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Character reference sheet for a colossal mythic mechanical monster — the "Ae" titan. LAYOUT: clean neutral light grey studio background. THREE panels only, arranged in a row: - LEFT PANEL: strict FRONT view, full body, standing tall - CENTER PANEL: strict BACK view, full body - RIGHT PANEL: large detailed CLOSE-UP of the head The three views must show the SAME identical robot — same proportions, same design, same colors, same weathering across every panel. === OVERALL SILHOUETTE — MYTHIC, MASSIVE, TERRIFYING === The robot is BUILT LIKE A MONOLITH, not like a modern sleek mech. The silhouette is heavy, angular, cubic, and ancient. It looks like a god carved from industrial iron — brutal, silent, unstoppable. The shape is deliberately BLOCKY and SQUARE — sharp 90° edges, flat armor faces, square geometry everywhere — NOT smooth, NOT rounded, NOT sleek, NOT elegant. Proportions: extremely wide and heavy — shoulders vastly wider than a normal humanoid, chest a huge square block, legs thick square pillars, arms long and massive hanging down past the knees like an ape. The robot feels unnaturally wide and towering — like a walking fortress. The body is monochromatic and dark — near-black armor with a slight warm grey-olive undertone, subtle rust and dust. === HEAD — THE DEFINING ELEMENT === The head is a HUGE, PERFECTLY SQUARE, BLOCKY CUBE — larger than proportionally natural. It sits directly on the shoulders with almost no neck, like a monolith on top of a fortress. The front face of the cube is split DIAGONALLY — the left half is darker matte charcoal, the right half is a lighter warm grey. Across the front face, EMBOSSED IN CLEAN WHITE, are the letters "Ae" — very large, filling the whole face, unmistakably the After Effects mark. The square head has: - a thin dark metal frame around the edges, like a mechanical bezel - small armored plates at the top corners - two thin antenna rods sticking up from the top-back corners - small glowing warm amber sensor lights on the sides and top - a subtle diagonal seam cutting across the entire cube - no eyes, no mouth — the "Ae" IS the face The head is what makes the robot MYTHIC — it looks like an ancient avatar of a forgotten industrial deity. === TORSO — BRUTAL CUBIC ARCHITECTURE === Massive square chest plate — flat, sharp-edged, monolithic. Central armor panel raised with clean geometry. Deep recessed channels along the sides. Small armor modules bolted on top. Pelvis block is squared and heavy, with a protective armored skirt plate hanging over the hips. Between chest and pelvis, a narrow waist with visible industrial machinery — pistons, cables, exhaust vents, cooling fins. Shoulders: two enormous SQUARE armored pauldrons — flat, heavy, blocky — like the towers of a tank. Riveted edges. Small access hatches. === ARMS — HEAVY AND LONG === Upper arms massive and squared. Elbows heavily armored with exposed hydraulic pistons — cylinders clearly visible. Forearms wide, squared, heavily plated. Hands are big industrial claws — four thick hydraulic fingers, brutal, like a crane grabber. Cable bundles and hoses running down the inner side of each arm. === LEGS — COLUMNAR AND CUBIC === Thighs are thick SQUARE armored pillars. Knees have big squared armored caps with visible hydraulic rods. Shins are wide flat square plates. Feet are enormous FLAT SQUARE platforms — wide, heavy, with claw toes gripping the ground. Support struts on the outside of each leg. === MATERIALS & WEATHERING === - Near-black and dark grey armor with a subtle warm olive tone - Visible rust streaks along every panel seam - Chipped paint on the edges - Salt stains, dust, dried grime on the lower legs and feet - Scratches and scuff marks across the surfaces - Exposed steel where paint has worn off - Faded pale yellow warning stripes near joints - Small warning labels (illegible) on the armor - Rivets in neat rows along every armor plate - Access hatches with visible hinges and small handle latches - Warm amber indicator lights glowing on the head and chest - Exposed mechanical internals visible between armor plates - Matte worn metal everywhere — NOT glossy, NOT plastic, NOT chrome === STYLE === Photorealistic cinematic concept art. Natural color, restrained cinematic grade. Weathered industrial-mythic aesthetic — the robot looks like a religious industrial monolith, not a modern sci-fi machine. Same gritty photographic realism as real photos of heavy industrial equipment. NOT cartoon, NOT anime, NOT stylized, NOT plastic, NOT glossy. High resolution, sharp details, clean consistent layout. Neutral plain grey studio background. No text labels, no watermarks, no logos other than the "Ae" marking on the head.