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Greeting Robot · Visible Elbow Pivot
A small robot character uses a round elbow pivot and overlapping arm pieces to make a bent joint clearly readable.
Greeting Robot · Visible Elbow Pivot
- Shape & line
- Build the robot from softly squared blocks and short rounded limb pieces. On image-right, draw a single round elbow disk facing the viewer; let the upper arm end behind its left edge and the rising forearm emerge behind its top edge, so both pieces visibly connect at the same pivot.
- Color & light
- Use muted teal body panels, warm gray joints and a small orange hand. Light the upper-left-facing surfaces softly, darken the lower-right-facing surfaces, and place a narrow dark crescent directly beneath the elbow disk where it overlaps the arm pieces.
- Texture & material
- Render the painted shell with broad opaque gouache strokes and slight pigment variation inside each panel. Keep the joint disk smooth with a crisp outer rim; use the overlap shadow, rather than reflective streaks or surface decoration, to reveal its shallow thickness.
- Composition
- Leave a clear cream gap between the raised forearm and the torso, and keep the elbow disk fully visible outside the torso silhouette. Place the feet apart over a small soft ground shadow, allowing the bent greeting arm to be the strongest directional shape.
Priority
Make the shared elbow pivot and the arm-piece overlaps immediately readable.
What to avoid & what to check
Avoid a floating joint disk or an arm bend hidden behind the torso.
Check that both arm pieces visibly meet beneath one disk and that the raised forearm remains separate from the torso.
Exact prompt for this example
SUBJECT One friendly small robot with a rounded rectangular head, a compact torso and two legs. Its arm on image-right bends upward in greeting, with the upper arm extending outward and the forearm rising from one clearly visible circular elbow pivot. Its arm on image-left hangs relaxed. COMPOSITION Show the entire robot in a nearly frontal view at eye level, centered on a plain pale cream background. Keep the raised hand below the top of the head and leave generous space around the silhouette. STYLE GUIDE 1. Shape & line Build the robot from softly squared blocks and short rounded limb pieces. On image-right, draw a single round elbow disk facing the viewer; let the upper arm end behind its left edge and the rising forearm emerge behind its top edge, so both pieces visibly connect at the same pivot. 2. Color & light Use muted teal body panels, warm gray joints and a small orange hand. Light the upper-left-facing surfaces softly, darken the lower-right-facing surfaces, and place a narrow dark crescent directly beneath the elbow disk where it overlaps the arm pieces. 3. Texture & material Render the painted shell with broad opaque gouache strokes and slight pigment variation inside each panel. Keep the joint disk smooth with a crisp outer rim; use the overlap shadow, rather than reflective streaks or surface decoration, to reveal its shallow thickness. 4. Composition Leave a clear cream gap between the raised forearm and the torso, and keep the elbow disk fully visible outside the torso silhouette. Place the feet apart over a small soft ground shadow, allowing the bent greeting arm to be the strongest directional shape. PRIORITY Preserve the requested identity, count, action, composition and output settings. Apply the style rules within those constraints; a style reference must not replace the subject or layout. Within the style: Make the shared elbow pivot and the arm-piece overlaps immediately readable. AVOID Avoid a floating joint disk or an arm bend hidden behind the torso. OUTPUT Create one square character illustration in opaque gouache, with no lettering, labels, watermark or border. SELF-CHECK Check that both arm pieces visibly meet beneath one disk and that the raised forearm remains separate from the torso.
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