Art & Style Guide
The design bible for drawing Ricky Macaroni.
The look
Ricky Macaroni is rendered as a 3D cartoon food character in the style of a modern animated family film: a smaller ridged rigatoni tube, glossy pasta surface, big excited eyes, and his fixed costume — backwards red baseball cap, tiny explorer backpack, little sneakers. His default pose is mid-wave or mid-point; he is never drawn standing still if motion is an option.
Palette
| Swatch | Use |
|---|---|
| Sunburst yellow & sky blue | Backgrounds — big skies, bright days, sticker energy |
| Adventure red | Accents — the cap, the call-to-action, the exclamation |
| Saturated daylight | Always — Ricky is never drawn in gloom |
Do / Don't
- Do keep the cap backwards — forwards is for formal occasions (of which there are none).
- Do label every image "AI-generated dramatization art."
- Don't draw him photorealistic or as a real person — he is a cartoon pasta.
- Don't draw him bored. It has never happened and the art should reflect that.