# Character Design — guide skill for characters

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How to make AI characters people remember: definition, details, clothing, and a sheet that keeps them consistent.

- **Type:** [Guide](https://varg.ai/how-to/guides.md) · [Characters](https://varg.ai/how-to/browse/skills/characters.md)
- **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](https://varg.ai/how-to/keep-a-character-consistent-in-ai-video.md): One mascot, trainer or actor that looks identical across many images and clips.
- [How to make an AI influencer video](https://varg.ai/how-to/make-an-ai-influencer-video.md): A recurring AI character with one look and one format, posting as a creator or a brand face.

## More characters skills

- [Consistent Characters](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/varg-consistent-characters.md): Multi-scene ads where the same actors, outfits and location hold in every cut: cards, composites, Kling v3 clips.
- [Grandma Characters](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/varg-character-grandma.md): Very old AI characters people remember: age vs behaviour, real wrinkles, a loud outfit and one prop.
- [Big Guy Characters](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/varg-character-big-guy.md): Big, heavy characters played straight: size shown with visible cues, a small delicate job, never mocked.
- [Cringe Deadpan Characters](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/varg-character-cringe.md): Bizarre but believable characters people argue about: one wrong outfit, one repeated action, no smile.
- [Beautiful Women](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/varg-character-beautiful-woman.md): Very beautiful AI women who look like real models: casting details, real skin, fashion styling, no false blocks.
- [Fitness Characters](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/varg-character-fitness.md): Fitness coaches and athletes with real muscle, a signature colour and catalog wording that gets sports bras through.