Video · StyleNO.087 / 166
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When to use it
Childlike charm, explainers, drawing abstract ideas.
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Style keywords
- cel shading
- visible pencil lines
- flat color
- limited frame rate
- watercolor backgrounds
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Prompt template
hand-drawn 2D animation, cel-shaded flat colors, visible line work, limited frame rate motion, watercolor background.
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Sample prompt · generate a video directly
The technique comes first, followed by the scene, action, performance and duration. Paste it straight into a video model and swap in your own characters and plot.
Hand-drawn 2D animation style, flat cel coloring, clean lines with slight boil, a limited 12 drawings per second, watercolor-textured backgrounds. A country station on a summer evening: a boy in a white shirt pedals his bicycle up a slope, the wind blows his cap off and he turns back, reaching to grab it. A train whistles in the distance. 5 seconds, movement with anticipation and follow-through, no 3D rendering look, no overly smooth interpolation.
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Common pitfalls
- Lines that keep changing thickness and jitter.
- Partway through it turns 3D-rendered while keeping the flat colors.
- Hands and props go off model.
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Parameter tips
Spell out 2D, flat color and visible line art; don't mix with photorealistic words.