TIDEBREAKERS / Ep1-6

The recipe

Prompt

[Model: GPT-5.4 Image] Full-color manga page, portrait 2:3, 4 horizontal strip panels stacked, each zooming closer, read top to bottom. REFERENCES ATTACHED: Image 1 = MELE character sheet. Image 2 = the official national flag of Kaimora. Image 3 = the finished NEXT page of this same scene (location reference). CHARACTER RULE: Match MELE's face, hairstyle, flower, dress and body proportions exactly to Image 1. Ignore the sheet's background, layout and labels. FLAG RULE: Every flag must be exactly the flag in Image 2: deep navy (#0B1F3A) field, ONE six-pointed coral-orange (#E07A4F) star, THREE coral-orange wavy stripes below it. Ignore the label text under Image 2. LOCATION RULE: This page happens in the exact same press room as Image 3, a few moments earlier. Match the room from Image 3: the large rounded wooden podium with the round navy seal (coral-orange ring, six-pointed star, three wavy stripes), black microphones on thin stands, tall floor-to-ceiling windows behind the podium looking out over the sea, the Kaimora flag on a pole outside the windows, dark curtains at the edges, the same kind of journalists with cameras, and the same dark blue color grading. Use Image 3 ONLY for the location, props and color mood. Do NOT copy its composition, Mele's shouting pose or expression, the speech balloon, the "BAM!" sound effect or any of its text. WEATHER: the storm is only building. Through the windows the sea is dark grey and choppy with heavy clouds, waves starting to rise, but not yet the full storm of Image 3. STYLE: adult cinematic semi-realistic manga style, sharp ink linework, hard shadows, realistic anatomy, camera flash lighting. No chibi. Panel 1: Wide shot from behind the journalists: Mele stands calmly at the rounded podium, the tall windows with the darkening sea and the Kaimora flag on its pole behind her, camera flashes going off. Panel 2: Medium shot of Mele at the podium, calm, hands resting on its edge, the windows and the grey sea behind her. Balloon: "We gave speeches. We signed treaties. Nobody listened." Panel 3: Close-up of her face, eyes burning with quiet anger, the window and the grey sea softly blurred behind her. Panel 4: Extreme close-up of her eyes. Balloon: "So we will go where the whole world is watching." Microphones and cameras are plain black with no logos, letters or numbers. White speech balloons with black English text, spelled exactly.

Model

GPT-5.4 Image 2

Cost

$0.23