Imported from Festus12lo/thermoshelter (
.agents/skills/blender-agent-studio/plugins/blender-agent-studio/skills/blender-art-direction-intake/SKILL.md). Install upstream withnpx skills add Festus12lo/thermoshelter --skill blender-art-direction-intake. Copyright stays with the author.
Blender Art Direction Intake
Resolve the visual contract before generating geometry. Do not ask questions whose answers are already explicit in the request or supplied references.
Clarify the brief
Ask the smallest useful set of concise questions for unresolved decisions:
- subject, purpose, platform, scale, and export target;
- art style, reference period/genre, level of realism, and visual priorities;
- required parts, materials, colors, logos/text, motion, and interaction;
- camera/view requirements, lighting/mood, and whether the result is for a single shot, turntable, animation, or runtime asset;
- performance, topology, rigging, simulation, and delivery constraints.
If a choice is still open, offer a concrete default and label it as an assumption. Stop for user input when a missing choice would materially change the asset's visual or technical direction.
Offer optional concept generation
After clarification, offer an optional image-generation pass when a visual reference would reduce ambiguity. Phrase it as a choice, not a requirement:
I can generate a concept/mockup reference before modeling; it will guide silhouette, materials, palette, and camera—not become the final 3D asset.
When accepted, generate one focused concept using the agreed subject, style, material palette, environment, camera, and exclusions. Inspect it with the user, then record what is binding (silhouette, palette, major forms, mood) and what remains flexible. Do not imply image generation guarantees manufacturable geometry, clean topology, rigging, or a usable texture set.
Hand off
Write a short approved contract with the resolved decisions, assumptions, reference-image path if any, and review questions. Then invoke the smallest appropriate workflow: modeling, procedural, rendering, simulation, character, or animation.