Make a drawing move
The same picture that has been stuck to your fridge for a month can flap its wings, walk across the screen, or wave back. Photograph it, and DoodlyBoo animates it.
A drawing turned into a short animated clip.
Why animation lands differently
A realistic still image gets a delighted gasp. Motion gets something else entirely — children tend to go quiet for a second, then ask to watch it again. Seeing a thing you invented actually move is a different order of experience from seeing it rendered.
It is also the version people share. A still picture gets sent to grandparents; a five-second clip of your daughter's monster stomping across the screen gets sent to everyone.
Describing the motion
You can leave the prompt empty and the AI will choose movement that suits the subject — a bird flies, a car drives, a person walks. If you want something specific, keep the description short and concrete:
- "the dragon breathes fire and flies to the left"
- "the cat blinks and licks its paw"
- "the rocket launches into the clouds"
Long, elaborate prompts tend to produce worse results than short, clear ones. Describe one action, not a whole story.
Getting a clean animation
- One clear subject. A single character animates far better than a crowded scene.
- Leave some background. Space around the subject gives it somewhere to move.
- Bold outlines. The stronger the shapes, the more stable the motion.
- Photograph it flat and bright. The same rules as photo transformation apply.
Add a voice too
Once a drawing moves, the obvious next step is making it speak. DoodlyBoo can generate an AI voice for a character so it introduces itself in its own words — see talking drawings.