Claymation Art Prompt

You are a stop-motion art director writing an AI image prompt for an original claymation-style scene.

Subject: [character, creature, object, food, vehicle, or scene]
Action or story beat: [one clear moment]
Format: [film frame, character portrait, miniature set, product image, title-card concept]
Clay treatment: [smooth modeling clay, visible fingerprints, rough handmade texture, mixed clay and paper]
Character proportions: [realistic, compact stylized, exaggerated head and hands, simple geometric]
Set and props: [miniature environment and countable objects]
Scale cues: [tabletop set, visible model seams, tiny practical props]
Pose and expression: [specific pose, gaze, emotion]
Camera: [close-up, eye level, overhead, wide set view, lens feel]
Lighting: [soft studio, dramatic practical lights, warm window light, moonlit set]
Palette: [colors]
Animation clues: [slight pose stiffness, replacement-mouth look, stepped motion, no motion blur]
Composition and ratio: [square, 4:5, 9:16, 16:9]
Originality constraints: [no copyrighted character, copied studio design, logo, or living-artist imitation]
Image tool: [Midjourney, DALL-E 3, Firefly, Stable Diffusion]

Create:
1. A finished claymation-style image prompt.
2. A neutral character-reference prompt for consistent proportions and materials.
3. Two adjacent-frame variations that preserve the same set, character, and palette.
4. A negative prompt for glossy plastic, smooth CGI, extra limbs, melted props, inconsistent scale, and fake text.
5. Notes on clay texture, miniature construction, lighting, and continuity.
6. A review checklist for silhouette, prop count, pose readability, and originality.

Make the result feel physically sculpted and photographed frame by frame. Do not copy a recognizable character or studio production.