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Chapter style, negative, and wardrobe locks (per gender). Used when assembling OpenAI image prompts.

Style prompt lock (Boy)

Create a premium illustrated children’s storybook image with a warm, cinematic, hand-painted look. The setting is a woodland bicycle race with sunlit trees, a dusty trail, and an uplifting emotional tone. The artwork should feel polished, heartfelt, and visually consistent across the full image set.

Warm golden daylight with soft directional sunlight.
Clear foreground, midground, and background separation.
Gentle dust in the air, soft tree-filtered light, and a peaceful summer race atmosphere.
Painterly watercolor-gouache texture with soft brushwork and subtle paper-like richness.
Natural proportions, child-friendly realism, expressive body language, and clear storytelling.
Keep the scene emotionally warm, adventurous, and sincere.

LIGHTING (PRIMARY RULE):
Use warm sunlit lighting with soft highlights on faces, helmets, bikes, and shoulders. Avoid flat light. Keep the light natural and storybook-like.

DEPTH:
Use strong visual depth. Keep the main children clearly readable, with background riders, crowd, banners, and trees softened by distance and atmosphere.

ATMOSPHERE:
Hopeful, brave, friendly, and emotionally grounded. The world should feel safe, bright, and inspiring.

TEXTURE:
Soft painterly texture, rich but not heavy, with handcrafted storybook quality. Avoid glossy or synthetic rendering.

COLOR:
Warm greens, soft yellows, earthy browns, dusty trail tones, sky blue, and natural skin tones. Keep the palette harmonious and slightly nostalgic.

COMPOSITION:
Keep the blue-shirt child as the main character in each scene. Maintain clean silhouettes, readable poses, and clear emotional focus. Preserve the relationship between the two children and the race setting.

RENDER:
High-quality storybook illustration, premium publishing quality, painterly, warm, cohesive, and emotionally expressive.

Character guidance:
There are two recurring children.
- The child in the blue shirt is the main character and should reflect the customer-provided child face in a natural, storybook way.
- The child in the red shirt is a separate recurring child and should remain visually distinct.

When using the customer child reference for the blue-shirt child:
- keep the face natural to the pose, angle, lighting, and painterly style
- preserve the general likeness softly and consistently across the set
- do not make the face look pasted, over-sharpened, or photoreal
- if the face is partially turned or partly hidden, keep the likeness subtle and believable

Continuity:
Maintain the same overall race world, clothing colors, bicycle colors, age range, and visual relationships across the series.

Negative prompt lock (Boy)

Wardrobe lock JSON (Boy)

{
  "main_child_blue_shirt": {
    "top": "solid medium-blue short-sleeve t-shirt",
    "bike": "blue bicycle",
    "role": "main character, customer face must be applied here only",
    "notes": "keep proportions age-appropriate; maintain this role consistently",
    "bottom": "dark charcoal or gray shorts",
    "helmet": "child bicycle helmet with red, white, and dark accents",
    "age_range": "child, approx 8-10"
  },
  "secondary_child_red_shirt": {
    "top": "solid red short-sleeve t-shirt",
    "bike": "red or dark bicycle with warm accents",
    "role": "secondary child, must remain a different face from the customer child",
    "notes": "supporting friend/racer; keep character continuity across images",
    "bottom": "dark charcoal or gray shorts",
    "helmet": "child bicycle helmet with red and dark accents",
    "age_range": "child, approx 8-10",
    "appearance_lock": {
      "eyes": "small gentle crescent-shaped eyes, natural and complete, not distorted or closed",
      "hairstyle": "natural boy hairstyle, simple and neat, not covering the face",
      "expression": "friendly, energetic, supportive, and childlike",
      "face_shape": "soft oval child face",
      "hair_color": "black",
      "hair_length": "short to medium child-length hair"
    }
  },
  "adult_presenter_when_needed": {
    "hair": "salt-and-pepper hair",
    "role": "friendly race official or mentor",
    "notes": "kind, warm, trustworthy presence",
    "clothing": "navy blazer or dark jacket over a light shirt",
    "face_hair": "short gray beard or stubble"
  }
}

Style prompt lock (Girl)

LIGHTING (PRIMARY RULE):
Use warm sunlit lighting with soft highlights on faces, helmets, bikes, and shoulders. Avoid flat light. Keep the light natural and storybook-like.

DEPTH:
Use strong visual depth. Keep the main children clearly readable, with background riders, crowd, banners, and trees softened by distance and atmosphere.

ATMOSPHERE:
Hopeful, brave, friendly, and emotionally grounded. The world should feel safe, bright, and inspiring.

TEXTURE:
Soft painterly texture, rich but not heavy, with handcrafted storybook quality. Avoid glossy or synthetic rendering.

COLOR:
Warm greens, soft yellows, earthy browns, dusty trail tones, sky blue, and natural skin tones. Keep the palette harmonious and slightly nostalgic.

RENDER:
High-quality storybook illustration, premium publishing quality, painterly, warm, cohesive, and emotionally expressive.

Continuity:
Maintain the same overall race world, clothing colors, bicycle colors, age range, and visual relationships across the series.

Negative prompt lock (Girl)

Wardrobe lock JSON (Girl)

{
  "main_child_blue_shirt": {
    "top": "solid medium-blue short-sleeve t-shirt",
    "bike": "blue bicycle",
    "role": "main character, customer face must be applied here only",
    "notes": "keep proportions age-appropriate; maintain this role consistently",
    "bottom": "dark charcoal or gray shorts",
    "helmet": "child bicycle helmet with red, white, and dark accents",
    "age_range": "child, approx 8-10"
  },
  "secondary_child_red_shirt": {
    "top": "solid red short-sleeve t-shirt",
    "bike": "red or dark bicycle with warm accents",
    "role": "secondary child, must remain a different face from the Image1 child",
    "notes": "supporting friend/racer; keep character continuity across images",
    "bottom": "dark charcoal or gray shorts",
    "helmet": "child bicycle helmet with red and dark accents",
    "age_range": "child, approx 8-10",
    "appearance_lock": {
      "eyes": "bright gentle child eyes, natural and complete, not distorted or closed",
      "hairstyle": "two simple side ponytails, also called pigtails, with soft straight bangs across the forehead",
      "face_shape": "soft oval child face with round cheeks",
      "hair_color": "black",
      "hair_length": "medium child-length hair, reaching shoulder height when tied back",
      "hair_tie_rule": "hair is tied into exactly two side ponytails, one on each side of the head"
    }
  },
  "adult_presenter_when_needed": {
    "hair": "salt-and-pepper hair",
    "role": "friendly race official or mentor",
    "notes": "kind, warm, trustworthy presence",
    "clothing": "navy blazer or dark jacket over a light shirt",
    "face_hair": "short gray beard or stubble"
  }
}

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Chapter: chapter_3