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Drawing comes aliveAnimate a drawing

A crayon monster flies into its own world, a real run on Leap
The photo a crayon monster flies into its own world started from
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A crayon monster flies into its own world. A real run, made from the photo in the corner.

Make your kid's drawing move. Take a photo of it and get a short clip where the crayon monster waves, dances, flies off or roars, with its own wobbly lines and colors and playful sound. Then send it to the grandparents.

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What it doesSurprise me

The thing this one was drawn to do

WhereOn the paper
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  1. 01Take a photo of a drawing on paper: a crayon monster from the fridge, a doodle, a marker dragon.
  2. 02Pick what it does, and whether it stays on the paper or brings its whole drawing to life.
  3. 03Get a 5 or 10 second clip with sound in a few minutes.

Real runs

What it has made

Each one came back as you see it, from the photo in its corner where there is one.

  • The monster dances on the fridge, a real run on Leap
    The photo the monster dances on the fridge started from

    The monster dances on the fridge

  • A pencil cat stretches awake, a real run on Leap
    The photo a pencil cat stretches awake started from

    A pencil cat stretches awake

  • A marker dragon walks as its world draws itself, a real run on Leap
    The photo a marker dragon walks as its world draws itself started from

    A marker dragon walks as its world draws itself

  • The dragon roars, and out comes a puff, a real run on Leap
    The photo the dragon roars, and out comes a puff started from

    The dragon roars, and out comes a puff

Who it's for

Parents
The monster from the fridge, moving, to show the kid who drew it.
Grandparents and the family chat
A clip made from the drawing that came home from school today, sent the same evening.
Anyone who doodles
The cat in your notebook margin stretches and curls up, in pencil.

What you get

The drawing as drawn
Your photo is the first frame, so its own strokes, colors and wobbly lines are what move.
Five moves
Wave hello, walk across the page, dance, fly away or roar, or Surprise me.
On the paper or in its world
It moves on the page, or the page fills in around it in the same crayon or marker.
With sound
The scratch of the crayon, cartoon sound effects and the character's own little noises, with no music and no talking.

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Every recipe

Questions

Drawing comes alive, answered

What drawings work best?
A drawing on paper, photographed straight on in good light: crayon, pencil or marker. Chalk on the sidewalk failed in every test, so it asks for paper.
Will it keep the way my kid drew it?
It is built to: the recipe tells the model to keep every stroke, color and wobble, and never to make it 3D or realistic. In one test a robot drawn in perspective came out as a grey 3D robot, so if yours stops looking drawn, run it again.
Do the clips have sound?
Yes, every clip comes back with sound. Tap the speaker on the clip at the top of this page to hear one.
What does Drawing comes alive make?
A photo of a drawing comes to life: your kid's crayon monster waves, walks, dances, flies off or roars, crayon lines and all, with playful sound.
What photo works best?
A photo of a drawing on paper, the whole drawing in view. Keep people and hands out of the photo.
How does it work?
Take a photo of a drawing on paper: a crayon monster from the fridge, a doodle, a marker dragon. Pick what it does, and whether it stays on the paper or brings its whole drawing to life. Get a 5 or 10 second clip with sound in a few minutes.
What can I choose?
What it does: Surprise me, Wave hello, Walk across the page, Dance, Fly away or Roar. Where: On the paper or Its own world. Leave any of them to Surprise me.
How much does it cost?
From $0.50 a second, and you see the exact price before you press go. A run that fails costs nothing, there is no subscription, and you can start free without a card.
Can I use the result commercially?
Yes. You own what you make on Leap, so you can use it commercially, and we never train AI on it. The people and brands shown in a result can still have rights in it; the Terms say more.
Can I run it from code?
Yes. Developers run it as leap/drawing-alive through the Leap API, at the same price, with the same choices.

It runs on Seedance 2.5, with the prompting done for you. Rather write your own? Open a model's page and start from there.

Building an app? Run drawing comes alive from the API

Their drawing, waving back.

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