TIDEBREAKERS / Ep1-2

The recipe

Prompt

[Model: GPT-5.4 Image] Full-color manga page, portrait 2:3, 3 tall vertical panels side by side, read left to right. REFERENCES ATTACHED: Image 1 = KOA character sheet. Match KOA's face, hairstyle, body proportions, skin tone, tattoo and necklace exactly to Image 1. Ignore the sheet's background, layout and labels. STYLE: adult cinematic semi-realistic manga style, sharp ink linework, hard shadows, realistic anatomy, crystal-clear turquoise underwater light, sun rays through water, bubbles. No chibi. CHARACTER: KOA, 16-year-old Pacific Islander boy, lean wiry build, bare-chested, red board shorts, free-diving with no tank. Panel 1: Wide underwater shot, Koa gliding deep along a coral reef with a wooden spear. Caption: "Kaimora. Population: 12,000. Highest point: 4.6 meters." Panel 2: Koa's spear strikes a large fish, burst of bubbles. Panel 3: Close-up of Koa's calm, intense face with bubbles escaping his lips. Caption (monologue): "Five minutes. I can still go deeper." Black caption boxes with white English text, spelled exactly.

Model

GPT-5.4 Image 2

Cost

$0.20