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Plot-driven 3-act storyboard · 9 panels · single image · pre-viz for Comic Skit / Narrative MV
stray-cat watercolor · 9/9 character lock · 6 distinct locales
Create a storyboard in a 3x3 grid format, with each panel numbered 1-9 and a short action caption at the bottom of each panel. Use thin white gutters between panels so each one reads as a separate frame. Story: A stray cat is rescued by a young woman on a rainy night and becomes her family. Main character: A young woman with short brown hair, wearing a yellow hoodie. Keep her facial features and clothing identical across all 9 panels. Art style: Soft watercolor anime illustration, painterly textures, clean ink linework, consistent character design across all panels. Color palette: Warm amber lamplight contrasted with cool rainy blue tones, shifting gradually from cold wet exterior to warm domestic interior as the story progresses. Panel layout: - Panels 1-3: Setup — she walks home in the rain and discovers a soaked stray kitten huddled under an awning - Panels 4-6: Development — she brings the cat home, towel-dries it, feeds it warm milk in her kitchen - Panels 7-9: Resolution — the cat sleeps on her lap while she reads, they share breakfast together, bright sunny morning window-sill scene showing the two as family Camera variety: use close-ups for emotional beats (first meeting gaze, cat drinking milk, sleeping cat), wide shots for environment (rainy street, sunny kitchen), medium shots for action (picking up cat, towel-drying). Emotional tone: starts melancholic and rainy-blue, shifts to heartwarming and golden.