One illustration · 4–10s · 720p–1080p · with sound
Animate Illustrations With AI: Drawings That Move, Style Intact
Picture-book pages and drawings that move while the lines and words stay put.
Animate Illustrations
Model
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Illustration
(0/1)Reference images anchor the start and end frames. Save a character, product or style as an element, then type @name in the prompt to keep it consistent between shots.
Prompt
301 / 20,000
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The trend
What is the Animate Illustrations?
Animating an illustration means the drawing starts to breathe — characters blink, hair and leaves move, light shifts — without the style changing. The lines stay lines, the colours stay flat, the text stays readable. Illustrators use it for reels, authors for book trailers, teachers for lessons.
Upload the artwork and keep the prompt; it is written to protect the style. Describe specific motion if you want it.
Who to cast
- Picture-book trailer
- Illustrator's portfolio reel
- Children's drawing come to life
- Comic panel
- Tattoo flash sheet
- Logo animation
Examples
What people make with Animate Illustrations
Three very different jobs from the same setup.
Zero-G sprint on a damaged station
An astronaut in a white EVA suit sprints along the outer ring of a damaged orbital station above Earth. Solar panels break apart and drift away. At two seconds she leaps toward a drifting cargo module; the camera floats beside her as Earth turns in the background.
A chronograph, shot like a feature
A steel chronograph on black glass. 65mm look, anamorphic flares, cold key light from above and a warm amber kicker. Slow macro push across the dial, film grain building toward the end.
Rain over the harbour market
A slow crane move through a rain-soaked harbour market at night toward a great stone gate, lanterns swaying, reflections on wet cobblestones, distant thunder.
Tools
More ways to get there
Pre-set for one job: the right model and a starter prompt are already in place.
How to use
How the video generator works
- 01
Upload the illustration
A scan or a clean photo of the page; the higher the resolution, the cleaner the lines.
- 02
Describe the motion
Default is subtle. Add 'the fox runs across the page' for action.
- 03
Generate
6 seconds suits a reel; 10 for a book trailer beat.
Answers
Animate Illustrations FAQ
Pricing
You pay per generation, never per seat
Credits are shared across everything. You see the cost before each run.
No hidden fees · Cancel anytime · Failed runs refunded
Starter
15% OFF$8.3/month$9.9
$100 billed yearly
900 credits per month
- ≈ 45 quick 5s clips
- ≈ 7 Veo 3.1 Lite clips
- ≈ 36 Nano Banana 2 images
- No queue, instant start
- HD, watermark-free downloads
- Commercial use license
- All video and image models unlocked
- Native 4K output on supported models
- Video with native audio
- 3 generations at once
- Private generation
- Failed runs refunded automatically
- Up to 30s video per generation
Plus
20% OFFPopular$24/month$29.9
$288 billed yearly
4,500 credits per month
- ≈ 225 quick 5s clips
- ≈ 39 Veo 3.1 Lite clips
- ≈ 180 Nano Banana 2 images
- No queue, instant start
- HD, watermark-free downloads
- Commercial use license
- All video and image models unlocked
- Native 4K output on supported models
- Video with native audio
- 3 generations at once
- Private generation
- Failed runs refunded automatically
- Up to 30s video per generation
Pro
40% OFF$30/month$49.9
$360 billed yearly
8,500 credits per month
- ≈ 425 quick 5s clips
- ≈ 73 Veo 3.1 Lite clips
- ≈ 340 Nano Banana 2 images
- No queue, instant start
- HD, watermark-free downloads
- Commercial use license
- All video and image models unlocked
- Native 4K output on supported models
- Video with native audio
- 3 generations at once
- Private generation
- Failed runs refunded automatically
- Up to 30s video per generation
Try Animate Illustrations now
Pick a model, write the idea, check the credits, and generate.