Comicory
Comic Storyboard Generator
Pre-viz for film, animation, ads.
A storyboard generator that produces comic-style boards for pre-production — film, animation, ad campaigns, UX flows — with consistent characters across boards and shot framing baked into each panel.
- 1Write storyFree
- 2Draft script−4
- 3Generate comic~−10
Or start from an example
Script first. You approve. Then we render.
A storyboard is not a comic. It's a pre-visualization artifact used in film, animation, advertising, and UX design to plan shots before any real production starts. The board has different conventions — wider shots, more arrows for motion and camera moves, less polished art, fewer dialogue balloons. This generator outputs in the storyboard convention. If you're storyboarding a 30-second ad, an animated sequence, or a feature-film scene, the output is purpose-built for that use case, not a finished comic with story-arc rendering. Comicory AI comic generator
Storyboard vs. Finished Comic
Two different artifacts with different production goals. Knowing which you need decides which tool you use.
Audience
A comic is for the end reader. A storyboard is for the production team — director, animator, ad-agency creative, client. The art doesn't need to be polished, but the staging needs to be clear so production can execute it.
Composition
Comic panels emphasize storytelling beats; storyboard panels emphasize camera position, framing, and motion. Wide-establishing shot, medium two-shot, close-up reaction — these are the storyboard's vocabulary. Arrows and notes overlay panels to indicate motion and camera moves.
Speed Over Polish
A storyboard is usually thrown away once production starts. Speed matters more than rendering quality. The generator outputs faster, looser storyboards by default — you're previzzing, not publishing.
Use Cases for the Storyboard Generator
Four professional contexts where teams are storyboarding daily. The generator targets each of them.
Animation Pre-Production
Before animators commit weeks to a sequence, the director storyboards every shot. The generator gets you a first-pass board in 15 minutes — director reviews, marks up, and you re-render with edits. Replaces 4–6 hours with an internal storyboard artist for the first pass.
Ad Agency Pre-Production
Storyboards are the deliverable to the client before a shoot is greenlit. Speed matters because the agency cycle is fast and the client wants to see the spot before paying for the production. The generator produces 5–10 storyboards per day per creative — pace that beats internal illustrators.
Film Shot Planning
Indie directors who can't afford a storyboard artist use the generator for shot planning. Helps decide camera positions, blocking, and continuity before shoot day — saves expensive on-set decisions.
UX Flow Visualization
Product teams storyboard user flows the same way films storyboard scenes. The user opens the app — panel 1. The user sees the home screen — panel 2. The user taps the button — panel 3. The generator outputs UX flows as comic-style boards, useful for design reviews and stakeholder pitches.
From Storyboard to the Animation Pipeline
Exported boards are PNGs that drop into the standard pre-production stack. Premiere/Avid can build an animatic from sequenced storyboard PNGs. Toonboom and Harmony import boards as reference layers. Frame.io and ShotGrid accept board uploads as production assets. The generator doesn't replace your animation pipeline — it produces the artifact that feeds into it. Character consistency across boards is critical here: an animator can't work from boards where the protagonist looks like a different person in shot 4 than in shot 1. The renderer pins characters across all boards in a sequence.
Questions
About this generator.
A comic is the final artifact for end readers. A storyboard is a pre-production artifact for the production team — director, animator, agency creative — to plan shots before any real production happens. Storyboards are usually thrown away once the actual production starts; comics are the production.
Each board exports as a PNG. Drop the sequence into Premiere/Avid/Resolve as a stills sequence and you have a basic animatic. Add timing and audio in the NLE. We don't ship a built-in animatic builder yet, but the PNG-export workflow is the standard pre-production handoff.
Yes — prompt the panel description with shot-framing language ('low-angle wide shot,' 'close-up over-the-shoulder,' 'dutch tilt') and the renderer applies it. If you're storyboarding a film, this is the core vocabulary; the generator was tuned to honor it rather than ignore it the way a comic generator would.
About 8–12 minutes for a 20-shot board, depending on how much editing you do per board. Each panel renders in 20–30 seconds; the script breakdown is fast since storyboards have less narrative complexity than comics. Director-edits add the most time.
Yes. Output is yours to use — internal pre-viz, client presentations, animatic builds, pitch decks. We don't claim rights to your storyboards. The Creator plan ($19.99/month for 250 credits) covers typical agency pre-viz loads; for higher volume, get in touch.
Yes — the same character-reference system that pins characters across comic panels pins them across storyboard panels. Critical for animation pre-production, where the protagonist looking different in shot 4 than in shot 1 breaks the entire purpose of the board.
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