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10 AI animation styles: the exact prompts (same scene, 10 looks)

The 10 animation style prompts from my reel: pixel art, chalkboard, neon sketch, PlayStation 2, comic, flat vector, minimal line art, LEGO, Minecraft and 3D film. Base scene, motion prompt and how to ask Claude to adapt them to your character.

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In the reel you saw the same scene in 10 styles: my spy parachuting down over a city, as pixel art, on a chalkboard, in LEGO, in Minecraft… and the character is recognizable in every one.

Here are the exact prompts I used, the base scene so you can drop in your own, and the sentence that gets Claude to adapt them for you.

Note

Who does what. The image comes from Nano Banana Pro (with your character as the reference image) and the motion from Kling 3.0. Claude does not generate images: it adapts the prompts to your character and your action and gives them to you ready to paste.

From one prompt to 10 animated styles

  1. Fixed scene

    Character + action + framing. It never changes.

  2. Style block

    Technique, HEX palette and finish. The only thing you swap.

  3. “NO TEXT” closing

    So the model adds no letters, logos or borders.

  4. Image in Nano Banana Pro

    With your character as reference, vertical 9:16.

  5. Motion in Kling 3.0

    3 seconds with the motion prompt below.

The formula: scene + style + “NO TEXT”

PartWhat it containsChanges between styles?
SceneCharacter, action, framing, marginsNo
StyleTechnique (pixel art, LEGO…), HEX palette, finishYes, it is the only one
ClosingOne character only, NO TEXT, no logos or bordersNo

Keeping the scene still and swapping only the style block makes the model hold the composition and the character. That is why the 10 clips match each other and the edit stays clean.

The base scene (swap in your own)

Replace what is inside [brackets] with your character and your action:

Base scene
Vertical 9:16 frame. The character: [a small round chibi secret-agent mascot with a glossy pitch-black body, a black fedora hat, a turned-up black trench-coat collar, and no visible face except two glowing white angry almond-shaped eyes] (use the reference image ONLY for this character's identity). Action: [he is parachuting down over a city. A big lime-green (#c6f432) parachute canopy fills the top third of the frame, thin suspension lines run down to the character, who hangs in the center of the frame holding the straps with both hands, little legs dangling. The bottom third is a city skyline of tall buildings with lit windows; open sky behind.] Strong, clear silhouette, readable in one second. Centered composition, generous margins, the whole subject fully inside the frame.

And this sentence always goes at the end of the prompt:

Closing (always at the end)
Only ONE character in the image. NO TEXT, no letters, no numbers, no logos, no watermark, no UI, no frame border.

How to ask Claude to adapt them to your character

Paste the base scene and the 10 prompts below into Claude (claude.ai or Claude Code), then add this:

Adapt the 10 styles with Claude
I have given you a base scene and 10 style prompts for generating images with Nano Banana Pro. Adapt the scene to my character: [DESCRIBE YOUR CHARACTER] and to this action: [YOUR ACTION]. Keep every style block intact (technique, HEX palette and finish) and only change the scene elements that do not fit my action. Give me the 10 full prompts in English, each ending with the NO TEXT sentence. Then, for each style, write the 3-second motion prompt for Kling.

You get back 10 prompts ready to paste into Nano Banana Pro and 10 motion prompts for Kling.

The 10 animation style prompts

Each prompt already includes the reel scene + the style + the closing. Copy it as is to try it, or change the scene.

1) Pixel art

Prompt · Pixel art
Vertical 9:16 frame. The character: a small round chibi secret-agent mascot with a glossy pitch-black body, a black fedora hat, a turned-up black trench-coat collar, and no visible face except two glowing white angry almond-shaped eyes (use the reference image ONLY for this character's identity). Action: he is parachuting down over a city. A big lime-green (#c6f432) parachute canopy fills the top third of the frame, thin suspension lines run down to the spy, who hangs in the center of the frame holding the straps with both hands, little legs dangling. The bottom third is a city skyline of tall buildings with lit windows; open sky behind. Strong, clear silhouette, readable in one second. Centered composition, generous margins, the whole parachute and the whole character fully inside the frame. STYLE: 16-bit pixel art like a SNES game screenshot. Chunky, clearly visible square pixels, no anti-aliasing, limited ~24-color palette with dithering in the sky. Palette: sunset sky gradient #2b1b54 to #7a3e8f to #ff7a59, buildings #3a2f6b and #241c47 with warm windows #ffd36b, parachute #c6f432 shaded with #7da11a, spy #0b0b10 with pure white #ffffff eyes, small pixel clouds #f6c1d0. Only ONE character in the image. NO TEXT, no letters, no numbers, no logos, no watermark, no UI, no frame border.

2) Chalkboard

Prompt · Chalkboard
Vertical 9:16 frame. The character: a small round chibi secret-agent mascot with a glossy pitch-black body, a black fedora hat, a turned-up black trench-coat collar, and no visible face except two glowing white angry almond-shaped eyes (use the reference image ONLY for this character's identity). Action: he is parachuting down over a city. A big lime-green (#c6f432) parachute canopy fills the top third of the frame, thin suspension lines run down to the spy, who hangs in the center of the frame holding the straps with both hands, little legs dangling. The bottom third is a city skyline of tall buildings with lit windows; open sky behind. Strong, clear silhouette, readable in one second. Centered composition, generous margins, the whole parachute and the whole character fully inside the frame. STYLE: chalk drawing on a school chalkboard. The whole frame is a dark green chalkboard surface #1f3a2e with faint erased chalk smudges and dust. Everything drawn by hand in chalk: white chalk #f2f2ea outlines with sketchy hatching, the parachute in lime chalk #c6f432, the spy filled with dense dark chalk scribbles and white chalk eyes, the city as simple chalk line buildings. Wobbly hand-drawn lines, visible chalk grain, like a teacher's diagram but with no labels and no arrows. Only ONE character in the image. NO TEXT, no letters, no numbers, no logos, no watermark, no UI, no frame border.

3) Neon sketch

Prompt · Neon sketch
Vertical 9:16 frame. The character: a small round chibi secret-agent mascot with a glossy pitch-black body, a black fedora hat, a turned-up black trench-coat collar, and no visible face except two glowing white angry almond-shaped eyes (use the reference image ONLY for this character's identity). Action: he is parachuting down over a city. A big lime-green (#c6f432) parachute canopy fills the top third of the frame, thin suspension lines run down to the spy, who hangs in the center of the frame holding the straps with both hands, little legs dangling. The bottom third is a city skyline of tall buildings with lit windows; open sky behind. Strong, clear silhouette, readable in one second. Centered composition, generous margins, the whole parachute and the whole character fully inside the frame. STYLE: glow sketch. Pure black background #050507. Everything drawn only with thin glowing light strokes, like light painting or a luminous pencil sketch: sparse loose sketch lines, warm gold #ffb347 and lime #c6f432 glow with soft bloom, the spy as a glowing outline with bright white eyes, the city as a few glowing contour lines with tiny glowing window dots, a soft cone of light under the spy. Mostly empty dark space, elegant and cinematic. Only ONE character in the image. NO TEXT, no letters, no numbers, no logos, no watermark, no UI, no frame border.

4) PlayStation 2

Prompt · PlayStation 2
Vertical 9:16 frame. The character: a small round chibi secret-agent mascot with a glossy pitch-black body, a black fedora hat, a turned-up black trench-coat collar, and no visible face except two glowing white angry almond-shaped eyes (use the reference image ONLY for this character's identity). Action: he is parachuting down over a city. A big lime-green (#c6f432) parachute canopy fills the top third of the frame, thin suspension lines run down to the spy, who hangs in the center of the frame holding the straps with both hands, little legs dangling. The bottom third is a city skyline of tall buildings with lit windows; open sky behind. Strong, clear silhouette, readable in one second. Centered composition, generous margins, the whole parachute and the whole character fully inside the frame. STYLE: an early-2000s PlayStation 2 game cutscene. Low-poly 3D models with visible faceted polygons, blurry low-resolution stretched textures, flat vertex lighting, jagged aliased edges, light distance fog, slightly washed colors, 480p look. Dusk sky #6b5b95 fading to #f4a58a, boxy buildings with repeating window textures #9a8c7a and #4b4453, parachute #c6f432 as a simple polygon dome, the spy as a low-poly figure with glowing white eyes. Only ONE character in the image. NO TEXT, no letters, no numbers, no logos, no watermark, no UI, no frame border.

5) Comic

Prompt · Comic
Vertical 9:16 frame. The character: a small round chibi secret-agent mascot with a glossy pitch-black body, a black fedora hat, a turned-up black trench-coat collar, and no visible face except two glowing white angry almond-shaped eyes (use the reference image ONLY for this character's identity). Action: he is parachuting down over a city. A big lime-green (#c6f432) parachute canopy fills the top third of the frame, thin suspension lines run down to the spy, who hangs in the center of the frame holding the straps with both hands, little legs dangling. The bottom third is a city skyline of tall buildings with lit windows; open sky behind. Strong, clear silhouette, readable in one second. Centered composition, generous margins, the whole parachute and the whole character fully inside the frame. STYLE: American pop-art comic book panel. Thick black ink outlines, Ben-Day halftone dots, flat bold colors: red #e63946, yellow #ffd60a, blue #1d4ed8, white, and the parachute lime #c6f432. Dramatic speed lines radiating behind the spy, an empty jagged yellow starburst shape behind him with NO letters and NO sound effect words, buildings with blue windows. Printed-paper look, slightly off-register colors. Only ONE character in the image. NO TEXT, no letters, no numbers, no logos, no watermark, no UI, no frame border.

6) Flat vector

Prompt · Flat vector
Vertical 9:16 frame. The character: a small round chibi secret-agent mascot with a glossy pitch-black body, a black fedora hat, a turned-up black trench-coat collar, and no visible face except two glowing white angry almond-shaped eyes (use the reference image ONLY for this character's identity). Action: he is parachuting down over a city. A big lime-green (#c6f432) parachute canopy fills the top third of the frame, thin suspension lines run down to the spy, who hangs in the center of the frame holding the straps with both hands, little legs dangling. The bottom third is a city skyline of tall buildings with lit windows; open sky behind. Strong, clear silhouette, readable in one second. Centered composition, generous margins, the whole parachute and the whole character fully inside the frame. STYLE: flat vector illustration like a modern app landing page. Pure geometric shapes, no outlines, no gradients, no textures, minimal soft flat shadows. Palette: light sky #8ecae6, buildings #219ebc and #023047 with simple rectangle windows #ffb703, a round sun #ffb703, simple rounded clouds #ffffff, parachute #c6f432 with one flat darker panel #9fc41f, the spy as clean flat black #111111 shapes with white #ffffff eyes. Only ONE character in the image. NO TEXT, no letters, no numbers, no logos, no watermark, no UI, no frame border.

7) Minimal line art

Prompt · Minimal line art
Vertical 9:16 frame. The character: a small round chibi secret-agent mascot with a glossy pitch-black body, a black fedora hat, a turned-up black trench-coat collar, and no visible face except two glowing white angry almond-shaped eyes (use the reference image ONLY for this character's identity). Action: he is parachuting down over a city. A big lime-green (#c6f432) parachute canopy fills the top third of the frame, thin suspension lines run down to the spy, who hangs in the center of the frame holding the straps with both hands, little legs dangling. The bottom third is a city skyline of tall buildings with lit windows; open sky behind. Strong, clear silhouette, readable in one second. Centered composition, generous margins, the whole parachute and the whole character fully inside the frame. STYLE: minimalist line art. Pure black background #000000. Only thin single-weight white #ffffff strokes, very simple and elegant, almost like a stick-figure diagram: the spy as a tiny minimal outline with two small white dot eyes, the parachute as a clean outlined dome in lime #c6f432, straight thin suspension lines, the city as a few simple rectangle outlines at the bottom, a row of small white dots as ground. Huge negative space, no fills, no shading. Only ONE character in the image. NO TEXT, no letters, no numbers, no logos, no watermark, no UI, no frame border.

8) LEGO

Prompt · LEGO
Vertical 9:16 frame. The character: a small round chibi secret-agent mascot with a glossy pitch-black body, a black fedora hat, a turned-up black trench-coat collar, and no visible face except two glowing white angry almond-shaped eyes (use the reference image ONLY for this character's identity). Action: he is parachuting down over a city. A big lime-green (#c6f432) parachute canopy fills the top third of the frame, thin suspension lines run down to the spy, who hangs in the center of the frame holding the straps with both hands, little legs dangling. The bottom third is a city skyline of tall buildings with lit windows; open sky behind. Strong, clear silhouette, readable in one second. Centered composition, generous margins, the whole parachute and the whole character fully inside the frame. STYLE: LEGO toy photography. The spy is a LEGO minifigure: black fedora piece, black coat torso, black head printed with two glowing white angry eyes, yellow-free all-black minifig. The parachute is a lime #c6f432 plastic or fabric LEGO parachute piece with strings. The city is built from LEGO bricks with visible studs in bright colors (#e3000b red, #ffd500 yellow, #0057a8 blue, #00852b green, white) on a green baseplate. Glossy ABS plastic, macro lens, shallow depth of field, bright daylight sky #8fd3ff. Only ONE character in the image. NO TEXT, no letters, no numbers, no logos, no watermark, no UI, no frame border.

9) Minecraft

Prompt · Minecraft
Vertical 9:16 frame. The character: a small round chibi secret-agent mascot with a glossy pitch-black body, a black fedora hat, a turned-up black trench-coat collar, and no visible face except two glowing white angry almond-shaped eyes (use the reference image ONLY for this character's identity). Action: he is parachuting down over a city. A big lime-green (#c6f432) parachute canopy fills the top third of the frame, thin suspension lines run down to the spy, who hangs in the center of the frame holding the straps with both hands, little legs dangling. The bottom third is a city skyline of tall buildings with lit windows; open sky behind. Strong, clear silhouette, readable in one second. Centered composition, generous margins, the whole parachute and the whole character fully inside the frame. STYLE: Minecraft voxel game screenshot. Everything built from cubes with pixelated 16x16 textures: the spy as a blocky Minecraft-like character with a cube head, black blocky fedora, black coat, white pixel eyes; the parachute made of lime #c6f432 wool blocks; a blocky city of stone, brick and glass blocks; square clouds; daylight sky #7fb2ff; grass blocks at the bottom. Hard block edges, voxel lighting. Only ONE character in the image. NO TEXT, no letters, no numbers, no logos, no watermark, no UI, no frame border.

10) 3D film

Prompt · 3D film
Vertical 9:16 frame. The character: a small round chibi secret-agent mascot with a glossy pitch-black body, a black fedora hat, a turned-up black trench-coat collar, and no visible face except two glowing white angry almond-shaped eyes (use the reference image ONLY for this character's identity). Action: he is parachuting down over a city. A big lime-green (#c6f432) parachute canopy fills the top third of the frame, thin suspension lines run down to the spy, who hangs in the center of the frame holding the straps with both hands, little legs dangling. The bottom third is a city skyline of tall buildings with lit windows; open sky behind. Strong, clear silhouette, readable in one second. Centered composition, generous margins, the whole parachute and the whole character fully inside the frame. STYLE: high-end 3D animated feature film still, premium studio quality, the glossy 3D spy exactly like the reference render. Cinematic golden-hour lighting with warm rim light #ffb070, deep blue shadows #1d2b4f, volumetric haze between buildings, realistic fabric parachute in lime #c6f432 catching the light, glossy black materials with reflections, shallow depth of field, slight low angle, epic but cute. Only ONE character in the image. NO TEXT, no letters, no numbers, no logos, no watermark, no UI, no frame border.

The motion prompt (image → video in Kling)

Upload the image to Kling 3.0, 3-second clip, and use this prompt replacing [STYLE] with each clip’s style (for example “16-bit pixel art with crisp square pixels”):

Motion · Kling 3.0 (3 s)
Keep exactly the same art style: [STYLE]. The little character drifts gently down under the parachute, swaying softly left and right, the parachute canopy breathes and ripples slightly, the city below slowly rises as the camera follows his descent. Smooth, continuous motion from the first frame. The character keeps the same face. No morphing, no style change, no new objects, no text.

The 10 styles at a glance

#StyleWhat makes it recognizable
1Pixel artVisible square pixels, ~24-color palette with dithering
2ChalkboardWhite and lime chalk on a green #1f3a2e board
3Neon sketchGold and lime light strokes on black
4PlayStation 2Low-poly, blurry textures, fog, 480p look
5ComicBlack ink, Ben-Day dots, flat colors
6Flat vectorGeometric shapes, no outlines or gradients
7Minimal line artThin white stroke on black, lots of empty space
8LEGOMinifigure and studded bricks, macro photography
9MinecraftCubes with 16x16 textures, voxel lighting
103D filmAnimated feature look, golden-hour light, glossy materials

Tricks that make the difference

  • HEX palette in every style: it is what stops them all from getting the same “AI look”.
  • One fixed color in all of them (here the lime parachute #c6f432): it ties the 10 styles together and the scene reads instantly.
  • Always “NO TEXT”: comic and chalkboard styles love adding sound effects and labels.
  • Short clips (3 s): for a styles reel, 1 second of each is enough; longer means more risk of the style warping.
  • If a style comes out generic, add the physical medium: “on a school chalkboard”, “toy photography”, “game screenshot”.

FAQ

No. Claude writes and adapts the prompts. The image is generated by Nano Banana Pro (Google’s image model) and the motion by a video model such as Kling 3.0. You can use other generators that accept a reference image.

Image and video models follow English instructions more reliably, especially style details. If you ask Claude to adapt them, ask for the result in English.

It is what keeps the character identical across the 10 styles. Upload a photo or render of your character as reference and keep the sentence that says to use it only for its identity.

For a styles reel, 1 second of each is enough. The longer the clip, the higher the risk that the style warps or the character changes.

Add the physical medium to the style block: “on a school chalkboard”, “toy photography”, “game screenshot”. It gives the model a concrete reference and the result changes a lot.

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