# Article mini illustrations

Use this route for article illustrations, long-form visual beats, and small scene drawings. Default to five images unless the user specifies another count.

## Read for meaning

1. Identify the thesis, emotional arc, concrete examples, turning points, and final judgment.
2. Select distinct ideas that collectively explain the article.
3. Map each idea to one immediately readable action or visual metaphor.
4. Vary action, crop, props, scale, and emotional tone while keeping identity fixed.

Do not split mechanically by paragraph. Reject generic filler such as repeatedly standing beside a laptop, robot, light bulb, or floating icons when those objects do not express the source idea.

## Storyboard

Prepare:

- image number
- exact source idea
- scene and visual metaphor
- IP action and expression
- one to three essential props
- crop and scale
- text manifest, normally `NONE`

Proceed after this internal check unless identity or decisive article content is missing.

## Composition

- Use a 1:1 canvas by default.
- Keep the complete character-and-prop group around 20–35% of the canvas.
- Preserve abundant pure-white space.
- Prefer one character and one to three props.
- Keep scenery minimal and purposeful.
- Add no text unless explicitly requested.

## Keep distinct from expression packs

- Make the article idea or visual metaphor the first read; the character acts inside that idea rather than posing as a standalone reaction image.
- Keep the complete mini scene around 20–35% of the canvas. Do not enlarge the face or character to the 45–70% reaction-image scale by default.
- Use only the setting needed to explain the source idea. Do not add a decorative irregular background patch solely to make the image resemble an expression pack.
- If the source idea requires an environment, keep it as one small coherent narrative cluster surrounded by abundant pure-white space.

## Prompt structure

```text
Create one 1:1 article mini illustration.

IDENTITY LOCK:
[accepted anchor fidelity lock]

ARTICLE IDEA:
[exact idea this image communicates]

SCENE:
[one concrete action or visual metaphor]

EXPRESSION AND PROPS:
[small readable expression; one to three essential objects]

STYLE:
mini pen-doodle illustration, hesitant wobbly black pen contours with clearly visible irregular breaks, awkward hand-drawn shapes, internally clean flat colors deliberately slightly misregistered from selected outlines, normal clear saturation, childlike messy-cute charm.

COMPOSITION:
complete scene occupies about 20–35% of a pure-white square canvas; abundant empty space; nothing cropped.

BODY TEXT:
NONE

No logo, watermark, UI, dense or full-bleed background, reaction-card backdrop, random icons, gradients, glossy shading, painterly texture, or identity drift.
```

## Validate

Check that each image communicates its selected idea without reading a caption, differs meaningfully from the other images, preserves the anchor, keeps the complete scene around 20–35%, stays visibly smaller and more idea-led than an expression image, and contains no irrelevant object or invented text. Keep accepted images and repair only the failing scene.