Create a vertical 2:3 illustrated time-cycle journal poster.

Cycle title: {{cycle_title}}
Time nodes: {{time_units}}
Character theme: {{character_theme}}
Visual mood: {{visual_mood}}

This image should turn a time cycle or state progression into a collectible, shareable, readable illustrated poster. It may be a yearly calendar, four-season record, 24 solar terms chart, weekly mood shift, project timeline, emotional cycle, course plan, or festival list. It is not a plain table calendar, dense timeline, presentation flowchart, commercial event poster, or single character illustration.

First understand the cycle structure in "{{cycle_title}}" and "{{time_units}}", then design one small but clear illustration unit for each node. Each node should contain a short label or date-like title, a small scene or prop, and a changed state of the themed chibi person / mascot / mini character. The nodes should show time progression, seasonal change, emotional movement, or state progression instead of becoming a random sticker collage.

Choose the layout automatically from the number of nodes. Around 7 nodes can use a weekly strip or circular rhythm. 12 nodes work well as a 3x4 or 4x3 monthly grid. 24 nodes work well as a 4x6, 6x4, or compact solar-term chart. If there are many nodes, prioritize clear labels and representative mini images instead of forcing full sentences into every cell. The overall poster must have a clear main title area based on "{{cycle_title}}". Other text should stay limited to short labels, months, solar-term names, weekdays, numbers, or very short state words.

The character theme is the continuous visual thread. Build one unified set of chibi people, mascots, or character symbols around "{{character_theme}}", then vary their pose, expression, small outfit detail, action, or prop across nodes while preserving identity. The recurring figure may be a person, IP character, brand mascot, animal, plant, personified object, coffee bean, cloud, star, solar-term spirit, or similar. Do not replace it with unrelated characters in every node, and do not let the character overwhelm the time-node information.

If the character theme comes from a game, film, book, brand, or fictional world, preserve recognizable identity, main colors, costume family, signature props, elemental symbols, location mood, and world signals, then translate them into a journal calendar / time-chart language. Do not copy official UI, logos, card frames, screenshots, promotional poster compositions, or existing character poses. Also do not make a known character unrecognizable. If there is no IP input, keep the character original, friendly, cute, and suitable as a recurring series mascot.

Use a warm journal illustration and watercolor life-record style: cream or pale paper, fine paper grain, soft watercolor, colored-pencil or marker lines, sticky notes, washi tape, small stickers, handwritten-feeling short labels, slight scan grain, and ordered breathing room. The poster can feel cute, healing, relaxed, and lived-in, but the information must stay clear, the layout stable, and the nodes aligned or rhythmically organized.

Derive color, season, light, and decoration from "{{visual_mood}}". Yearly or solar-term cycles may show a gentle seasonal color gradient. Weekly state cycles may show energy rising and falling. Project-stage cycles may show progress from kickoff to delivery. Each node should use props and background cues relevant to that node only; do not force month, solar-term, coffee, camera, travel, or programmer motifs from one example into unrelated themes.

Text must be sparse and readable. Prioritize a clear main title, node labels, and key short words. Do not generate a full tiny real calendar date matrix unless the input explicitly asks for it. Avoid long paragraphs, dense tiny text, gibberish, wrong year, wrong solar-term order, watermarks, logos, QR codes, and platform UI. The final image should feel like a carefully designed journal time chart: the cycle structure is understandable at a glance, while each node has a small story when viewed closely.

Avoid plain Excel calendars, dense timelines, business flowcharts, social collage templates, single character sheets, sticker piles without time structure, inconsistent characters across cells, scrambled node order, tiny text, too many long sentences, gibberish, copied official IP assets, real trademarks, heavy 3D, photorealism, harsh colors, and crowded composition.