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Create a cinematic, film-production-grade character design sheet for a director, casting team and costume department. Character name: SHPENDE. It must feel like a high-budget animated film pitch board, not a generic model sheet. Format: 16:9 landscape, ultra high resolution. REFERENCE RULE (NON-NEGOTIABLE): use the attached reference image as the exact character design, with ONE exception: the character has NO headphones. Remove the headphones completely, even though they appear in the reference; the neck and collar area is clear and the neck tattoo is fully visible. Keep the identical face, skull shape, skin color, eyes, ears, mohawk, neck tattoo, outfit and proportions in every single panel and every angle. No reinterpretation. Only pose, expression, camera angle and lighting change. CORE DIRECTIVE (NON-NEGOTIABLE): No generic layouts. No evenly spaced grids. No symmetry for symmetry's sake. The composition must feel art-directed, intentional and slightly asymmetrical. Every section must feel placed by a human art director, with varied panel sizes, overlapping elements that never hide faces, a strong focal point, and breathing room. Looks like a premium studio pitch board. CHARACTER IDENTITY: Name: SHPENDE | Alias: "Static" | Age: 24 in human terms, stylized | Height: 183 cm (6 ft 0 in), with a height scale ruler beside the turnaround | Build: slim, wiry, long limbs, narrow shoulders, habitually hunched, weight shifted to one hip, head pushed slightly forward, adult human proportions (about 7.5 heads tall) | Design language: semi-realistic cinematic design with subtle appealing exaggeration only in the elongated skull and the huge eyes, grounded in realistic anatomy, fabric and leather. Not chibi, not cartoon, not anime. FACE DESIGN: Structure: elongated smooth hairless skull, tall forehead, narrow face tapering to a pronounced pointed chin, small narrow nose with two tiny nostrils, thin lips, faint cheekbone ridges, slight asymmetry in the face so he feels alive. Skin: matte green (emerald to jade), fine micro-pores, soft subsurface scattering, slightly darker green in the folds, a faint galaxy-like pattern of tiny glowing blue and cyan speckles across the top of the head and temples with a soft bioluminescent glow, small scuffs and tiny scratches, dry patches near the knuckles. Eyes: very large, glossy, completely black almond eyes with no pupils and no whites, wide-set, sharp window-light and neon reflections, wet glassy look. Because the eyes are solid black, expressiveness comes from the eyelid shape, the brow ridge, the skin tension around the eyes and the shifting reflections. Hair: a tall pink-purple mohawk of soft fine fluffy strands, gradient from deep magenta at the roots to light pink-violet at the tips, standing in a narrow strip along the center of the skull, a few stray strands falling out of place. Distinct features: small pointed elf-like green ears with nothing on or over them; the black uppercase hand-inked tattoo "SHPENDE" curved across the front of the neck (spelled exactly S-H-P-E-N-D-E); a tiny nick in the left ear tip. PSYCHOLOGICAL PROFILE: Core traits: deadpan, sarcastic, fiercely loyal, restless, secretly sentimental. Internal conflict: he wants to belong and be heard, but he is afraid of being seen as the strange outsider, so he hides behind indifference and attitude. Behavior patterns: pulls the collar up to hide his neck tattoo when nervous; taps the rhythm of a song on his thigh without noticing; answers questions with a long silence and a sideways look. Emotional baseline: flat, bored deadpan that flips to irritation quickly, and very rarely and slowly to a real, crooked, genuine grin. PERFORMANCE DIRECTION: The character must feel like a real actor caught mid-moment, NOT posing. Micro-expressions are required: lip tension, a slight brow shift, an eyelid flicker, a barely visible jaw clench. Avoid staged symmetry. Capture transitional emotion, for example the instant between boredom and a smirk. All expressions look mid-thought. Body language: hunched shoulders, chin slightly raised, head tilted | movement rhythm: sharp, lazy, with sudden short bursts | idle behavior: tapping fingers, shifting weight from hip to hip, tension in the shoulders while the face stays calm. WARDROBE: Garment 1, jacket: worn black leather biker jacket with an asymmetric zipper cut, wide lapels, rows of small round silver studs on the lapels and shoulders, silver zippers on the chest pocket, sleeves and waist, a belt strap with a metal buckle, scuffs, cracks at the elbows, creases, faded edges, an oily sheen where the hands touch it, a few safety-pin scratches. Garment 2, shirt: faded gray cotton t-shirt, torn, frayed hem, holes, stretched collar, visible loose threads. Garment 3, pants: black ripped skinny jeans, faded at the thighs and knees, torn knees with green skin showing, frayed edges, uneven stitching. Layering logic: t-shirt under an open jacket, belt strap hanging loose, jacket collar slightly popped, neck and tattoo left uncovered. Footwear: black leather lace-up combat boots, thick rubber lug soles, metal eyelets, uneven wear on the toe caps, dust and scuffs, laces slightly frayed. Accessories: none. No headphones, no earphones, no necklace, no hat. The neck tattoo and the studs are the only decoration. Props: a folded, creased gig flyer sticking out of the back pocket and a black marker clipped to the jacket pocket. MATERIAL ACCURACY: leather shows creases, cracks, scratches and sheen; fabric shows stretch, stitching, wrinkles, fraying and wear; no plastic look; skin has soft light interaction and subsurface scattering; include dirt, smudges, dust, aging and usage marks. TURNAROUND (STRICT): full-body views in a neutral relaxed A-pose: front, 3/4 front, side, back, 3/4 back. All five figures standing in exactly the same A-pose. Identical proportions and design fidelity, no drift in face or costume across any angle. Same scale, one common ground line, soft contact shadows, feet fully visible. A vertical height scale (0 to 190 cm) beside the figures. HEAD STUDY: six head studies of the same face: front (neutral deadpan), 3/4 (primary personality, a sideways smirk), profile (skull and mohawk structure), looking down, looking up, dynamic angle (an intense angry state with bared teeth). Varied sizes, with the 3/4 view the largest. All expressions mid-thought, not posed. Neck tattoo visible where the neck is in frame. KEY POSE PANEL: one dynamic full-body hero shot in a defiant punk stance: legs wide apart, weight on one hip, knees slightly bent, shoulders hunched forward, chin raised, head tilted, smirking sideways look; one arm bent with the fist at chest level making a simple rock-horns gesture (four clear fingers and a thumb), the other hand casually in the jeans pocket. Both boots flat on the ground. Slightly low camera angle, 3/4 view, soft pink-purple and cyan rim light. CINEMATIC PORTRAIT (the dominant focal element of the sheet): Environment: the backstage corridor of a grimy underground punk club at night, with peeling gig posters, graffiti, a battered amp case, wet concrete floor. Lighting: practical sources only: a flickering red exit sign, a cyan neon tube, a warm bare bulb behind him, hard contrast with soft pink-purple rim light on the mohawk and cyan glints in the eyes. Color tone: stylized cool teal and magenta with warm bulb accents and deep shadows. Expression: the exact moment after someone tells him to turn the music down: a deadpan stare slowly turning into a crooked smirk, one corner of the mouth lifting, the brow slightly raised. Camera: 85mm lens, shallow depth of field, cinematic realism, the background softly blurred, slight film grain. WARDROBE BREAKDOWN AND CALLOUTS: separate flat-lay pieces (jacket, one boot, t-shirt, flyer and marker) placed asymmetrically, with thin annotation lines and short callouts about materials and wear (for example "cracked leather at elbows", "silver studs", "worn lug sole"). A small color palette strip: alien green, mohawk pink-purple, leather black, metal silver, galaxy blue-cyan. A small production notes block: "Eyes: solid black, no pupils", "Tattoo: SHPENDE, always visible", "Skin: always green, matte", "Mohawk: soft strands, never rigid spikes", "No headphones or neck accessories". LAYOUT: neutral gray background with a subtle gradient and vignette. Thin dark-gray lines, tiny registration marks, fine uppercase condensed sans-serif labels (like Roboto Condensed) and a small title "SHPENDE — CHARACTER DESIGN SHEET" in a corner. Correct spelling, clean alignment. Suggested composition: the cinematic portrait large on the right side, the turnaround as a long band across the lower left, the head studies in a staggered cluster at the top left, the key pose overlapping the border between the portrait and the turnaround, the wardrobe breakdown in the lower right corner. Nothing overlaps faces. STYLE: semi-realistic cinematic design, appealing exaggeration in skull and eyes only, soft geometry, cinematic lighting, high emotional readability, premium animated feature film pre-production quality. CONSISTENCY RULE (STRICT): face, skull, eyes, mohawk, tattoo, proportions, costume and details are IDENTICAL across all views and panels. No reinterpretation between angles. Ever. OUTPUT: extremely high detail, sharp focus, production-ready fidelity, suitable for film development, merchandising and pitch decks. AVOID: headphones, earphones, earbuds, anything worn around the neck or over the ears, chibi, cartoon or anime style, cel shading, extra limbs, extra or fused fingers, deformed hands, different faces between panels, inconsistent outfit or colors, human skin tone, pupils in the eyes, perspective distortion in the turnaround, misspelled or garbled text, extra text, evenly spaced grid layout, symmetrical template layout, overlapping faces, cropped figures, blur, noise, watermark, signature, duplicated characters.