Anime Character Color Sheet Guide

Using reference images as the basis for character design, they draw "professional-grade character color setting materials used in commercial anime production sites."

Accurately maintain the character's face, hairstyle, hair color, eyes, contours, body shape, silhouette, costume design, color scheme, and overall impression.

Never compromise the character's identity.
Do not redraw them as different characters.

This is not a finished illustration.
ポスターではない。
コンセプトアートではない。

The purpose is to share color settings materials for animators, colorists, finishers, and cinematography staff.

The screen features a white background layout for Japanese anime setting materials.

Organize and arrange multiple color-matching cuts as reference pages.

Including:

- Full-body coloring front
・Full-body colored back panel
- Close-up of the face
・Facial expression differences
・Hair color check
・Check eye color
・Checking the costume color scheme
・Accessory color specification
・Shoe color scheme
- Accessory color options
・Enlarged partial view
- Color palette section
- Color-separated arrows
- Handwritten notes with specified style colors
・Finishing instructions memo

Characters are depicted with clean, cel-anime-style animated coloring.

No thick coating.
Excessive gradients are prohibited.
Cinematic lighting is prohibited.
Social game-style rendering is prohibited.
Excessive effects are prohibited.

The shadow colors are organized and designed to be simple and easy to read, much like color specification materials used in anime production sites.

The saturation is somewhat organized, with a natural tone reminiscent of a printed setting reference book.

On the screen, color numbers, simple annotations, arrows, part names, and color-coding instructions are naturally added.

As a reference page, visibility and structural understanding are prioritized above all else.

The layout has the atmosphere of a Japanese 90s to 2000s anime setting reference collection.

The information density is high, but it's organized and easy to read.

Give the page a natural sense of space.

The entire magazine has the atmosphere of a real printed and scanned setting materials collection.

Adds a subtle paper texture, slight print feel, copy paper feel, and scan feel naturally.

Priority is given to what looks like 'actual production site materials,' not just finished artworks.