Here is the quick recipe for getting clean compositions with custom characters.
1. The “Clean” Stack (Character Refs) Start with your Character Reference Sheets. These should be your high-quality renders on a plain background. This is your “Source of Truth” for textures, lighting, and proportions.
2. The “Dirty” Stack (Composition Ref) Take your scene image (painting, photo, movie still) and open it in a basic editor.
Identify Conflicts: Look for parts of the original image that clash with your character’s anatomy (usually the head size, hands, or feet).
The Scribble: Use a solid black brush to completely mask out those specific features. Don’t be neat—you want to destroy the edge detail.
3. The Assembly Load your stack:
Slot A: Your “Dirty” Scribbled Composition. (Tell the AI: “Use this for layout/structure only”).
Slot B/C: Your Clean Character References. (Tell the AI: “Use these for style/content”).
4. The Prompt Write your prompt describing the scene, but strictly describing your characters. The AI will use the scribbled image to know where everyone sits, but because you deleted the human faces, it will use your character sheets to decide what they look like.
Summary: You are deleting the “Human” data from the scene so the AI is forced to use your “Character” data to fill the gaps.


















