# Character Anchor Review V1

## Status

- Review status: superseded by v2 review.
- Image acceptance state: not final anchor; v2 was accepted later.
- Generation purpose: test Codex host image generation capability and character-anchor workflow completeness.
- Next gated action: completed by `character-anchor-review-v2.md` and `character-identity-lock.md`.

## Generation Context

Prompt document:

- `visual-system/characters/character-anchor-prompt-v1.md`

Generated image:

- `visual-system/characters/character-anchor-v1-codex-test.png`

Tool default source retained:

- `C:\Users\wangq\.codex\generated_images\019ef2f7-e630-7303-a0e8-e5e7a86912fc\ig_098d4e68be1207f7016a3a2cde9678819889913b70ad004b89.png`

Image properties:

- Width: 1672
- Height: 941
- Pixel format: RGB
- Aspect: close to 16:9

## Inputs Used

### Identity Reference

```text
C:\Users\wangq\Pictures\照片\photo.jpg
```

Role:

- identity reference;
- not edit target;
- not passport-photo style target.

### Satisfactory Sample Reference

```text
visual-system/characters/character-chatgpt.png
```

Role:

- visual target reference for board structure and satisfactory character-asset direction;
- not the primary identity source.

### User Prompt Adjustments

- Add height: about 180cm.
- Hair and beard should be longer.
- Beard should be denser / fuller.

## Privacy Note

External MiniMax visual analysis was attempted for `character-chatgpt.png` but rejected by the environment because sending a project-local image to an external service would be private workspace data exfiltration. The review below is based on local visual inspection only.

## Review Checklist

| Check | Result | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Front / side / back same-person consistency | Pass | The front, side, and back views read as the same traveler. |
| Back-view recognition without face | Pass | Long coat, backpack, hair shape, and stance are consistent enough for later back-view use. |
| Walking side / walking back naturalness | Pass | Walking side and rear walking pose are natural and not heroic. |
| Tired but dignified | Pass | Face and posture read as restrained, weathered, and dignified rather than collapsed. |
| 180cm body direction | Pass with note | The body reads adult, solid, and tall enough; exact height cannot be verified from the board alone. |
| Longer hair / denser beard | Pass | Compared with the prior sample, hair and beard are clearly longer and fuller. |
| Coat / backpack / boots stability | Pass | The old long coat, backpack, and boots are strong and reusable visual anchors. |
| Avoid homeless / drunk / fashion / hero drift | Pass | It stays practical and road-worn without becoming a fashion shoot or poverty stereotype. |
| Avoid text dependence | Pass | The board uses minimal blocks and empty label areas; exact labels are not required from the image. |
| Usefulness for later five-shot prompts | Pass | Good enough to test character carryover into `s01/s10/s46/s47/s51`. |

## Observed Strengths

- The generated board successfully follows the multi-view character-sheet structure.
- The shallow gray-white background keeps silhouette and clothing readable.
- The dark long coat, old backpack, and old boots are stronger than the face as wide-shot identity anchors.
- The longer hair and fuller beard move the character closer to the requested road-worn traveler image.
- The side and back views are useful for later landscape-led composition.

## Observed Risks

- The result strongly follows the ChatGPT sample layout, which is good for this test but may make future iterations too dependent on one sample.
- The face is directionally related to the source photo, but not a strict likeness match. This may be acceptable because the brief asks for a translated road-film figure, not a portrait copy.
- The board is strong, but still not proof that later wide environmental shots will preserve identity; that must be tested in the five-shot package.
- Exact 180cm cannot be visually audited without scale marks or a comparison object.

## Recommendation

This is a successful process test and a plausible first character anchor candidate.

Recommended next decision:

1. If the user accepts this board as the first character anchor candidate, create `character-identity-lock.md`.
2. If the user wants a tighter likeness to the source photo, regenerate with stronger identity-reference wording.
3. If the user wants less dependency on the ChatGPT sample, regenerate with the same identity but lighter sample-reference wording.
4. Do not start transparent slices until this board is accepted or a repaired version replaces it.