Hi everyone 👋 Luis & Rui here with another AI Tutorial,
Want to turn your story idea into a full-blown animated short with consistent Pixar-style characters?
In today’s guide, you’ll learn how to use ChatGPT and AI image generators to:
✅ Create unique characters
✅ Maintain consistency across scenes
✅ Add new characters and change poses
✅ Build the foundation for an animated film
Let’s dive in 👇
🧠 Step 1: Generate a Story + Characters with ChatGPT
Start by asking ChatGPT to create a short story.
Try this:
“Write a short story about a 7-year-old boy and girl on an adventure.”
ChatGPT will create something like:
Mia and Sam exploring a magical forest.
Then, get it to describe the characters in detail:
“Create detailed characteristics for Mia and Sam so I can generate images later.”
Make sure it includes:
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Age, height, and body type
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Hairstyle and color
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Eye color
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Clothing and accessories
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Personality traits
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🗂 Step 2: Store Character Info in Memory
Tell ChatGPT to remember their features during this session:
“Save the characteristics of Mia and Sam in memory to keep image consistency throughout this story.”
Now GPT will keep them visually consistent across all your prompts.
🧑🎨 Step 3: Generate Pixar-Style Character Images
Use this prompt for each character:
“Generate a full-body Pixar-style image of Mia using her characteristics.”
Do the same for Sam.
💡 Pro tip: Save these base character images — you’ll use them in every scene.
🖼 Step 4: Build Scene-by-Scene Images
Now create 5 scenes for your story:
“Describe five scenes for this short story featuring Mia and Sam.”
Then ask ChatGPT to generate prompts for each scene in Pixar style, 16:9 format:
“Create prompts for Pixar-style horizontal images of Mia and Sam in each scene, using consistent character design.”
Note: Upload the saved images of Mia and Sam when generating each scene to keep them consistent.
🖼 Sample scenes might include:
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Scene 1: Mia and Sam find a magical map
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Scene 2: Walking through a glowing forest with butterflies
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Scene 3: Crossing a river with a rickety bridge
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Scene 4: Solving a puzzle inside a cave
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Scene 5: Discovering a hidden treasure
You’ll get beautiful, consistent illustrations in minutes.
🐉 Step 5: Add New Characters (Like a Pet Dragon)
Want to introduce a third character?
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Ask ChatGPT:
“Create a Pixar-style dragon, cute and happy.”
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Generate and save its image
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Re-upload the images of all three characters
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Prompt a new scene:
“Create a 16×9 horizontal image of Mia, Sam, and the dragon in an enchanted library full of mysteries.”
✨ Boom — new character, same consistent world.
🔄 Step 6: Pose Characters from Different Angles
Need different camera angles for your story?
“Generate Mia in profile view, Pixar-style, same characteristics.”
“Now generate Mia from behind.”
You can even mix and match settings:
“Mia and Sam riding bikes on a busy city street.”
“Mia and Sam at an amusement park.”
The magic? Their clothes, faces, and accessories remain the same — across every scene.
💬 Bonus: Bring Them to Life!
Want to animate these characters and add voice sync?
Use a tool like Kling AI to animate the images and Elevenlabs to make the voices.
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And that’s it!
With just ChatGPT and the image generator, you can create your own animated storybook or cartoon — no drawing or animation skills needed.
Stay creative 🚀
Luis & Rui
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