Use case: identity-preserve.
Asset type: a single production website CHARACTER EXPRESSION CONTACT SHEET, 3 columns by 2 rows.
INPUTS ARE CANONICAL IDENTITY REFERENCES, not loose inspiration. Reference image 1 is the approved master face of León Zubeldato. Reference image 2 is the same approved character holding his notebook. Use exactly THIS lion face and illustration design in ALL six cells. Change only the facial expression and hand/arm acting. Keep the same face proportions, nose, muzzle, chin tuft, mane shape, ears, glasses, jacket and scarf as the references. Do not redesign or simplify the character.
CANONICAL CHARACTER: adult anthropomorphic male lion, sophisticated witty veteran football fan. His head has the distinctive broad black crosshatched tousled mane swept upward at the forehead, small rounded lion ears almost nested inside it, tired ironic eyes with lower-eyelid creases, round thick black spectacles, the exact tapered nose bridge and broad black feline nose from the reference, ivory rounded muzzle and pointed white chin tuft. The same black tailored jacket with lapels, thick crimson-and-ivory striped knitted scarf, and crimson hardback notebook. Preserve the exact reference species/anatomy and facial identity. No mouse anatomy, no alternative lion face, no youthful or childlike proportions.
STYLE: match the two input illustrations exactly: adult editorial engraving and dense hand-drawn pen-and-ink crosshatching, fine rough black linework, expressive caricature, restrained scarlet/crimson accent color. Not photorealism, not glossy 3D, not vector flat shapes, not animation-cel cartoon, not cute childlike mascot. Palette only black #171717, crimson #D31334 and ivory #F7F7F2. FUR stays black-and-ivory hatching, no yellow/brown/orange fur. Background is a completely solid opaque UNIFORM IVORY #F7F7F2 throughout; NO transparency, no shadows, no gradient, no scenery.
CRITICAL FORMAT AND MARGINS: LANDSCAPE 3:2 canvas, preferably 1536 wide × 1024 high. Exactly THREE equally sized columns and TWO equally sized rows, forming SIX equal SQUARE cells. The cell boundaries are invisible. No grid lines, borders, frames, labels or text. Think of each cell as a square with an INNER square occupying only 66% of its width and height. Draw the ENTIRE isolated bust and gesture INSIDE that inner square, leaving a generous 17% empty ivory margin on EVERY side of every cell. All busts at the same scale. Do not fill the available cell. Keep figures noticeably small with comfortable empty paper all around. The inner content centers are at x=1/6, 1/2, 5/6 of the canvas and y=1/4, 3/4. Nothing may cross a cell boundary. All heads, mane tips, scarf ends, hands, elbows, notebook and pencil must stay inside their own inner square. Busts end cleanly at lower chest with a short ink-hatched taper well before the cell edge. No cropped hair or hands. No overlapping characters.
EXACT ROW-MAJOR ORDER, zero-based pose indices:
0 — TOP LEFT: SKEPTICAL, 'no me cierra' emotional acting without words. One eyebrow raised, tired narrowed doubtful eyes over his glasses, mouth skewed with dry suspicion, one paw against chin, closed red notebook tucked at chest.
1 — TOP MIDDLE: GOAL CELEBRATION, 'gol carajo' emotional acting without words. Exuberant open-mouthed victorious roar, eyes lit with joy, BOTH clenched fists raised near his shoulders. Keep fists, arms and elbows compactly within the inner square. Same glasses/scarf/jacket, notebook may be tucked under an arm.
2 — TOP RIGHT: LONG-SUFFERING FACEPALM, 'otra vez sopa' emotional acting without words. Weary dismay, eyes squeezed shut, one paw over forehead, downturned mouth, shoulders slumped, closed red notebook held close by the other paw. Preserve recognizable muzzle/glasses.
3 — BOTTOM LEFT: PROFESSOR, 'tengo una teoría' emotional acting without words. Alert thoughtful explaining expression, one index finger raised beside his face, the other paw holding an open crimson notebook near his chest. Same canonical sly adult face.
4 — BOTTOM MIDDLE: INDIGNANT ABOUT VAR, protesting disbelief without words. Furrowed angry eyebrows, eyes wide with exasperation, mouth open mid-protest, both paws turned palm-up beside the chest in a compact questioning gesture. Strongly distinct from goal celebration. No referee, screen, whistle, ball or added objects.
5 — BOTTOM RIGHT: MISCHIEVOUS KNOWING, 'lo tenía anotado' emotional acting without words. Half-lidded ironic eyes, sly crooked smile, one paw holding the open red notebook and the other indicating a page with a small red pencil, as if confirming a prediction. Notebook pages can have tiny abstract hatch strokes but absolutely NO legible text.
Do NOT put any of the quoted emotion phrases, numbers, names or labels in the image. NO text, NO symbols, NO logo, NO watermark anywhere. The six facial expressions and gestures should be unmistakably different, but the face must remain the same exact CANONICAL lion in both reference images. Give equal priority to identity fidelity and the large empty margin inside each of the six regular cells.
