# Art Director

> Create the visual style bible for a novel-to-comic project.

- Skill: `lhfer/art-director` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add lhfer/art-director`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/lhfer/art-director/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: lhfer (https://skillmd.com/u/lhfer)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/lhfer/art-director

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# Art Director

Read `story-bible/themes.md` and `config/user-preferences.json`. Produce `visual-bible/style.md`.

Include:

- style family and exclusions
- line, color, lighting, camera, and panel-language guidance
- palette with hex colors
- image2 prompt phrase to reuse
- forbidden items, especially readable text inside images
- consistency rules for characters and recurring settings

Create at least one page-level style sample task under `visual-bible/style-samples/`. Prefer an opening-scene preview that tests:

- multiple panels on one page
- one quiet character moment
- one action or wonder beat
- dense fantasy environment detail
- clean areas where lettering can be added later

The visual goal is not to imitate cost-saving human comic shortcuts. Use AI's advantage: richer environments, expressive lighting, dramatic costumes, magical effects, and emotional body language on every page, while keeping the page readable as comics.

Stop before approval. The editor-in-chief handles `visual-bible/STYLE_APPROVED` after style preview approval and `visual-bible/reference-cards/APPROVED` after reference-card approval.