This Color Coded Storyboarding Method From Koda

@icreatelife·May 15, 2026·250

This color coded storyboarding method from Koda is absolutely fantastic.

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Prompt

This color coded storyboarding method from Koda is absolutely fantastic. What I did was taking his prompt and asking Claude to adept it to my use case (a woman chasing a tortoise in New York City) it gave me a great working prompt. I used GPT Image 2 in Adobe Firefly Boards --- 引用 @aimikoda: Note: If you're an AI creator who shares prompts and you use this method to produce your content, please don’t forget to give credit when sharing it along with your prompts. If you're only sharing the video you create, you don’t have to give credit. GPT Image 2 Prompt for previs storyboard: Create a rough hand-drawn PREVIS + rescue chase storyboard page in 16:9 horizontal format. Use an extremely simple 2D previs sketch style: - stick figures / mannequin silhouettes only - no facial detail, no costume detail, no anatomy detail - no texture, no shading, no polished rendering - black loose sketch lines - red boxes for camera framing only - blue arrows for motion / force / breath / direction only - rough director thumbnails, not concept art - if unsure, draw less detail, not more Show 8 numbered panels on one page with slightly irregular but readable placement. Subject: two close friends racing on skateboards through the sky above the clouds Environment: bright open sky, fluffy cloud pathways, floating cloud banks, distant sunlight, then a darker storm-cloud zone with wind, rain and lightning Mood: playful, adventurous, fast, funny, suspenseful for a moment, then uplifting and triumphant Sequence: during a fun cloud-skate race, one friend accidentally drifts into dangerous storm clouds and loses control, then the other friend makes a last-second rescue Beats: 1. Wide establishing shot. Two friends on skateboards surf above the clouds, side by side, racing playfully through the sky. 2. Side tracking shot. The race speeds up. One friend leans forward and gains a little lead while the other follows close behind. 3. 3/4 front angle. The leading friend accidentally veers toward a dark storm-cloud area ahead while still focused on the race. 4. Overhead shot. The storm cloud swallows the lead friend. Strong wind arrows, rain and lightning. The skateboard wobbles violently. 5. Close-up / medium action shot. The second friend notices the danger, brakes hard for a split second, then pivots and dives toward the storm. 6. Dynamic low angle. The rescuer shoots into the storm clouds on the skateboard, reaching forward through wind and lightning toward the trapped friend. 7. Hero side shot. Last-second rescue. The rescuer grabs the other friend by the arm or hoodie and pulls them free from the storm cloud just as lightning strikes behind them. 8. Wide payoff shot. Both friends burst back into the sunny clouds, regain balance, keep riding together and continue the race laughing, now side by side. Use varied camera angles: close-up, wide, low angle, overhead, side profile, rear, 3/4. Add short handwritten notes near panels. Maintain clear continuity of subject, props, environment and movement direction. Focus on staging, camera, motion, timing and continuity. Prioritize readability over drawing quality. Avoid detailed illustration, clean UI and infographic design. Tone target: fun family-animation energy, clear visual storytelling, simple readable action beats for a 15-second animated sequence.

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3D Render Illustration Photo Typography Minimalist Hero Portrait Group Scene Low Key Top Down Social Media Post

How to Use This Prompt

Copy the full prompt text with the copy button above.
Replace any [bracketed] placeholders with your own subject, scene, or details.
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Style Notes

3D Render: CGI look — smooth surfaces, controlled global illumination, and depth that reads like a Blender/Cinema 4D render instead of a photograph.
Illustration: Hand-drawn or digital-painting aesthetics — visible strokes, stylized shapes and colors, deliberately not photoreal.
Photo: Asks the model for photorealistic output — natural lighting, believable skin and materials, camera-like depth of field — rather than illustration or 3D looks.
Typography: Text is part of the artwork. Modern models like Nano Banana Pro can render legible styled lettering, but keep the exact wording short and quoted in the prompt.
Minimalist: Few elements, generous negative space, restrained palette — the model is told to leave things out, which makes composition errors much less likely.
Hero Portrait: A single dominant subject shot like a key visual — tight framing, strong eye contact or pose, background simplified so the character carries the image.
Group Scene: Multiple characters in one frame — the hardest case for AI consistency; prompts usually assign each figure a position and role explicitly.
Low Key: Predominantly dark frame with selective highlights — moody, dramatic, and very sensitive to where the light source is placed in the prompt.
Social Media Post: Composition and aspect ratio tuned for feeds (Instagram, X, Xiaohongshu): bold focal subject, room for overlay text, colors that survive small screens.

FAQ

How do I use this prompt with Gemini (Nano Banana Pro)?

Copy the full prompt with the copy button above, paste it into Gemini or any Nano Banana Pro-powered tool, and compare your result with the example images on this page. You can also click "Try this Prompt" to generate directly on this site — free daily generations, no sign-up needed.

Can I customize "This Color Coded Storyboarding Method From Koda"?

Yes. Anything in [brackets] is a placeholder meant to be replaced with your own subject or details, and you can freely adjust subject, lighting, or style keywords — small wording changes often produce noticeably different results.

Which AI models does this prompt work with?

It was originally shared for Google's Gemini image models (including Nano Banana Pro). Most text-to-image models will understand it too, though composition and text rendering quality vary by model.