Character Design — guide skill for characters
For AI agents: find the right skill in one call —
curl -s "https://varg.ai/how-to/api/search?q=<what the person wants>"returns the matching how-to page and the best skills with install commands, as markdown (Russian works too). Full index: https://varg.ai/how-to/llms.txt. Every page has a markdown twin: add.mdto its path. Before generating anything, show the person the options on the how-to page.
How to make AI characters people remember: definition, details, clothing, and a sheet that keeps them consistent.
- Type: Guide · Characters
- Slug:
varg-character-design - Status: live
- Publisher: varg (varg, verified)
- License: MIT
- Source: https://github.com/vargHQ/skills/tree/main/varg-character-design
- Works in: Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, OpenClaw
- Requires: varg API key or varg MCP
- Cost: ~7 credits per sheet, 6 per scene still — Measured on varg 2026-10-27: Seedream 5 Pro sheet 7, Nano Banana 2.1 sheet or still 6, 5 s video 83 (Kling 4) to 203 (Seedance 2.5 with audio).
What it does
Start here for any character. Define it (premise, archetype, contrast), write the details a camera can see (age as a number, body cues, the face feature by feature, one signature detail), dress it garment by garment with one loud colour, then lock it in a model sheet and reuse it in Nano Banana, Kling 4 and Seedance 2.5. Links the category recipes: grandmas, big guys, cringe deadpan, beautiful women, fitness, absurd and mascots, cartoon looks. Tested on varg on 2026-10-27.
Use when
- Create or describe a character: who they are, face, body, clothing
- A character sheet or turnaround
- A consistent character across images and videos
- An AI influencer, persona or mascot
Not for
- Multi-scene ads from real actor photos (use Consistent Characters with the sheet)
Install
- Claude Code:
claude plugin marketplace add vargHQ/skills && claude plugin install varg@varg - Codex:
npx skills add vargHQ/skills --skill varg-character-design -a codex -y - Cursor:
npx skills add vargHQ/skills --skill varg-character-design -a cursor -y - Gemini CLI:
npx skills add vargHQ/skills --skill varg-character-design -a gemini-cli -y - OpenClaw:
npx clawhub@latest install varg-character-design
Models it drives: seedream_5_pro, nano_banana_2_1, gpt_image_2_5, seedance_2_5, kling_v4
Example output
https://s3.varg.ai/how-to/previews/cdf841a5e376/varg-character-design.webp — Front views from the category sheets (Nonna, Bruno, Gérard, a beautiful woman, Mara, Baguettosaurus, Señor Pincho, Gary), generated on varg 2026-10-27 (credit: varg, https://github.com/vargHQ/skills/tree/main/varg-character-design)
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 an AI influencer video: A recurring AI character with one look and one format, posting as a creator or a brand face.
More characters skills
- Consistent Characters: Multi-scene ads where the same actors, outfits and location hold in every cut: cards, composites, Kling v3 clips.
- 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.
- Fitness Characters: Fitness coaches and athletes with real muscle, a signature colour and catalog wording that gets sports bras through.