fal Character Design — prompt skill for characters
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Design original characters that stay consistent: reference and expression sheets, outfits, character-to-video.
- Type: Prompt · Characters
- Slug:
fal-character-design - Status: live
- Publisher: fal (vendor, verified)
- License: MIT
- Source: https://github.com/fal-ai-community/skills/tree/main/skills/character-design
- Works in: Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI
- Requires: fal API key (FAL_KEY), genmedia CLI
- Cost: Billed by fal per endpoint call
- Adoption: 457 installs, 256 GitHub stars (skills.sh, 2026-10-26)
What it does
Builds consistent character media with genmedia: original characters, reference and expression sheets, outfit variations, identity-preserving edits and character-to-video. An anchor system keeps identity stable across shots, with model routing and a quality bar.
Use when
- An original character or mascot
- Reference, turnaround or expression sheets
- Keeping one character consistent into video
Install
- Claude Code:
npx skills add fal-ai-community/skills --skill character-design -a claude-code - Codex:
npx skills add fal-ai-community/skills --skill character-design -a codex - Cursor:
npx skills add fal-ai-community/skills --skill character-design -a cursor - Gemini CLI:
npx skills add fal-ai-community/skills --skill character-design -a gemini-cli
Example output
https://s3.varg.ai/how-to/previews/7d6f54829e6f/fal-character-design.webp — 8-panel character turnaround/reference sheet generated on fal (GPT Image 2.5 edit) in fal's character-consistency guide (credit: fal, https://fal.ai/learn/tools/ai-character-consistency)
How-to tutorials that use it
- How to keep a character consistent in AI video: One mascot, trainer or actor that looks identical across many images and clips.
- How to make exercise demo video loops with AI: Looping exercise demos for a fitness app: one trainer, many exercises, clean background.
More characters skills
- Consistent Characters: Multi-scene ads where the same actors, outfits and location hold in every cut: cards, composites, Kling v3 clips.
- Character Design: How to make AI characters people remember: definition, details, clothing, and a sheet that keeps them consistent.
- Grandma Characters: Very old AI characters people remember: age vs behaviour, real wrinkles, a loud outfit and one prop.
- Big Guy Characters: Big, heavy characters played straight: size shown with visible cues, a small delicate job, never mocked.
- Cringe Deadpan Characters: Bizarre but believable characters people argue about: one wrong outfit, one repeated action, no smile.
- Beautiful Women: Very beautiful AI women who look like real models: casting details, real skin, fashion styling, no false blocks.
Run the generation on varg
varg is one API key for the models these skills drive — Seedance 2.5, Kling 4, Veo 3.1, Wan 3, Nano Banana 2.1, GPT Image 2.5, ElevenLabs v4 and 200+ more — billed in credits, with a cost estimate before anything runs.
- Claude Code:
claude plugin marketplace add vargHQ/skills && claude plugin install varg@varg(skill + hosted MCP) - Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, OpenClaw:
npx skills add vargHQ/skills --skill varg-ai -a <agent> -y - Grok and any agent that reads SKILL.md:
npx skills add vargHQ/skills --skill varg-ai, or point it at the skill's SKILL.md - Claude.ai, ChatGPT, any MCP client: connect
https://mcp.varg.ai/mcp - API key: https://varg.ai/dashboard/api · Model specs: https://varg.ai/models/llms.txt