A character turnaround sheet shows one character from the front, the side and the back on a plain background, so an artist, or an AI model, can draw the same person in every shot. Most turnaround sheets online are drawn for animation or sold as templates, and you never see what happened when someone used one. These 10 character turnaround sheets come from 5 films of the Summer 2026 Flick Residency, and the filmmakers named them in the prompts of 187 shots, 120 of them video clips, counting takes that may not be in the final films. Each one comes with its prompt word for word, a shot it fed and the count of shots that named it, grouped by layout.
A three-view turnaround shows the full body from the front, the side and the back at one scale on a plain background, which is enough for a model to hold the face, costume and silhouette from any angle.
The Perfect Proposal · the male robber
One sheet, named in 64 shots of a robbery
Male robber turnaround
The prompt fixes the bandana as "his key visual signature" and asks for a real actor on a studio backdrop, not a render.
Create a professional full-body character reference sheet (turnaround) for the MALE robber — the man wearing the dark brown cowboy hat and dark red bandana in this photo. Show THREE views of the same man side by side in one image: front view, left side profile, and back view. Full body in frame, neutral standing A-pose, plain light gray seamless studio background, even soft studio lighting, orthographic framing.
Keep his exact identity and wardrobe from the photo IDENTICAL across all three panels: early-30s white American man, tall and lean, long weathered face, sun-reddened skin, a few days of light stubble, deep-set eyes with a detached cold gaze. Worn dark brown cowboy hat brim tilted slightly down, a loose dark red (maroon) bandana at the neck as his key visual signature, slightly yellowed off-white western shirt, old brown leather vest, dark straight-leg jeans, wide leather belt with a metal buckle and an old leather holster holding a revolver, heavily worn dark brown pointed-toe cowboy boots.
CRITICAL: maximum photorealism — this must look like a real photograph of a real actor on a studio backdrop, NOT a CGI render or illustration. Real skin texture with pores and stubble, realistic worn fabric with genuine wear and creasing, natural film-like color and grain, true-to-life proportions. No plastic or over-smoothed skin, no artificial look. Show ONLY this one character, no other people, no scene, no props beyond his own worn gear, no text or labels.
Meaning: One locked long take in the restaurant set where the male robber kneels with the stolen ring box, both robbers flirt in Texas accents, she puts the ring on, and fireworks burst outside before the picture starts to break apart.
Mila & Sasa · Mila
A 2D turnaround from a two-line prompt in Italian
Mila turnaround
In English: "Create Mila's character design for me, with her turnaround. Keep the minimalist design, the eyes, her colours, the type of line, and shadows."
Creami il character design di Mila, con il suo turnaround. Mantieni il design minimalista, gli occhi i suoi colori, il tipo di tratto, e ombre.
Meaning: Make Mila's character design with her turnaround, keeping the minimal design, the eyes, her colours, the line style and the shading.
00:05
A shot it fed
Mila sleeps in her pod in a MiniMax H3 shot that names this turnaround for her body and an expression sheet for her closed eyes.
Start Capsula di Mila, Vuota100%.
Mila Mila Character Design Turnaroundcon la tuta azzurra ha gli occhi chiusi Mila - Espressioni del Visodorme sotto le lenzuola che la coprono fino ai piedi.
Non sorride.
Muove leggermente la testa come se stesse sognando.
Alla fine apre lentamente gli occhi, malinconica.
Hand-drawn 2D animation, illustrated storybook, cozy retro-futuristic sci-fi, warm pastel palette, soft sepia linework, vintage children's book, gentle golden light, whimsical, nostalgic, cozy spaceship interior, cinematic parallax, subtle atmospheric animation. Negative Prompt photorealistic, 3D CGI, realistic rendering, glossy surfaces, hyper-detailed textures, anime, manga, thick black outlines, neon colors, high contrast, dark horror mood, dramatic lighting, fast camera movement, excessive motion, shaky camera, realistic modern kitchen, futuristic cyberpunk aesthetic, visual clutter.
Meaning: Starting from the empty sleeping pod, Mila in her light blue suit sleeps under the sheets, moves her head as if dreaming, then slowly opens her eyes, in a hand-drawn storybook style.
Turnaround sheets with a face close-up
A large headshot panel beside the front, side and back views gives the model the face at close-up size, which matters most in dialogue and reaction shots where the face fills the frame.
Lifeguard · Adult Benji
Four body views and a headshot, named in 9 clips
Adult Benji character sheet
The prompt pins the clothes to two grey hex codes and rules out every prop, so nothing on the sheet leaks into a shot that does not need it.
Create a professional character reference sheet of this man, Adult Benji (the shaggy long blonde haired man in the source image). Show the SAME character with identical facial features, proportions, and hair in a clean turnaround layout: a full body front view, a left profile view, a right profile view, and a back view, plus one large closeup headshot panel. Neutral A-pose, even flat lighting, orthographic framing, plain seamless pure white background. Dress him in a plain blank solid grey t shirt and grey sweatpants pulled from a cool grey palette (around #545456 and #777775), no logos or patterns. Do NOT include any props, no amulet, no necklace, nothing in his hands. Show only this one character, no other people, no scenery. Keep his pale sedated look, dark under eye circles, patchy stubble, and long blonde hair falling into his eyes consistent across every panel.
A short close-up uses the sheet to define his features, while a separate start frame sets his head position and eyeline.
Duration: 4s. Aspect ratio: 16:9. No background music, no score. Ambient sound effects only — low sandstorm rumble outside, faint wind against the chamber.
Benji Facing Joe, Profile Turn is the start frame. Preserve it exactly, especially Benji's head position and eyeline exactly as shown — this is an exact start frame. Adult Benji Character Sheet defines benji's features, use only for consistency.
Camera: locked-off and static, no drift.
Color grade: strict palette — deep teals and cool greys #161E20, #253534, #1B2727, #3F5153, #545456, #777775, warm amber #F2A462 and burnt sienna #BE704A only where the storm-light reaches. No colors outside this palette. Cinematic photorealism, moody low-key lighting, film grain, atmospheric haze.
MOTION (0–4s):
Benji holds the head position and eyeline from @image1 exactly at first, listening — a quiet, contained annoyance on his face, brows tightening slightly, jaw a little tense, but restrained, not overt. He listens like this for a beat. Then his head turns forward, toward camera, the annoyance still sitting faintly on his face as the turn completes.
Camera stays locked throughout — all movement is in Benji's head turn and the small shift of his expression.
The swimsuit colour is set as a hex code, BE704A, and the regenerate prompt lists exactly two changes, so the rest of her stays identical.
Regenerate this exact same character reference sheet keeping the woman's identity, face, dark curly hair, olive-bronze Mesopotamian features, toned physique, and her warm terracotta hex BE704A one piece lifeguard swimsuit, and the small greyish antiqued silver Pazuzu amulet on a thin cord around her neck all identical. TWO changes only: 1) Remove ALL text and the white cross graphic from the swimsuit so it is a clean plain solid terracotta suit with no lettering or logos on any view. 2) Have her HOLD a classic circular lifeguard ring buoy float, the round life preserver ring, held naturally at her side or in front of her in the full body views. Keep the same clean turnaround layout: full body front view, left profile, right profile, back view, plus the large closeup headshot panel. Same even flat lighting, orthographic framing, plain seamless pure white background. Show only this one character.
The shot prompt names three sheets, the lifeguard, the boy and her amulet, and says to preserve both character sheets exactly.
Duration: 5s. Aspect ratio: 16:9. No background music, no score. Ambient sound effects only — waves washing in, sand underfoot, wind building from a soft breeze to hard howling gusts by the end.
The Beach, Lifeguard Tower Distant sets the beach setting — sand, the lifeguard tower, the away-from-ocean angle. Lifeguard Character Reference Sheet is the lifeguard — preserve her character sheet exactly. Young Benji Character Sheet is Benji — preserve his character sheet exactly, keep wardrobe consistent. Pazuzu Amulet Reference Sheet sets the Pazuzu stone amulet on a cord around the lifeguard's neck.
Camera: locked-off within each shot, no handheld drift. Hard cuts between the three shots.
Color grade: washed-out warm bleach-bypass, cross-processed, dreamlike remembered mood — faded reds, milky whites, golden nostalgic light. Strict palette: bright aqua
#5FC6C2 sea, dusty coral
#E8A87C highlights and reflected light, warm sand
#F2C896 beach, hazy sky blue
#C4D4D0 sky and haze, bleached white
#F0E6C8 brightest whites. No colors outside this palette. Soft grain, atmospheric haze.
SHOT 1 (0–5s):
Preserve The Beach, Lifeguard Tower Distant exactly — same framing, same beach, same tower in the distance, same angle facing away from the ocean. The lifeguard and Benji walk together away from camera, heading up the sand toward the tower in the distance, her arm around his shoulders steadying him as they go — he leans into her, moving slowly. Seen from behind. Wind light, their hair and the tower's small flag just beginning to stir.
13 sheets on the Still Time canvas start from one seven-view prompt, four full-body views and three face close-ups, so each townsperson in its crowd scenes could be cast by name.
Still Time · Miguel
Seven views from two reference images of one man
Man 12 character sheet
Numbering the seven views and ending with "No pose changes. No outfit changes." keeps every panel a neutral record of the same man.
Create a full professional character sheet of the same person shown in the reference images (image 1 full body, image 2 facial close up).
Maintain identical facial features, hairstyle, cap, skin texture, and clothing.
Generate the following views in a clean studio setting with neutral soft lighting and a plain light background:
1. Full body front view
2. Full body left profile
3. Full body right profile
4. Full body back view
5. Close up front portrait
6. Close up left profile
7. Close up right profile
Neutral expression.
Arms relaxed at sides.
No stylization.
No dramatic lighting.
No pose changes.
No outfit changes.
Highly detailed, sharp focus, consistent proportions across all views.
The shot names three sheets and says which seat each man takes, with this sheet's man "seated in the center" outside the gun shop.
REFERENCE SETUP
@Image1 = master composition and staging reference.
McClintock FullSheet= McClintock reference character sheet exactly.
McClintock Brother FullSheet= McClintock brother reference character sheet exactly.
Man 12 — Character Sheet= Miguel reference character sheet exactly.
Use @Image1 for:
- exact nighttime street location outside McClintock’s Guns & Ammo
- red pickup truck placement
- storefront lighting and practical night ambience
- seating positions of all three men
- Miguel / Man12 seated in the center
- McClintock with glasses seated on the left
- McClintock’s brother seated on the right
- rifles resting naturally with the two McClintock brothers
- beer can already in Miguel’s hand
- overall rural small-town late-night atmosphere
IMPORTANT:
Do not change the characters’ positions or the street geography.
The rifles remain completely passive props throughout the shot. Nobody lifts, aims, handles, or gestures with them.
DURATION
6 seconds.
SCENE INTENTION
A quiet, slightly humorous late-night respite.
These men have been sitting outside for a while. The conversation is casual and familiar. Miguel is telling some story or making a comment; the McClintock brother with glasses finds it genuinely funny.
Meanwhile the other McClintock brother has completely checked out and fallen asleep in his chair.
The humor should come from the contrast:
Miguel animatedly talking → McClintock laughing → Miguel casually taking a sip → the third man peacefully snoring through all of it.
Natural, understated, lived-in behavior.
SHOT DESIGN
One continuous medium-wide shot based closely on @Image1.
Very subtle cinematic push-in throughout the six seconds.
Do not cut.
Do not radically reframe.
TIMECODED ACTION
0:00 - 0:02
Miguel, seated in the center, is already speaking casually to McClintock on the left.
He makes one small conversational gesture with his free hand while holding the beer can naturally in the other.
His body language is relaxed and familiar, as if finishing a mildly amusing story.
McClintock with glasses watches Miguel, then breaks into genuine laughter.
His laughter should feel spontaneous:
- shoulders move slightly
- head dips or tilts back naturally
- broad but realistic smile
- relaxed body posture
The rifle remains resting passively across his lap.
0:02 - 0:04
Miguel smiles faintly at McClintock’s reaction.
He raises the beer can and takes one natural sip.
Do not exaggerate the drinking action.
Just a casual, ordinary sip while sitting.
McClintock’s laughter settles into a lingering grin.
0:04 - 0:06
Miguel lowers the can again.
At the same time, subtly draw attention to the McClintock brother on the right.
He remains asleep in his chair:
- head slightly dropped forward or tilted
- body heavy and completely relaxed
- slow breathing
- a soft audible snore
He does NOT wake up.
Miguel and the McClintock with glasses briefly register his snoring without making a big reaction — perhaps a tiny glance or knowing amused expression.
End on the relaxed tableau of all three men.
CAMERA
Single continuous shot.
Slow, almost imperceptible push-in.
Natural cinematic handheld stability is acceptable, but keep it restrained.
No dramatic camera movement.
No pans toward the rifles.
No close-up of weapons.
PERFORMANCE NOTES
MIGUEL / MAN12
- relaxed
- friendly
- naturally conversational
- small hand gestures only
- drinks casually
- no exaggerated drunken behavior
McCLINTOCK WITH GLASSES
- attentive to Miguel
- genuine spontaneous laugh
- warm, familiar interaction
- laughter subsides naturally into a smile
McCLINTOCK BROTHER ON RIGHT
- asleep from the beginning
- heavy relaxed posture
- subtle breathing
- soft periodic snoring
- completely unaware of the conversation
- does not wake up
AUDIO
No music.
No score.
Natural nighttime street ambience only:
- faint distant traffic
- subtle night insects if appropriate
- soft storefront hum
Miguel may speak conversationally, but keep his words indistinct and non-specific unless dialogue audio is supplied.
McClintock gives a short natural laugh.
The sleeping brother produces a soft, believable snore near the end.
No extra voices.
CONTINUITY RULES
Keep all three men seated throughout.
Keep the beer can with Miguel.
Keep both rifles resting exactly as passive objects.
Do not introduce pedestrians or additional characters.
Keep truck doors and storefront unchanged.
Maintain the same nighttime lighting and composition.
NEGATIVE PROMPT
no music
no new characters
no standing up
no weapon handling
no aiming rifles
no threatening gestures
no gunfire
no aggressive behavior
no drunken staggering
no exaggerated drinking
no slapstick comedy
no waking the sleeping man
no loud cartoon snoring
no random dialogue
no camera whip
no sudden zoom
no cuts
no lighting changes
no vehicle movement
no distorted hands
no object duplication
The same seven-view prompt, for a face in the crowd
Woman in green vest character sheet
The prompt is the same seven-view layout with no description of the woman at all, because the reference image already carries her look.
Create a full professional character sheet of the same person.
Maintain identical facial features, hairstyle, skin texture, and clothing.
Generate the following views in a clean studio setting with neutral soft lighting and a plain light background:
1. Full body – front view
2. Full body – left profile
3. Full body – right profile
4. Full body – back view
5. Close-up – front portrait
6. Close-up – left profile
7. Close-up – right profile
Neutral expression.
Arms relaxed at sides.
No stylization.
No dramatic lighting.
No pose changes.
No outfit changes.
Highly detailed, sharp focus, consistent proportions across all views.
A crowd reaction shot gives this sheet one job in plain words: use it for "Martha’s face, hairstyle, proportions, green vest outfit, age".
REFERENCE SETUP
Hf 20260818 152833 586bfd47 Cc9c 45e5 A7a7 82ec0c63b786 = master crowd composition and staging reference.
Use it for the crowd layout, street angle, storefront geography, morning lighting, and overall small-town atmosphere.
Woman 1 Character Sheet = Laura character reference.
Use it for Laura’s face, hairstyle, proportions, blue cardigan outfit, age, and expression language.
Woman in Green Vest, Character Sheet = Martha character reference.
Use it for Martha’s face, hairstyle, proportions, green vest outfit, age, and expression language.
SCENE INTENTION
This is a short reaction beat.
The crowd is already gathered and watching with expectation.
Then Laura notices something off-camera.
She reacts first.
She looks sharply toward the off-camera event and points in the same direction she is looking.
Martha immediately senses that something is wrong.
She moves closer to Laura.
Both women share a concerned reaction.
The rest of the crowd also begins reacting, not with chaos, but with a ripple of shared concern and alert attention.
The feeling is:
something important has just changed off-camera.
DURATION
4 to 5 seconds.
SHOT DESIGN
One continuous shot.
Begin closely matched to Hf 20260818 152833 586bfd47 Cc9c 45e5 A7a7 82ec0c63b786, with the crowd already standing and watching off-camera.
The camera performs a subtle cinematic push-in through the shot.
Very gentle and steady.
No abrupt movement.
The framing should keep Laura and Martha clearly readable near the front of the crowd, while preserving the rest of the townspeople around them.
TIMECODED ACTION
0:00 - 0:01
The crowd stands expectant and watchful.
They are already focused on something off-camera.
Subtle micro-movements only:
small posture shifts,
blinks,
light breathing,
tiny head adjustments.
Laura and Martha are calm but attentive.
0:01 - 0:02
Laura is the first to notice a change.
Her eyes sharpen and shift more decisively toward the off-camera point.
Her expression changes into concern.
She raises her hand and points in the same direction she is looking.
Important:
the pointing gesture should feel natural and instinctive,
not theatrical,
not exaggerated.
0:02 - 0:03
Martha reacts to Laura’s cue.
She moves a little closer toward Laura, with a concerned expression.
She does not overreact.
She simply closes the distance slightly, as if needing to see better or confirm what Laura has noticed.
Her attention locks onto the same off-camera point.
0:03 - 0:05
A ripple of reaction passes through the rest of the crowd.
Several people shift their gaze more intently.
A few lean subtly.
Some narrow their eyes, tense their faces, or slightly reposition themselves.
The group collectively becomes more concerned and alert.
Do not turn this into panic.
This is a restrained, believable crowd reaction.
END BEAT
End with:
- Laura still pointing,
- Martha closer to her,
- both women concerned,
- the crowd around them more visibly attentive and uneasy.
CAMERA DIRECTION
Single continuous shot.
Slow cinematic push-in for the whole clip.
No pan unless absolutely minimal.
No handheld shake.
No crash zoom.
No whip movement.
The camera should feel observant and grounded.
PERFORMANCE NOTES
Laura:
She is the first to notice something important.
Her reaction should be clear and readable.
She turns her attention more sharply,
her face shows concern,
and she points naturally toward the off-camera event.
Martha:
She reacts to Laura’s cue.
She moves slightly closer to Laura and looks in the same direction.
Her expression should carry concern and alertness.
Crowd:
They should not remain frozen.
They should react in a subtle wave:
head turns,
posture changes,
small tension,
concern spreading through the group.
Do not let the crowd become noisy or chaotic.
Keep it believable and controlled.
AUDIO NOTES
No music.
No score.
No dialogue.
Only natural production sound:
soft morning ambience,
faint town atmosphere,
subtle clothing rustle,
small crowd shuffling,
light footsteps or repositioning,
quiet breathing.
CONTINUITY RULES
Keep the composition grounded in @[Image 1](image_1).
Keep Laura visually consistent with @[Image 2](image_2).
Keep Martha visually consistent with @[Image 3](image_3).
Keep the morning light warm and natural.
Keep the crowd in the same general arrangement.
Do not introduce new characters.
Do not change wardrobe.
Do not change store geography.
NEGATIVE PROMPT
no dialogue
no music
no score
no panic
no screaming
no running
no exaggerated pointing
no overacting
no cartoon facial expressions
no chaotic crowd movement
no frozen mannequin crowd
no cheering
no laughing
no random smiling
no dramatic camera whip
no crash zoom
no shaky handheld
no jump cuts
no surreal behavior
Front and both profiles: Catch Out's labelled turnarounds
Catch Out's turnarounds trade the back view for a second profile, front, left and right, with each panel labelled, and the film named them in group shots of the whole crew, dog included.
Catch Out · Gumby
Three labelled panels, named in 13 clips
Gumby character turnaround
One sentence holds the whole costume, from the faded red bandanna to the scuffed white sneakers, and asks for it "in every panel".
Professional character turnaround reference sheet. Show the SAME man (Gumby) in 3 panels side by side: front view, left profile, right profile. Full body, neutral A-pose, plain white seamless background, even studio lighting, orthographic framing. Identical face (23, tall lanky, scruffy patchy facial hair, easy laugh lines), same outfit in every panel: faded red bandanna around neck, oversized olive thrift store jacket, baggy worn brown corduroy pants, scuffed white sneakers. Label each panel: FRONT, LEFT, RIGHT.
The crew walks a highway shoulder in a shot whose prompt names four turnarounds, three people and their dog.
no background music.
[00:00] exterior freeway Highway Shoulder, Hitchhiking. The three people patches Patches Character Turnaround, casey Casey - Turnaround Sheetand Gumby Gumby Character Turnaroundwalk along the shoulder. patches holds her thumb out to hitchhike. Casey carries thor Thor Character Turnaround. A massive semitruck thunders past them.
[00:03] camera tracks behind them. Patches gives a middle finger to the semi truck as it speeds away down the highway.
[00:06] close on their old, worn out sneakers, walking along the freeway shoulder.
An animal gets the same treatment as the cast: build, ears, coat, collar and "soulful sad droopy eyes", identical in every panel.
Professional character turnaround reference sheet for a dog. Show the SAME hound dog (Thor) in 3 panels side by side: front view, left profile, right profile. Full body, standing, plain white seamless background, even studio lighting, orthographic framing. Identical dog in every panel: medium-large hound mix, very long floppy droopy ears, tan and white coat with brown patches, road-dusty fur, worn leather collar, soulful sad droopy eyes, stocky legs. Label each panel: FRONT, LEFT, RIGHT.
Thor runs with the crew across the tracks in a chase shot whose prompt names all four turnarounds as the camera tracks alongside.
ive action film. no background music. night, trainyard Trainyard Edge, No Fences. [00:00] camera dolly, tracking along side the crew Patches Character TurnaroundGumby Character TurnaroundCasey - Turnaround Sheet, Buzzed HeadThor Character Turnaround as they run across the tracks [00:03] cut to close on casey, glancing over his shoulder as he runs, camera handheld
[00:06] cut to casey's POV looking back as a second security truck suddenly pulls out onto the road behind him, headlights and a blinding white spotlight blasting straight at him [00:09] camera tracking behind the three of them as another truck suddenly pulls out in front of them, and shining a spotlight on them. they freeze, throwing hands up against the glare, silhouetted, caught. hard tension, engine roar, no music.
[00:12] cut to medium camera orbits in front of them, they're blasted with the spotlight, squinting against the harsh light.
When a character changed in the story, into a ghost or under a new haircut, the filmmaker made a new turnaround that keeps the face and changes one thing, and named the new sheet in the shots that followed.
The Perfect Proposal · Jeremy
A ghost turnaround, named in 59 video clips
Jeremy ghost turnaround
The prompt keeps his real face and suit, down to the watch on his left wrist, and lays a blue ghost effect over a photoreal base.
Create a character turnaround reference sheet of this man, Jeremy (referenced by images 1 and 2 for his exact face, features, hairstyle and his suit outfit with the wristwatch on his left hand), rendered as a glowing translucent blue Force ghost / Jedi spirit. ONE image, three full body views of the SAME character side by side on a plain near black background: front view, left side profile view, and back view, neutral standing A-pose, even framing, feet fading into faint blue wisps.
CRITICAL LOOK: this must look like a REAL LIVE ACTION FILM with a VFX overlay, NOT an animation or cartoon. Preserve fully photorealistic skin texture (pores, subtle imperfections), realistic hair strands, realistic fabric weave on his suit, real cinematic lighting and photographic detail. On top of that photoreal base, apply a translucent glowing blue spirit effect: a cool blue tint over his skin and clothes, semi transparency so the dark background faintly shows through his edges, a soft blue rim light and faint glowing aura outline, and subtle floating blue light particles. The realism of skin and hair must remain clearly visible through the blue glow, like a practical hologram effect graded onto real footage.
He is NOT wearing Jedi robes. He keeps his ORIGINAL suit outfit from the reference (jacket, dress shirt, wristwatch on left wrist). Identical character, suit, proportions and blue glow in all three views. Photorealistic cinematic, ARRI Alexa film still with holographic blue ghost VFX, 21:9.
Meaning: An 80mm extreme close-up of Jeremy alone, in one locked shot, as he quietly admits he planned the timing, fireworks and ring because he feared he was not enough for Abigail.
Catch Out · Casey
The same turnaround, with one haircut changed
Casey turnaround, buzzed head
The edit keeps everything from his first turnaround and changes just the hair, so the shots after the campfire haircut still show the same Casey.
This is a professional character turnaround reference sheet for a young man named Casey (the source image). Keep EVERYTHING identical: the same person, the same facial features, proportions, clothing, the same multiple views (front, side, back), the same neutral A-pose, the same plain seamless light-gray background, the same even lighting and orthographic framing. Change ONLY his hairstyle: give him a freshly buzzed/shaved head, a very short close-cropped clipper shave, scalp visible, consistent across every view in the sheet. Do not change anything else about his appearance or the layout.
Caught in the security truck's lights, the buzzed Casey stands with the crew in a shot that names his new sheet, not the old one.
Night trainyard Wide Kids Facing The Truck 2 4 1. The three kids Patches Character TurnaroundCasey - Turnaround Sheet, Buzzed HeadGumby Character Turnaround stand frozen in the lights of the security truck. [00:00] [00:00] handheld camera tracking the The Bull he grips Patches by the wrist and marches her toward his truck . Gumby takes off running into the night.
[00:04] Casey watches and yells "Traitor!". [00:06] close on patches being walked to the truck. she looks back to casey and yells "Go! Run!"[00:09] Cut to close on Casey. He does not run. Jaw set.[00:012] Cut to Thor planting his feet on ground, baying loud at the Bull.[00:15] A second set of headlights swings into the yard behind them — backup arriving.
A good turnaround sheet shows one character at one scale on a plain background, in a neutral pose with even light, from at least the front, the side and the back, with nothing on it the shots should not copy.
The 10 turnaround sheets on this page and the shots whose prompts named them, takes included, counted October 2026
Sheet
Film
Views
Shots that named it
Male robber
The Perfect Proposal
Front, side, back
64 (21 video)
Jeremy ghost
The Perfect Proposal
Front, side, back
66 (59 video)
Mila
Mila & Sasa
Four full-body views
4 (2 video)
Adult Benji
Lifeguard
Four views and a headshot
9 (9 video)
Lifeguard
Lifeguard
Four views and a headshot
7 (6 video)
Man 12
Still Time
Seven views
17 (11 video)
Woman in green vest
Still Time
Seven views
15 (7 video)
Gumby
Catch Out
Front, left, right
13 (13 video)
Thor
Catch Out
Front, left, right
11 (11 video)
Casey, buzzed
Catch Out
Front, left, right
8 (8 video)
1. Keep the background plain
All 10 sheets sit on a plain white, grey or black ground, so the model copies the character and not a room.
A character turnaround prompt template built from these sheets
Fill the brackets and delete the lines you do not need.
Character turnaround reference sheet of [name], from the reference image.
Views side by side, same scale: front, [left profile], [right profile], back.
Optional: one large close-up headshot panel.
Full body, neutral A-pose, orthographic framing.
Plain seamless [white / light grey] background, even studio lighting.
Identical in every panel: [face], [hair], [costume, with colours], [signature detail].
Show only this one character. No props, no scene, no text.
How do you make a character turnaround sheet with AI?
Start from a design you like, ask an image model for the front, side and back views on a plain background, check every panel against the design, then attach the sheet to each shot and name it in the prompt.
1Start from a design
Generate or upload the character first, because 8 of the 10 sheets here were made from an image of the character rather than from words alone.
2Generate the views
Ask GPT Image 2, Nano Banana Pro or Nano Banana 2 for the views side by side on a plain background; all three run on the Free plan.
3Check every panel
Compare the face, hair, costume and signature detail across the panels, and regenerate with one named change when a panel drifts.
4Name it in every shot
Attach the sheet to each video prompt, such as Seedance 2.0 on the Standard plan, and say which character it is.
A character turnaround sheet is one image that shows a character from several fixed angles, usually the front, the side and the back, at the same scale on a plain background. Animators, game artists and AI filmmakers use it to draw or generate the same character in every shot.
What views should a character turnaround include?
A turnaround should include at least the front, one side profile and the back, in a neutral pose. Many add a three-quarter view, the second profile or a large face close-up for dialogue shots.
Is a turnaround the same as a model sheet or a character reference sheet?
The terms overlap. A turnaround is the set of angle views; a character reference sheet or model sheet is the whole page, which can add face close-ups, expressions, props and notes beside the turnaround.
How do I make a character turnaround with AI?
Start from an image of the character, ask an image model for the front, side and back views side by side on a plain background in a neutral A-pose, and say that the face and costume must be identical in every panel.
How do I use a turnaround sheet to keep an AI character consistent?
Attach the sheet as a reference image to every image and video prompt, name it in the prompt and say what it is for, such as "preserve her character sheet exactly". Add a line telling the model not to reproduce the sheet's labels or poses.
Should a character turnaround sheet have labels?
Labels such as FRONT, LEFT and RIGHT help a person read the sheet, and some filmmakers ask for them. Others ask for no text, since a model can copy the labels into a shot; if you keep them, tell the shot prompt not to reproduce text.
Can I make a turnaround sheet for an animal or a 2D character?
Yes. The same layout works for a dog, a cat or a flat 2D cartoon: describe the markings or the palette in words, keep the background plain and ask for every view to match.
Is it free to make a character turnaround in Flick?
Yes, you can start free: a new account gets 100 credits at sign-up and 200 more for joining the Flick Discord, and the image models that make turnaround sheets run on the Free plan. Video models that take reference images, such as Seedance 2.0, need the Standard plan.
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