Generated with the built-in Imagegen tool. The FINAL deliverable uses four COMIC portrait sheets, each with 16 fictional portraits; male and female options for eight roles per sheet. Photographic drafts were replaced and are not included. The website displays individual tiles using CSS. Initial generation prompts and the final comic transformation prompt follow.

FINAL COMIC TRANSFORMATION (applied to each of the four draft sheets):
Transform the supplied 4-by-4 photographic portrait contact sheet into a beautifully illustrated contemporary COMIC CHARACTER contact sheet. Preserve the exact strict 4 columns x 4 rows grid, exactly sixteen equal square tiles, no gutters, no gaps. Preserve each character's position, approximate age, gender presentation, skin tone and distinctive hairstyle. All characters are fictional guests aged15-25 at a Sydney backyard BBQ. Style: unmistakable hand-drawn modern graphic novel art, confident dark ink outlines, slightly stylized expressive faces, flat rich colour areas, crisp cel shading, restrained halftone textures. Visually cool for ninth-grade students, welcoming and individual, not childish, not photorealistic, NOT a photo with a filter, no 3D rendering. Each face should be a fresh character drawing, with varied brows, noses and expressions. Contemporary casual outfits. Simplify each background to graphic leafy garden shapes in warm cream, sage, sunny yellow and light turquoise. Each tile has one head-and-shoulders character centered with face fully visible. No text, no logos, no extra figures, no missing or merged cells. Square overall image.

INITIAL DRAFT PROMPTS:

Create a professional casting contact sheet of exactly 16 individual photographic head-and-shoulders portraits in a strict 4 columns by 4 rows grid. EVERY tile exactly equal size, no gaps, no gutters, no frames, no text. Portraits centered in each tile, face in upper central area, shoulders visible. Sixteen DIFFERENT fictional young adults at a friendly Sydney backyard BBQ in afternoon sunshine, subtle blurred greenery backgrounds, relaxed stylish clothing, warm candid expressions, contemporary documentary editorial photography, not fashion model perfection. Diverse skin tones, hairstyles and features; natural realistic faces. All adults or older teens, no one below15 or above25. Each consecutive pair left to right is one male-presenting and one female-presenting person, similar age and heritage but DIFFERENT people, eight pairs total. No logos, no sunglasses obscuring eyes, no drinks, no hands near face. Square overall image.

Sheet A pairs: 1 age19 Australian mixed European heritage; 2 age22 Brazilian; 3 age20 Japanese; 4 age18 German; 5 age24 Kenyan; 6 age21 Australian Chinese heritage; 7 age17 Australian South Asian heritage; 8 age23 French.

Sheet B, pairs 9-16: age16 Australian red hair and freckles; age19 German brown hair; age22 Moroccan; age25 Australian Mediterranean heritage; age21 Canadian Black heritage; age17 Australian East Asian heritage; age23 Italian; age15 Australian brown curly hair.

Sheet C, pairs 17-24: age20 South Korean; age24 British mixed heritage; age18 Singaporean Malay heritage; age22 Danish; age21 Kenyan; age19 French North African heritage; age17 Australian European heritage; age25 Mexican.

Sheet D, pairs 25-32: age20 South African mixed heritage; age18 Australian Pacific Islander heritage; age23 Portuguese; age16 Australian multicultural heritage; age22 Egyptian; age24 Austrian; age15 Australian East Asian heritage; age21 New Zealander Maori heritage.
