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🤖 Get a full, step-by-step guide on how to create high-quality AI-generated cartoon videos from scratch. Learn the complete workflow, including writing a compelling script with a hero and villain, generating consistent character images, converting images to animated video clips, and creating the final voice-over narration. Tools covered: Open Art, ChatGPT, and 11 Labs. Start growing your channel on TikTok, YouTube Shorts, and Instagram today!
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00:00In this video, you're getting a full step-by-step guide on how to make your own AI cartoon videos,
00:05even if you've never done anything like this before.
00:07By the time you're finished, you'll be able to create results just like this.
00:10And honestly, it's easier than you'd think.
00:12And the reason this matters so much right now is because these videos aren't just fun experiments with AI.
00:17They're one of the fastest ways to grow online today.
00:20They can rack up thousands, even millions of views across YouTube shorts, TikTok, and Instagram.
00:24And that attention can translate directly into real money through monetization, brand deals, and entire businesses you can build on top of your content.
00:32So if you've been waiting for a complete tutorial that takes you from zero to a finished AI cartoon video, this is it.
00:39This is exactly what I'll be walking you through today.
00:41So the way we're going to be creating these AI cartoons is basically in four steps.
00:45First of all, we're going to create the script.
00:47And while we're doing that, I'm also going to teach you exactly how to write a good cartoon script yourself.
00:52Plus, I'll give you an AI template that makes the whole process easier.
00:55After that, we'll move into the image generation part.
00:58That's where we'll actually start turning the script into visuals, using a secret tool that makes the whole process easier.
01:04Then once we've got the images, we'll convert them into videos so you're not just stuck with static pictures, but you actually have a moving cartoon.
01:11And finally, the last step is doing the voiceover, which is what really brings everything together and makes it feel like a finished cartoon.
01:17So by the end of this video, you're going to know exactly how to put everything together into a complete cartoon video that you can post online pretty much anywhere.
01:25Now, let's start with the first step, which is writing the script.
01:28To write a good cartoon script, we need a couple of key things in it.
01:31First, we need a hero, so someone the audience will be rooting for.
01:34Then we need a villain, someone the hero is going to defeat.
01:36And then finally, we need it to be a super simple, easy to follow story that just progresses naturally toward the hero finally doing something great and succeeding at whatever he set out to do.
01:46And the best way to script that is in scenes, because when we break it into scenes, it gives us a really nice foundation to create the images for each scene and then later to actually put them together into a video.
01:55So for that exact thing, I made this ChatGPT template right here.
01:59It's really simple, but it includes everything you need to make a story work, the hero, the villain, the arc, and it keeps it fun, light, and easy to follow.
02:07Now, if I copy this template into a brand new ChatGPT chat, I can just insert my idea into the brackets.
02:12For example, I'll write, a brave squirrel tries to save his magical acorn from a sneaky fox who wants to steal it.
02:18Then the AI will automatically build out the story following the rules.
02:22And here's the result it gave back.
02:23As you can see, it made a total of seven scenes for this cartoon.
02:26It starts off with the squirrel playing in the forest.
02:29Then the fox shows up.
02:30The squirrel tries to escape and hide the acorn.
02:32And in the end, the fox loses.
02:34Our villain is defeated, and it ends with a happy victory for the squirrel.
02:38This is honestly the best and simplest way I've found to write a script.
02:41So now that we've got our script in hand, let's move on and start generating some images.
02:45And so the tool I'm going to be using to create our cartoon is called OpenArt.
02:49The reason I'm using OpenArt is because it's basically a professional all-in-one tool that lets you do everything in one place.
02:55You can generate images, turn them into videos, upscale them, and even edit every asset live, all inside one platform.
03:01Which means you don't need to deal with five different subscriptions or switch back and forth between random tools.
03:07Everything's all in OpenArt, simple and easy to use.
03:10Now to create our initial characters for the cartoon, we're going to be using a feature inside OpenArt called Characters.
03:16When you head over there, you'll see three options for how you can start.
03:19You can start with 4 plus reference images.
03:21You can start with a single image.
03:22Or you can just start with a description.
03:24If you already have something in mind for what your character looks like, then you probably want to use one of the first two options.
03:30But I don't have an image ready, so I'm going to use the start with description feature.
03:34When you open that up, you'll see a UI where you can give your character a name, write a description, and choose a style.
03:40So for our main hero, the squirrel, I'll write a small brave squirrel with big brown eyes, a fluffy tail, and soft brown fur.
03:47He looks careful, curious, and full of energy.
03:50He's holding a shiny magical acorn close to his chest, cartoon style, bright colors, with a friendly and heroic expression.
03:56For the name, I'll just keep it simple and write squirrel.
03:59And then I'll select a style.
04:00This part is actually pretty cool, because you can pick from different art styles.
04:04For this one, I'll go with Pixar style, since that's closest to what I have in mind.
04:08Then I just hit create, and OpenArt generates a few previews.
04:11As you can see, the results look really good, exactly how I imagined.
04:14I like all three of them, but I think the one on the left is the best fit, so I'll select that and lock in my character.
04:19Now, one really powerful thing about OpenArt is that it keeps your characters consistent.
04:24You can even generate two different characters, and then put them into the same image together, which is something most other tools struggle with.
04:30So I'll let the squirrel finish generating in the background, and let's go ahead and create our second character, the fox.
04:35For the fox, here's the description.
04:37A sneaky fox with sharp, clever eyes, pointy ears, and a long, bushy tail.
04:41His fur is orange with a white belly and black paws.
04:44He has a sly grin that shows his mischievous nature.
04:47For the name, I'll just put fox, and again, I'll select the Pixar style to keep it consistent.
04:52Once it's done, we get a few previews again, and just like with the squirrel, they look great.
04:56I like the one on the right, so I'll just use that one.
04:58The generation usually only takes a few minutes, so it doesn't slow you down much at all.
05:02Now that we have both of our characters created, we can start building the actual scene images.
05:07Let's start with our first scene, which is just the squirrel.
05:09I'll click create on the squirrel icon, and it'll open up a new workflow.
05:13Inside the workflow, there are a few things you need to know.
05:16First, in the prompt section, you basically describe what's happening in the scene, and you can add your characters to it.
05:21You can add your first character, add your second character, and also create interactions between them.
05:26I'll show you how that works in just a second.
05:28Then you've got prompt adherence, which controls how strictly the AI sticks to your description.
05:32You also have character settings, which lets you control how closely it remembers the character, and whether it keeps the clothes consistent from scene to scene.
05:39So let's create our first image.
05:41For this, I already made a template in ChatGPT.
05:44All I have to do is paste in the scene description, and the template gives me back a full image prompt I can copy over to open art.
05:50For example, in the template, it'll say character 1 as a placeholder.
05:54In my case, that's the squirrel, so I just replace it with squirrel.
05:57Then I'm good to go.
05:58I'll set it to generate 4 images, just to make sure we get at least one really good one.
06:02And as you can see, the results came out perfect.
06:05The AI followed the description exactly, and the squirrel came out looking just the way I envisioned.
06:10Now let's move on to the second prompt.
06:11This one uses a character 2, which in our case is the fox.
06:15To add him, I just click on the add character button, and now he shows up in the UI.
06:19Then when I'm writing the prompt, I'll replace character 2 with fox.
06:22And now let's hit create and see what we get.
06:24And there we go.
06:25It looks amazing.
06:26Both characters show up together in the same scene, consistent with their designs.
06:30And it's exactly how I wanted it to look.
06:32So that's basically how the image workflow goes.
06:34You go back to ChatGPT, grab the prompt from the template, paste it into open art, and generate the image.
06:39Then just repeat that for each scene.
06:41By the way, if you're making actual shorts, you'd normally want to set everything up in vertical format.
06:46Since this is a long form video though, I'm keeping it in landscape, so it's easier for you to see the details.
06:51Let's do the next one.
06:52It's a scene with both characters, so I'll replace character 1 with squirrel, and character 2 with fox.
06:57If you mix them up, things can get weird really fast, so just make sure the names are matched correctly.
07:02And as you can see, it generated just fine.
07:04So I'll go ahead and finish up the rest of the images in the same way.
07:08Once they're all done, I'll mark my favorites with a star, so they're easy to keep track of.
07:12And now all the images are ready to go.
07:14So to generate our videos, this part is actually pretty simple.
07:17We've already done the hard work by generating all the images.
07:19Now all you need to do is head over to the video section in open art.
07:23Make sure you're switched over to the image to video option, which is the one that starts off with a starting frame.
07:28Then you just select your model.
07:30Personally, I recommend going with cling 2.1 or cling 2.5, since those give the best results for cartoons.
07:35Google VO3 is the most realistic model, but we don't really need realism here.
07:40We want more saturation in the colors, everything looking nice, happy, and cartoon-like.
07:44So cling is the way to go.
07:46So I'll select cling 2.5 and grab my first scene image.
07:49You can do this really easily without even downloading the files.
07:52Just click on history, and you'll see every image you've made already sitting there ready to go.
07:56So I'll just pick the first one, click confirm, and now we can write the prompt.
08:00Now, you might have already noticed that when you're using the template,
08:03it actually generates a video prompt for you as well.
08:05So it's basically the exact same process we used for images.
08:08You just grab the prompt from ChatGPT, paste it into the model, and then set your duration.
08:13For duration, it really depends on the scene.
08:15Sometimes 5 seconds is enough, sometimes you'll want 10.
08:18You'll just have to think about what makes sense for the moment.
08:20Once you've picked that, just click create, and let's see what comes out.
08:23And here we go, the result looks great.
08:25The squirrel is playing with the acorn in the forest.
08:27The acorn has a little glow to it, and the whole thing looks really smooth.
08:30The colors are bright, it feels focused, and overall, it's just an incredible result.
08:35Now, just like we did with the images, we'll go back, grab the next scene, paste in the prompt,
08:39set the duration, and hit create.
08:41Then repeat that process scene by scene until everything's generated and ready.
08:45So I'll go ahead and finish generating all of mine, and then we'll move on to the next step.
08:49All right, now that all of my videos are done, you can see they came out looking amazing.
08:53Everything is consistent, the characters stayed exactly the same from scene to scene,
08:57and it all worked perfectly.
08:58So with the videos ready, we can now move on to one of the final steps in the process,
09:02creating the audio.
09:04So for generating our narration, we're still going to stay inside OpenArc.
09:07But before that, you'll just want to head over to ChatGPT and grab all of your lines.
09:11You can either copy them one by one, or you can just take the whole scene script,
09:15paste it into the same chat, and ask the AI to give you all of the narration lines together.
09:20That's what I did.
09:20It just made it easier to copy everything over in one go.
09:23Then head back to OpenArc, and down in the bottom left, you'll see the audio section.
09:27This part uses Eleven Labs as the model, and as you probably know, Eleven Labs is one of
09:31the best tools out there for speech generation, so it works perfectly for narration.
09:35I'll paste all my lines into the prompt window.
09:37You can also do it one line at a time if you prefer, but honestly, I think it's just easier
09:41to generate everything at once and then cut it up later in your editing tool if something
09:45doesn't line up perfectly with the scene.
09:47As long as you end each sentence cleanly, the AI will leave enough of a pause for you to
09:52move the lines around without any problem.
09:54Now comes the fun part, picking your voice.
09:56For this one, I want it to feel like an older guy, telling the story to his grandchildren.
10:00So I'm going to go with American, Male, and Old.
10:02That narrows it down to a few options, and out of those, I really like Jesse the best.
10:07So I'll select Jesse, and then let's walk through the settings.
10:10Stability controls how steady the voice sounds.
10:12If you lower it, the voice becomes stiff and monotone.
10:15If you raise it, it gets more natural with a little bit of play.
10:17Since this is kind of a children's story, I'll set it a little higher at around 0.6.
10:22Similarity boost determines how closely the AI sticks to the original voice.
10:26So I'll just leave that at 0.5.
10:28Then there's style exaggeration.
10:29This makes the voice more animated or dramatic, but I don't really want that for this story.
10:34So I'll keep it very low at 0.1.
10:36Finally, the speed.
10:37By default, it's set at 1, but I'm going to slow it down just a little to 0.9,
10:41so it feels more like storytelling.
10:42Once all that's set, I'll click create.
10:44This is Sammy the squirrel.
10:46He has a very special acorn full of magic and sparkle.
10:50And as you can hear, the result sounds really good.
10:52It's exactly the type of narration I had in mind.
10:54Plus, the pacing naturally leaves just enough space so that, if needed,
10:58I can cut it up and move lines around in editing without it sounding weird.
11:01So I'll hit the download button, and now we've got all of our assets ready to go.
11:05Next, I'll head over to my video editor of choice, which for me is CapCut.
11:09I'll open a new project, drag in all my assets, and start lining them up.
11:12I'll put the videos in the right order, add in the generated narration, and sync everything up.
11:17And with that, everything is done.
11:19I'll export the final video, and let's take a look.
11:21This is Sammy the squirrel.
11:23He has a very special acorn full of magic and sparkle.
11:26But look, the sneaky fox wants to steal Sammy's magical acorn.
11:31The fox creeps closer, but Sammy is ready to protect his treasure.
11:36Zoom.
11:37Sammy runs as fast as he can, with the fox chasing right behind.
11:41Sammy is clever.
11:43He hides the acorn up high, where the fox cannot reach.
11:46Oh no, the fox falls into the bushes.
11:49Sammy's magical acorn is safe at last.
11:52Sammy the brave squirrel saved his magical acorn, and the forest is happy again.
11:58The result looks very, very good.
12:00The video generation came out amazing, and the characters stayed consistent across all the scenes,
12:05which is something a lot of people skip, and it ends up ruining the immersion.
12:08Here, it really holds together.
12:09So overall, I'd say this is a very strong result.
12:12So now you know how to take an idea straight out of your head, and turn it into a finished
12:16cartoon, ready to post online.
12:17And the cool part is, you can use this to start growing really fast, whether you're posting
12:21YouTube shorts, TikToks, or any other kind of short-form content.
12:25And what makes this whole process even better, is that we did all of it inside OpenArt, with
12:29no need of switching multiple subscriptions, or dealing with logins everywhere.
12:33Everything you need is right there in one place, which just makes the whole workflow
12:36smoother, and a lot more fun.
12:38So if you want to start creating your own cartoons, or any kind of AI content, go ahead
12:42and start using OpenArt, with the link down in the description.
12:45Thanks for watching, and I'll see you in the next one.
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