Crayon To Creation

Almost any drawing works — pencil, crayon, pen, paint, finger-painting, you name it. The key is getting a clear photo: • Lay the drawing flat in good daylight • Avoid shadows, glare, or your phone's flash • Shoot straight down from above • Get as close as you can while keeping the whole drawing in frame A flatbed scan is the gold standard if you have one. Multiple drawings of the same character help us understand the personality better — feel free to mention it in the notes if you have others on file.

Your 30-second animated short uses your finished 3D character in their scene, then adds subtle cinematic motion — character animation, camera moves, environmental effects (light shifts, weather, atmosphere). In the brief you can direct the scene action, mood, and music genre — or leave any of those to us. We handle the cinematography (camera moves, pacing, and timing) ourselves to make the short flow. We custom-generate the soundtrack for each piece — you won't get a stock track from a library, and you can't request a specific copyrighted song. What animation can do beautifully: bring the character to life in their own world with cinematic motion and atmosphere. What it can't do: lip-sync voiceover to character mouths, full feature-film-quality action sequences, or complex multi-character choreography. Set expectations toward "magical short" rather than Pixar.

Every creative field on the brief has a "Leave it to you" option, and the scene description and voiceover script are both completely optional. If you leave things to us, we'll bring the drawing to life based on what your child has put on the page. The character's personality, the colour palette, the energy — it's all there to read. Our job is to scale it up. If you do want to direct things — "the dragon flies over the castle and breathes blue fire, with epic orchestral music" — we'll honour your direction precisely. Both routes get the same level of care.

Three base options to choose from: • Digital still — £19.99. We transform the drawing into a cinematic 3D character in their own scene and deliver the digital file. • Animation (music) — £79.99. A 30-second animated short with a custom soundtrack. Includes the digital still. • Animation (music + voiceover) — £99.99. As above, with an AI-generated voiceover. Includes the digital still. Want a physical version? Add prints (poster or canvas) to any of these orders. Prints are charged at our standard product prices — the £19.99 artwork fee is waived because the artwork is already paid for in the base order. Standalone single print orders (no digital, no animation) include the £19.99 artwork fee.

If you choose Animation with Voiceover (£99.99), you have two options for the script: • Write it yourself — around 80 words for a 30-second piece, in your own voice. • Leave it to us — we'll write a script that fits the drawing and the scene. Magical, narrated, child-friendly. You pick the voice characteristics (warm female, young man, child narrator, custom — and more) and accent (British RP, Northern, American, Australian, others). Or leave both to us. We use AI voice generation. The voiceover is mixed with the music and timed against the animation — but we don't lip-sync to character mouths. If you have very specific direction (a particular pause, emphasis, or tone shift), include it in the voiceover notes — we'll do our best to match it.