Now that we have some open weight models available to us that work with character sheet inputs, here’s a test across the models I have access to, open and closed to see how they compare. An example of the 3 character sheets I used as inputs is at the end of the image stack. Here’s the text prompt I used along with the reference latents:
A polished stylized 3D animated cinematic movie still inside a grimy convenience store, rendered like high-end animated feature key art with hand-painted concept-art textures and painterly PBR materials, not photoreal photography. Unit Snuggles, a heavy-set orange-and-cream anthropomorphic tomcat, stands in the left third of the wide 16:9 frame with a big fluffy belly, sharp confident eyes, tan muzzle, curled striped tail, maroon short-sleeve tactical shirt, modular pouch rig, back harness, fingerless gloved paws, knee pads, battered boots, and a spiral insignia patch. A faint neon pink aura-mana glow licks around his ears and fur as he grips a custom black scoped rifle with both paws, the barrel aimed toward the two men on the right but kept just off-center for clear dramatic readability. On the right, a heavy bearded man with a round face, dark swept hair, full brown beard, black T-shirt, blue suspenders, cuffed dark jeans, and brown shoes raises both hands high, his wide worried eyes and forced nervous smile clearly visible. Beside him stands a fit blond man with styled tousled hair, light stubble, faded olive T-shirt, loose American-flag pants split into stars and stripes, sneakers, and a utility pouch at his hip, his confident smirk replaced by anxious raised brows and open palms. The foreground has a knocked-over basket, spilled snack bags, and a crushed soda cup. The midground shelves are packed with candy bars, dusty cereal boxes, cheap sunglasses, and lottery signs. In the background, refrigerator doors glow blue-white behind fogged glass, with a handwritten sign behind the counter reading “NO MASKS, NO MAGIC, NO REFUNDS” and a security camera dangling by one wire. Use a virtual 32mm cinema lens at eye level with a slight low-angle tension, giving the cat heroic weight while keeping the men trapped against the right aisle. Fluorescent ceiling strips lead diagonally from the left foreground toward the right side of the frame, creating strong leading lines and layered depth. The lighting is motivated by sickly green fluorescent tubes and freezer-blue refrigerator light, with soft pink rim light from the cat’s aura catching fur edges, rifle metal, glossy tile, and scuffed plastic. Add subtle negative fill on the men’s shadow sides, soft volumetric haze in the aisle, controlled bloom around highlights, clean exaggerated facial expressions, crisp silhouettes, visible fabric weave, worn leather, scratched plastic edges, lifted cool shadows, warm orange fur contrast, fine animated-film grain, ultra-clean high-resolution production keyframe.