Same Cartoon Character in Every Clip
Use the same cartoon character in every clip by locking one design before the second beat. A new face each cut is a new show.
To keep the same cartoon character in every clip, design them once and reuse that still as the reference. Hair, clothes, and the shape of the head are the identity. A series that regenerates "a friendly person" each time is a crowd, and the lesson becomes harder to follow.
Reference before variety
Generate or draw the hero first. Every later beat asks for that person doing a new action, not for a new person in a similar style.
Change the action, not the design
Pointing, holding a card, standing by a door. Those are actions. A new hairstyle in beat three is a design change. Do not sneak it in.
Check the row
Line the stills up. If you would describe them as "people," redo the odd one. If you would describe them as "her, in three moments," you are done.
A worked example
One doodle shopkeeper, apron, short hair, in every beat of a three-part series. Only the object in their hand changes: flour, a clock, a tray.
Before you post
- A reference still exists.
- Later beats cite that person.
- The row reads as one character.
Where Scro fits
Scro keeps an explainer character consistent when you approve the stills against the first frame. Reject a beat that redraws the face before you generate motion.
Lock the character. Finished samples are on the examples page.
Related: Paper-Cutout Explainer Video.