Getting one good AI portrait is easy. Getting six emotions that all look like the same person is the hard part. Ask a model for six expressions and you can end up with six slightly different faces, and then your character expression sheet is useless as a reference.

I compared two ways to build one in Edit Pro. Route A generates all six expressions in one 3x2 sheet. Route B generates them one at a time, each from the same neutral reference. Both started from one original character, one reference image and the same six expression lines.

Route A result:

Route A: six expressions generated together in one sheet (second attempt)

Route B result:

Route B: six expressions generated one at a time from the same neutral reference (Sad regenerated once)

The short version: Route A is faster and cheaper for getting all six expressions at once. Route B is slower and costs more, but each image is larger and one weak expression can be redone alone.…