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Phase A · Approved visual bible

The visual world of the novel

Approved character and setting studies establish continuity before chapter illustrations are produced.

Character reference sheet showing Max in a white linen shirt and charcoal trousers, with guarded and warmer portrait studies.
MaxApproved continuity reference
Character reference sheet showing Catalina in an immaculate cream power suit with controlled and angry portrait studies.
CatalinaApproved continuity reference
Corrected character reference sheet showing Sofía in a black shirt and distressed jeans, with natural curls and no hair accessory.
SofíaApproved continuity reference
Paired character reference showing Tony with a laptop and floral overshirt beside Yulissa with a tablet and plantain chips.
Tony and YulissaApproved continuity reference
Environment board showing a rain-wet Zona Colonial street at sunrise with colorful facades, cobblestones, a colmado threshold, and iron balconies.
Zona Colonial, Santo DomingoApproved continuity reference
Environment board showing a cold symmetrical glass high-rise interior, reflected skyline, severe conference room, and immaculate bedroom.
New Jersey glass boxApproved continuity reference
Environment board showing Hotel San Nicolás as a construction skeleton, moonlit ruins, and a restored limestone courtyard glowing with string lights.
Hotel San NicolásApproved continuity reference
Max and Sofía stand close beneath a worn stone arch during a tropical storm, lit by candlelight and blue rain.
Rain sceneApproved continuity reference
At dawn inside the colmado of Don Ramón, Max holds a tiny coffee while Sofía regards him with sharp amusement from the beverage crates and Don Ramón smiles between them.
Rain sceneApproved continuity reference
Full-body character reference showing Raúl in a rolled-sleeve blue-gray work shirt, dark work trousers, scuffed boots, and a plain yellow hard hat.
RaúlApproved continuity reference
Full-body character reference showing Doña Tata with a tight white bun, floral apron, wooden spoon, and an observant, commanding expression.
Doña TataApproved continuity reference
Full-body character reference showing Mateo in a fitted charcoal polo, dark jeans, black dance shoes, and sunglasses held at his side.
Mateo CruzApproved continuity reference
Full-body character reference showing Doña Carmen in an indigo house dress and cardigan, standing with a household broom and compact authority.
Doña CarmenApproved continuity reference
Full-body character reference showing Giovanni Moretti in a bespoke navy suit, holding dark sunglasses with a still, shrewd expression.
Giovanni MorettiApproved continuity reference
A warm, weathered Imprenta Mercedes interior with unmarked offset presses, blank paper stacks, turquoise walls, and Calle Sánchez beyond the open door.
Imprenta MercedesApproved continuity reference
A sparse fourth-floor Zona Colonial apartment with a thin bed, plastic table, mismatched chairs, fan, blue water bucket, and late-afternoon light through open shutters.
Apartment 4BApproved continuity reference
Plaza de España at blue hour, with the Alcázar de Colón, warm festival lights, an empty wooden dance floor, and the broad stone square.
Plaza de EspañaApproved continuity reference
The immaculate Casas del XVI courtyard beyond a heavy wooden gate, with ferns, a stone fountain, patterned tile, timber galleries, and a secluded pool.
Casas del XVIApproved continuity reference
The open-shuttered Don Ramón colmado at sunrise, with floor-to-ceiling provisions, blank bottles, plantains, a worn counter, radio, fan, and quiet colonial plaza.
El Colmado Don RamónApproved continuity reference
The early Hotel San Nicolás construction courtyard with coral-stone walls, green mesh, scaffolding, wet concrete, white plaster arches revealing gray cinder block, and a locked site container.
Hotel San Nicolás construction siteApproved continuity reference
La Cueva dance bar near the Malecón, with a rain-dark street outside, low sweating ceilings, red lights, blank bottles, old speakers, and a crowded bachata floor in silhouette.
La CuevaApproved continuity reference
The turquoise Los Prados home of Doña Tata seen through its open gate, with patterned tile, floral furniture, a steaming kitchen, and a backyard table set around a large pot of sancocho.
The House of Doña TataApproved continuity reference
Parque Independencia in Santo Domingo with the correct white Altar de la Patria mausoleum, Puerta del Conde, royal palms, shaded benches, and a simple paper food bag.
Parque IndependenciaApproved continuity reference
A cold Santo Domingo civil courtroom with tiled floor, dark tropical hardwood, practical air-conditioning, three sharpened pencils at one counsel table, and stacks of blank navy folders across the aisle.
Civil Court of Santo DomingoApproved continuity reference