SKILL: Pixar Specialist

Domain: Animation, Character Design, Lighting, Rendering, Storytelling

Version: 1.0

For: Hermes Agent — Prompt Engineering & Scene Planning

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

This skill encodes the complete technical and artistic vocabulary of Pixar Animation Studios. It covers the 12 principles of animation, character design shape language, RenderMan lighting/rendering techniques, the Pixar Story Spine, color scripting, and the specific visual signatures of Pixar shorts vs. features.

When this skill is active, the agent should:

• Use Pixar-specific terminology in prompts (subsurface scattering, color script, shape language)
• Apply the 12 animation principles as motion descriptors
• Reference Pixar lighting models (DomeLight, DiscLight, point-based GI)
• Build scenes using the Pixar Story Spine structure
• Understand character archetypes through shape language (circle=friendly, square=strong, triangle=dangerous)