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Stick figure animation

Stick figure animation draws characters as simple black-marker lines with flipbook jitter.

Stick figure animation: a black-marker stick figure in a flipbook world07
Look Black marker on white paperBest for Explainers, story shortsFamily Hand-drawn

Made with Seedance 2.5 · tested Oct 2026 · 8 s · 480p · 16:9 · text-to-video

The prompt

Simple stick-figure animation drawn in black felt-tip marker on plain white paper: the girl is a stick figure with a circle head, dot eyes, a curved-line smile and a small triangle skirt, and the rooftop, pots, tomato plants and city skyline are sketched as a few simple outlines, everything in single wobbly black lines on bare white paper, the lines jittering slightly from frame to frame like a hand-drawn flipbook. On a rooftop garden above a city in late-afternoon sun, a stick-figure girl with a scribbled ponytail waters potted tomato plants with a simple outline watering can. Medium-wide shot at her eye level, three-quarter view, the camera holding still. 0–2s: she tips the watering can over a potted plant and a few drawn water droplets fall onto the leaves. 2–4s: a little outline paper airplane glides in from screen left and lands on the rim of the pot beside her. 4–6s: she sets the can down, picks up the paper airplane and turns it over in her hands. 6–8s: she looks up and out over the city rooftops and smiles as the wind ruffles the leaves and her hair. Throughout: everything stays black-marker stick-figure line drawing on white paper, the lines jittering like a flipbook, one continuous take.

Reusable style block

Simple stick-figure animation drawn in black felt-tip marker on plain white paper: the girl is a stick figure with a circle head, dot eyes, a curved-line smile and a small triangle skirt, and the rooftop, pots, tomato plants and city skyline are sketched as a few simple outlines, everything in single wobbly black lines on bare white paper, the lines jittering slightly from frame to frame like a hand-drawn flipbook.

Paste this at the start of any scene to restyle it. Restate the props in the same material, and repeat the style in your Throughout line.

Tip

Give the stick figure one or two identifying marks (a ponytail, a triangle skirt) so it stays the same character from beat to beat. Expect a slightly fuller face than a pure circle head.

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