How to Create a Character Reference Sheet for Seedance 2

Want your character to look the same in every video clip? Same face, same clothes, same style? The trick is to make a character reference sheet first. On Mitte, you can build the sheet and then animate it with using AI video model Seedance 2 in the same place.

Here is the full workflow, step by step.

What is a character reference sheet?

AI video platforms may change your character a little every time you generate. A character reference sheet fixes this.

Character reference sheet shows your character from every side front, 3/4, side, and back. It also shows different faces (happy, worried, surprised), poses, and details like hair, clothes, and accessories. With all this, Seedance 2 knows exactly who to animate.

Think of it as your character’s “master file.” Make it once, and use it again and again.

So the simple rule is: picture first, video second.

Step 1: Open the Character Sheet preset

Go to the Character Sheet preset on Mitte. This preset is already set up to make clean reference sheets’ turnarounds, face expressions, poses, hand gestures, and a color palette, all on one page.

You will see the prompt bar at the bottom with Character Sheet already selected.

Step 2: Make or upload your character image first

This is the most important step. Lock the look before you animate. You have two options:

Make it from a prompt. Pick an image model (like GPT Image 2 or Nano Banana) and describe your character clearly: age, body type, face, hair, clothes, mood, and art style. The more detail you give, the more consistent the result.

Upload your own. Already have a character? Add your image so the sheet is built around a face you already like. Drop it into the prompt bar you’ll see it show up as @image1.

Generate, check, and try again until the base character looks right. Everything after this is built from this image, so make it clean here.

Step 3: Build the full character reference sheet

Now run the Character Sheet preset to turn your base image into a full sheet: front / 3-4 / side / back turnarounds, a grid of face expressions, close-ups, different poses, and a clothes-and-accessories breakdown.

You can set these before you generate:

• Aspect ratio - 4:3 fits a full sheet well.
• Resolution - use 2K for sharp detail you can animate from.
• Quality - Medium is a good balance. Go higher for your main characters.

When you’re happy, save it to a folder in your Assets so it’s easy to reuse later.

Step 4: Switch to Seedance 2 and make the video

Now for the fun part. Click to Add to Prompt and select the model picker and choose Seedance 2 or Create 3D Cartoons under Video.

Give it your reference sheet as the input image. Then describe the motion you want, for example: “create a scene of happy monster following the @image1 character reference precisely, he’s running down in a forest, chasing butter flies in a joy.”

Because Seedance 2 follows your reference, the character stays on-model while it moves.

Here the Result

Quick recap

1. Make or upload your character image.
2. Build it into a full character reference sheet.
3. Animate it with Seedance 2.

Get the image right first, and consistency takes care of itself in every clip.

Build your character once, and you have a cast member you can direct again and again = same face, every scene.

Ready to try it? Start with the Character Sheet preset and bring your character to life.