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Create a hand-painted, illustration-driven character design sheet for a director, art department, and animation team — the kind of board a folk-tale 2D animated feature would develop from. Character name: SEMYON "THE LAST STAND" KORSHUN — original / war-broken state. Must feel like a decorative, painterly folk-art pitch board, NOT a photoreal render and NOT a generic model sheet. CORE DIRECTIVE (NON-NEGOTIABLE): No generic layouts. No evenly spaced grids. No symmetry for symmetry's sake. Composition must feel art-directed, intentional, slightly asymmetrical — but framed with hand-painted ornamental borders and decorative negative space. Every section must feel placed by hand, not auto-generated. CHARACTER IDENTITY: Name: Semyon Korshun | Alias: "The Last Stand" | Age: mid-20s but hardened to read older | Height: 180 cm | Build: lean, wiry combat frame read through a strong flat silhouette, broad shoulders worn into a slight protective hunch, favors one side from a fresh chest wound, exhausted but coiled stance | Design Language: modern Russian / Eastern-Slavic contemporary-military folk-art fantasy — Bilibin-esque decorative stylization applied to a MODERN soldier, lubok-inspired, decorative stylization over anatomical realism. FACE DESIGN: Structure: angular masculine face built from confident, simplified shapes, strong jaw, high cheekbones gone gaunt from strain, bold clean outline | Skin: flat painted tone with subtle stylized shading, weathered warm ochre, soot and dirt suggested with decorative texture, short stubble stylized | Eyes: expressive, almond, deep-set with clean graphic linework, a fierce steel-grey with a burning, wrathful glint (the "убить-убить-убить" fury) balanced against deep fatigue | Hair: dark brown, short military cut, matted with sweat and dust, painted as stylized cropped locks | Distinct Features: a fresh through-and-through chest wound suggested by dark blood on the torso, a thin trickle of blood at the corner of the mouth (pierced lung), grazes across the cheekbone, calloused trigger finger, a keepsake token tied at the wrist. HEADGEAR (STRICT — he mans the checkpoint): a modern Russian combat helmet (6B47-type rounded ballistic helmet silhouette) with fabric cover, mounted rail/shroud suggested as decorative shapes, chin-strap fastened, scuffed and dust-caked, cover edge carrying a faded embroidered Slavic folk motif. Show him WEARING the helmet in the turnaround and battle views; include one head-study WITHOUT the helmet (matted hair) for identity reference. INSIGNIA (STRICT — same on all soldiers): a Russian Federation flag patch (white-blue-red tricolor shoulder patch) clearly present on the upper sleeve/shoulder, rendered as a decorative folk-embroidered patch, stylized not photoreal. Consistent placement across all angles. PSYCHOLOGICAL PROFILE: Core Traits: iron resolve, quiet grief for fallen brothers, fiercely protective of civilians, self-sacrificing, courage that refuses to fall | Internal Conflict: dying but unwilling to let the line break, torn between the survival instinct screaming to live and the duty to hold the position, grief that he could not save his men ("пацаны") clashing with pride that he saved the civilians behind him | Behavior Patterns: touches the wrist-token when the pain spikes, grits his teeth against the blood in his throat, plants his feet and never backs down | Emotional Baseline: wrath forged over sorrow that shifts slowly toward peace; at the very end, quiet relief breaks through like sun through smoke. PERFORMANCE DIRECTION: Caught mid-moment, NOT posing — a living illustration. Micro-expressions through graphic line and shape: jaw tension, teeth gritted through blood, a glint of rage suggested by a single highlight, a subtle brow shift from fury to acceptance. Emotion carried by a strong readable silhouette and body attitude. Capture transitional emotion — a man holding the line while quietly making peace with dying. Body Language: grounded, heavy, protective, braced against pain | Movement rhythm: slow, deliberate, dragging from the chest wound | Idle behavior: stillness with tension, thumb worrying the wrist-token, chest heaving shallowly. WARDROBE (folk-ornamented, MODERN military): Garment 1: battered modern Russian-style combat gear — a scuffed plate carrier / bronejilet over a worn field uniform, straps and pouch edges carrying worn embroidered Slavic folk motifs; RF tricolor flag patch on the shoulder | Garment 2: a torn field jacket, frayed mud-caked hem, dried and fresh blood darkening the chest and one shoulder, ornamental woven border half-destroyed | Layering: embroidered-collar undertunic → field uniform → plate carrier with pouches → torn jacket, worn thin at stress points | Footwear: heavy tactical boots, mud-caked, laces knotted and broken | Accessories: a faded fraying embroidered ribbon / keepsake tied at the wrist; a battered dog-tag; a two-way radio clipped to the harness; combat helmet as above | Props: an AK-74M assault rifle (STRICT — correct AK-74M silhouette: side-folding polymer stock, plum/black polymer furniture, 30-round magazine, distinctive muzzle brake), given a leather-wrapped folk-patterned grip and notched ornamented handguard as decorative stylization, charging handle pulled back mid-action; a spent grenade pin looped on one finger — his defining objects. MEDIUM / RENDERING: Everything as hand-painted decorative 2D folk illustration. Bold confident outlines, flat-to-gently-modeled color fills, gouache/tempera-like matte texture, decorative pattern work in cloth, straps and borders, rhythmic stylized detailing. Grit, soot, dirt and blood read as painterly decorative texture, NOT rendered grime. Rich but MELANCHOLIC, limited folk palette. No plastic, no 3D shading, no photographic light, no cel-anime gloss. TURNAROUND (STRICT): Full-body front, 3/4, side, back, 3/4 back views — WEARING the helmet, RF flag patch visible where the angle allows. Identical proportions, shape design, silhouette, detail placement. No drift in face, wounds, helmet, patch, AK-74M, ornament, or gear across any angle. HEAD STUDY: Front (neutral, hollow, helmet OFF for identity) | 3/4 (weary iron resolve — primary personality) | Profile (structure + wounds) | Looking Down (grief) | Looking Up (relief) | Dynamic Angle (teeth-gritted wrathful battle state, helmet ON — the "убить" fury). All mid-thought, not posed. KEY ILLUSTRATION / MOOD FRAME: Environment: a ruined dusk frontline — burning blindazhi as decorative silhouettes, smoke, a shattered KPP, broken trench timbers, drones as small ornamental shapes in the smoke-heavy sky | Light: painted stylized light, warm amber artillery glow against a cold desaturated field | Color Tone: muted melancholic folk palette (ash-grey, slate blue, dried-blood ochre, faded olive-green, faded gold) with a single warm accent | Expression: exhausted peace and relief, collapsed against trench logs in the mud, watching the enemy retreat, a faint accepting half-smile as edges dissolve into decorative particles / motifs; helmet loosened or set at his side | Composition: intimate iconographic near-lubok framing, ornamental border, negative space used emotionally. LAYOUT: Clean art-directed folk-illustration board on warm neutral parchment-gray ground, subtle hand-painted ornamental framing. Include: height scale, hand-lettered callouts (chest wound, blood at mouth, AK-74M rifle, combat helmet, RF flag patch, keepsake token, radio, folk motifs), wardrobe breakdown, margin production notes. Premium auteur folk-tale development board. STYLE: Hand-painted 2D folk-art animation — Slavic / Bilibin / lubok sensibility on a modern soldier, bold decorative outlines, flat matte gouache color, ornamental pattern work, strong emotional silhouettes, limited melancholic palette, storybook-fable atmosphere. Emotionally expressive over photoreal, high emotional readability. Auteur folk-tale animated feature aesthetic. CONSISTENCY RULE (STRICT): Face, proportions, wounds, helmet, RF flag patch, AK-74M, gear, ornament, palette, rendering must remain IDENTICAL across all views. No reinterpretation between angles. Ever. OUTPUT: High craft, rich decorative detail, confident linework, expressive but controlled. Development-ready fidelity for a 2D folk-tale animated feature pitch deck.