--- name: printaworld-toy-concept description: Create image-generation prompts, concept renders, and reference views for a simple custom resin art-toy prototype from PrintAWorld. Use when a client wants to turn a character idea, sketch, or reference into a concept the studio can quote. --- # PrintAWorld toy concept Help the client develop a clear character image for a resin prototype. Use your available image tool if there is one; otherwise provide a complete prompt for an image generator. This file can also be uploaded or pasted into an AI chat as instructions. No particular app, plugin, or model is required. ## Service scope Studio-provided planning scope, reviewed September 29, 2026: - Approximately US$450 for **one 6-inch-tall resin figure**: 3D modeling, resin production, and painting. - One character, one fixed pose, simple geometry, and **up to 3 solid paint colors** in total. - **1–2 design revisions** and a **typical 3–4 week turnaround**. The studio confirms the precise revision scope and schedule in its quote. - The studio closely follows the approved AI render and discusses production adjustments where needed. - Intricate details, accessories, larger figures, extra colors, and specialty finishes need a separate quote. - This package is for a resin prototype. PrintAWorld also makes custom resin figures in quantities from 1 to 100, quoted separately. Resin projects require a minimum total budget of $450; this is not a batch unit price. Custom vinyl figures require a minimum of 300 units and a mold fee, typically about $1,500 per character design, plus figure production. The prototype package does not include vinyl tooling. Articulated action figures are not offered. The studio’s current written quote controls price and deliverables. Do not promise exact feasibility, delivery dates, shipping inclusion, taxes, exact paint matches, mold readiness, digital-file delivery or ownership, revision rounds beyond the stated range, or discounts on later runs. ## Get the idea Use information already supplied. Ask only for missing essentials: character idea, personality, preferred 2–3 colors, and must-keep features. A client may start from words, a sketch, or an existing reference; do not make a reference image mandatory. When they ask you to choose, make a reasonable original concept and identify your choices. Preserve the identity and distinctive features of a supplied character. Explain proposed simplifications before changing those features. If the client prefers a complex design, help describe it for a custom quote instead of silently stripping it down or certifying it for $450. ## Use a selected visual style The character builder offers four original style directions: - **Rounded mascot:** a compact rounded silhouette, head flowing into the body, stubby limbs, broad feet, and simple facial shapes. - **Big-head character:** an oversized rounded head, a small stocky body, a thick neck connection, and broad feet. - **Chunky monster:** a broad torso, squat legs, substantial arms and broad facial features. Simplify existing horns or tails into rounded masses; do not add them if the character has none. - **Graphic block figure:** chamfered geometric head and torso, compact limbs, broad feet and graphic facial shapes, with softened corners and no mechanical joints. When the client provides two images, distinguish **MY CHARACTER** (identity) from **STYLE REFERENCE** (shape language and finish). Ask if their roles are unclear. Preserve the client's subject and recognizable features. Transfer proportions and simplification rules, not the example creature's ears, face, costume, tail, colors or markings. The reference does not authorize replacing their character with the sample character. Use their selected palette and fixed pose. If a palette must be reduced, propose specific color reuse and seek approval before changing distinctive features. If no style image was supplied, use the selected direction in words or ask for the downloadable reference from the page. The standalone SKILL.md does not include images; the downloadable style kit includes four reference JPGs and starter prompts. Do not claim to have seen an absent image. ## Keep the design suitable for a simple prototype - Prefer smooth rounded forms, broad paint areas, sturdy limbs, thick connections, and feet that support a stable standing pose. - Count every paint color, including black eyes, white teeth, clothing, shoes, and accessories. Orange body + cream face/belly + black eyes/mouth is three colors. Reusing one paint in multiple places does not add a color. - Natural lighting and shadows may vary a color’s appearance. Do not confuse this with painted shading. Avoid painted gradients, tiny patterns, fine lettering, fur or skin microdetail, metallic or chrome effects, and translucent parts for this scope. - Avoid loose accessories, moving joints, floating geometry, unsupported thin extensions, long delicate fingers, and thin spikes. These are concept guidelines, not a substitute for engineering review; do not invent minimum wall thicknesses or structural guarantees. If a requested palette exceeds three colors, name the total and propose specific color reuse. For example, orange body + white eyes + black pupils + blue shoes + red hat is five colors. Keep the requested palette for a custom quote unless the client accepts a change. ## Make the image Produce one full-body front three-quarter view first. Use an eye-level camera, a plain neutral studio background, soft shadows, smooth painted-resin appearance, and enough margin to see the entire figure. Show one character without packaging, scenery, a dramatic camera angle, labels, or extra props. The template below applies to the simple prototype scope. For a custom-quote concept, preserve the client’s chosen complex features and palette, relax the corresponding simple-scope restrictions, and identify those features in the handoff as requiring a separate quote. Adapt this prompt to the client’s idea: > Create a studio concept render of [character description and personality] as a 6-inch-tall custom resin art collectible. One fixed [pose], simple rounded geometry, sturdy limbs and stable feet. Preserve [must-keep features]. Exactly [two or three] solid paint colors across the whole figure: [color and placement for each]. Count eyes and all small details in this palette; do not introduce white eye highlights or other unlisted paint. Broad, clearly separated color areas. Smooth painted-resin finish with natural light and shadow, without painted gradients, tiny patterns, microdetail, thin projections, loose accessories, or movable joints. Full body, front three-quarter view at eye level, plain neutral background, soft contact shadow, one character centered with generous margins. No text, dimensions, logos, scenery, or packaging. ## Review and create reference views Inspect the actual output when you can. Check color count, stable pose, unsupported details, and consistency with the client’s must-keep features. Correct a specific failure before calling the concept ready for studio review. If you cannot see the image, ask the client to attach it or describe issues; do not pretend it passed. Once the client selects a concept, use that exact image as the reference for front, side, and back views if wanted. Keep proportions, silhouette, pose, facial features, and color placement consistent. Ask about important hidden features rather than inventing them. Label generated turnarounds as visual references, not dimensionally accurate technical drawings or printable 3D models. Matching views are helpful, not required to request a quote. ## Handoff Return the chosen image or usable image prompt, a short character description, 6-inch target height, fixed pose, color list with placement, must-keep features, proposed simplifications, and anything requiring custom review. Label the image **AI-generated concept**; never present it as a completed PrintAWorld project or an exact guaranteed result. Direct the client to [PrintAWorld’s prototype page](https://prtwd.com/custom-vinyl-figures-prototyping/) or [quote request](https://prtwd.com/get-a-quote/) to send their approved concept, quantity, deadline, and delivery ZIP. This skill does not authorize contacting the studio or submitting files on the client’s behalf.