Anime Storyboard and Character Design

- Create a single vertical anime animation development board for an original emotional short film titled "The Girl and the Lighthouse". The output must be ONE combined image containing an anime character design sheet and a cinematic storyboard page.

IMPORTANT:
→ Create fully original anime characters
→ Do not imitate any existing anime studio style directly
→ Do not resemble any copyrighted anime characters
→ Keep designs unique, soft, nostalgic, and emotionally warm

STYLE:
→ Premium anime pre-production board
→ Mix loose hand-drawn storyboard sketches with semi-rendered anime keyframes
→ Use soft watercolor-style lighting, cool sea blue and warm lighthouse gold colors, gentle shadows, red storyboard borders, blue motion arrows, handwritten production notes, timing notes, and lens notes

LAYOUT:
Clean vertical composition with 2 sections.

SECTION A — CHARACTER DESIGN SHEET

Girl:
→ A gentle anime girl with long windswept dark hair, soft blue-grey eyes, and a quietly waiting expression
→ She wears: a soft cream knit sweater, a faded blue skirt, worn white canvas shoes, and a small green scarf
→ She should feel: patient, quietly hopeful, emotionally deep, nostalgically waiting
→ Show: front view, side profile, back view, 3/4 angle
→ Expressions: patient, soft smile, quietly hopeful, calm and waiting
→ Pose standing at the cliff edge watching the lighthouse
→ Pose sitting on cliff rocks with knees drawn up
→ Pose holding her scarf as the sea wind blows

Lighthouse:
→ An old weathered lighthouse on a rocky seaside cliff — tall, worn stone, warm rotating golden light at the top
→ It should feel: steady, faithful, warm, a symbol of patient waiting and guidance
→ Show: wide view from cliff, close-up of rotating light, reflection on sea water

Add tiny handwritten notes and soft pastel anime color swatches.

SECTION B — STORYBOARD
Create 8 cinematic anime storyboard panels in a neat grid. Each panel should include handwritten camera notes, blue motion arrows, timing notes, and lens notes.

Story Beats:
→ Wide shot of an old anime seaside village at dusk — calm sea, rocky cliffs, warm lighthouse light beginning to glow
→ The girl walks alone along the cliff path toward the lighthouse as the sun sets
→ She sits down on the cliff rocks and looks out at the sea, quiet and waiting
→ Close-up of her face — patient, softly hopeful, emotionally still
→ The lighthouse light begins its slow rotation, sending warm golden light across the sea
→ She watches the light sweep across the water — each rotation steady and faithful
→ Wide shot — girl on the cliff, lighthouse above, the vast calm sea below, warm dusk light
→ Emotional ending — the lighthouse light sweeps across her face one more time, warm and gentle, the whole sea glowing behind her

Environment:
Old anime seaside village at dusk. Rocky cliffs, calm sea, old stone lighthouse. Warm golden dusk light on the water. Sea wind, distant waves, peaceful nostalgic coastal atmosphere.