_lines": "Speed lines, impact bursts, motion trails for kinetic action"
    },
    "anatomy_and_figures": {
      "style": "Heroic idealized anatomy—powerful, dynamic, exaggerated",
      "musculature": "Detailed muscle definition, anatomy pushed for drama",
      "poses": "Extreme foreshortening, dramatic angles, impossible dynamism",
      "scale": "Figures commanding space, heroic proportions",
      "expression": "Intense, readable emotions even at distance"
    },
    "environmental_rendering": {
      "destruction": "Detailed rubble, debris clouds, structural damage",
      "atmosphere": "Rain, smoke, dust, particle effects for mood",
      "architecture": "Solid perspective, detailed enough for scale reference",
      "depth": "Clear foreground/midground/background separation"
    }
  },
  "color_philosophy": {
    "approach": {
      "style": "Modern digital coloring with painterly rendering",
      "depth": "Full modeling with highlights, midtones, shadows",
      "mood": "Color supports emotional tone of each panel"
    },
    "palette_dynamics": {
      "characters": "Bold, saturated colors for heroes/main figures",
      "environments": "More muted, atmospheric tones to push figures forward",
      "contrast": "Strong value contrast between subjects and backgrounds",
      "temperature": "Strategic warm/cool contrast for depth and drama"
    },
    "atmospheric_coloring": {
      "sky": "Dramatic gradients—stormy grays, apocalyptic oranges, moody blues",
      "weather": "Rain rendered as white/light blue streaks against darker values",
      "fire_energy": "Vibrant oranges, yellows with white-hot cores, proper glow falloff",
      "smoke_dust": "Layered opacity, warm and cool grays mixing"
    },
    "lighting_effects": {
      "key_light": "Strong dramatic source creating bold shadows",
      "rim_light": "Edge lighting separating figures from backgrounds",
      "energy_glow": "Bloom effects on power sources, eyes, weapons",
      "environmental": "Bounce light from fires, explosions, energy blasts"
    }
  },
  "typography_and_lettering": {
    "speech_bubbles": {
      "shape": "Classic oval/rounded rectangle balloons",
      "border": "Clean black outline, consistent weight",
      "tail": "Pointed tail clearly indicating speaker",
      "fill": "Pure white interior for maximum readability"
    },
    "dialogue_text": {
      "font": "Classic comic book lettering—bold, clean, uppercase",
      "size": "Readable at print size, consistent throughout",
      "emphasis": "Bold for stress, italics for whispers or thoughts"
    },
    "sound_effects": {
      "style": "Large, dynamic, integrated into the art",
      "design": "Custom lettering matching the sound—jagged for explosions, bold for impacts",
      "color": "Vibrant colors with outlines, shadows, or 3D effects",
      "placement": "Part of the composition, not just overlaid"
    },
    "captions": {
      "style": "Rectangular boxes with subtle color coding",
      "placement": "Top or bottom of panels, clear hierarchy"
    }
  },
  "action_and_dynamics": {
    "motion_rendering": {
      "speed_lines": "Radiating or parallel lines showing movement direction",
      "motion_blur": "Selective blur on fast-moving elements",
      "impact_frames": "Starburst patterns at point of collision",
      "debris_scatter": "Rocks, glass, rubble flying with clear trajectories"
    },
    "impact_visualization": {
      "collision": "Visible shockwaves, ground cracks, structural deformation",
      "energy_attacks": "Bright core fading to colored edges with atmospheric scatter",
      "physical_force": "Bodies reacting realistically to impossible forces"
    },
    "camera_dynamics": {
      "angles": "Extreme low angles for power, high angles for scale",
      "foreshortening": "Aggressive perspective on approaching figures/fists",
      "dutch_angles": "Tilted frames for tension and unease",
      "depth_of_field": "Suggested focus through detail level and blur"
    }
  },
  "atmospheric_elements": {
    "weather": {
      "rain": "Diagonal streaks, splashes on surfaces, wet reflections",
      "lightning": "Bright forks illuminating scenes dramatically",
      "wind": "Debris, hair, capes showing direction and force"
    },
    "destruction_aesthetic": {
      "rubble": "Detailed concrete chunks, rebar, shattered glass",
      "dust_clouds": "Billowing, layered, atmospheric perspective",
      "fire": "Realistic flame shapes with proper color temperature gradient",
      "smoke": "Rising columns, drifting wisps, obscuring backgrounds"
    },
    "scale_indicators": {
      "buildings": "Damaged structures showing massive scale",
      "vehicles": "Cars, tanks as size reference objects",
      "crowds": "Smaller figures emphasizing main subject scale"
    }
  },
  "technical_standards": {
    "composition": {
      "focal_point": "Clear visual hierarchy in every panel",
      "eye_flow": "Deliberate path through panels via placement and contrast",
      "balance": "Dynamic asymmetry that feels intentional, not chaotic"
    },
    "consistency": {
      "character_models": "Consistent design across all panels",
      "lighting_logic": "Light sources make sense across the page",
      "scale_relationships": "Size ratios maintained throughout"
    },
    "print_ready": {
      "resolution": "High resolution suitable for print reproduction",
      "color_space": "Vibrant colors that work in CMYK",
      "bleed_safe": "Important elements away from trim edges"
    }
  },
  "page_composition": {
    "no_border": {
      "edge_treatment": "NO frame around the page—panels extend to image edge",
      "bleed": "Page IS the comic page, not a picture of one",
      "presentation": "Direct comic page, not photographed or framed"
    }
  },
  "avoid": [
    "Any frame or border around the entire page",
    "Photograph-of-a-comic-page effect",
    "Static, stiff poses without energy",
    "Flat lighting without dramatic shadows",
    "Muddy, desaturated coloring",
    "Weak, scratchy, or inconsistent line work",
    "Confusing panel flow or layout",
    "Tiny unreadable lettering",
    "Sound effects as plain text overlay",
    "Anatomically incorrect figures (unless stylized intentionally)",
    "Empty, boring backgrounds",
    "Inconsistent character scale between panels",
    "Manga-style effects in American comic aesthetic",
    "Overly rendered to the point of losing graphic punch",
    "Weak impact moments—every action should have weight"
  ]
}
