AI hand-drawn explainer videos
Turn any topic into a hand-drawn explainer video
Give explain.ink a line, a script, or a document, and it draws the whole thing in minutes.
What can you start from?
Three ways in, one kind of video out
Short answer: explain.ink turns a topic, a script or a document into a hand-drawn explainer video. It writes the story, draws every scene stroke by stroke in one of 18 styles, records the narration and renders an MP4 you can download, watermark-free once you buy minutes. No drawing, no editing and no animator needed.
Whichever one you already have. The other two are still there when the next video needs them.
A topic
One line is enough. explain.ink writes the script and shapes the story before it draws anything.
Your script
Already written? Your wording is kept as it is, and each line gets its own drawn scene.
A document
Upload the doc nobody reads. It comes back as the three or four things a viewer needs.
Working from a PDF? See PDF to video. Want the classic marker look? See whiteboard animation.
What does the output actually look like?
Every video below was made by explain.ink from a topic, a script or a document. Nothing was edited or drawn by hand afterwards.
An advert for a mop
Off is not the same as safe
How photosynthesis works
Why your photos look flat
How does it work?
Bring an idea, your own words, or a file you already have. Inky takes it from there.
Type a topic
One line is enough. We write the script and shape the story.
Paste a script
Already have the words? We draw them verbatim, line by line.
Upload a doc
Drop a PDF, DOCX, or link. We read it, summarize, and draw it.
What makes it different?
Four things that decide whether a video like this is worth making at all.
It is really drawn
Scenes appear stroke by stroke, generated for your script rather than assembled from an asset library, so an unusual subject still gets its own artwork.
18 styles, one per video
The style is a setting applied to the whole video, so scene twelve matches scene one and a series looks like a series.
Narration included
The voiceover is recorded to match the script, so there is no separate recording session and no timing to fix afterwards.
Yours to use
You get a 16:9 MP4 with full commercial rights, for a client project, a course or a monetized channel. Free videos carry a small explain.ink mark; it comes off every video you render after buying minutes.
No drawing skill needed
You choose the input and the style. The script, the artwork and the narration are produced for you.
Many languages
Narration and on-screen text in many languages, so the same video reaches a wider audience without a second production.
Which style will it be drawn in?
Pick a look and every scene follows it, from a messy whiteboard to watercolor. Or upload your own reference.
Whiteboard
the default: how-it-works
Colored whiteboard
nature
Chalkboard
teaching tone
Colored chalk
school subjects
Notebook
personal
Comic
social
Minimal
business decks
Blueprint
architecture and systems
Terminal chalk
engineering blog
Napkin sketch
process-oriented or spontaneous corporate explainers
Flat systems logic
technical documentation and process flows
Frontier print
authoritative corporate explainers
Risograph zine
subversive or grassroots brand narratives
Deck
business decks
Carbon
keynote-style business
Sumi-e wash
sophisticated professional and philosophical content
Bauhaus geometric
technical explanations and data-driven presentations
CRT pixel grid
technical explanations and digital processes
Broadsheet halftone
technical
Who is it for?
Same idea every time: something has to be explained to someone who is not in the room.
Education
Turn a lesson or your own notes into a short drawn video students can rewatch.
Course creators
Forty lessons that look like they belong together, without hiring an animator.
Marketing
Landing page, paid social and sales follow-up video, drawn instead of stock.
Onboarding
The onboarding doc nobody reads, as a three minute drawn video.
Training
Safety, compliance and process training, made from the SOP you already wrote.
YouTube
A video a week in one recognizable look, without an editor.
Pick your plan
Every plan is a pool of video minutes. They are yours to keep, even after you cancel.
Pay as you go
- Every style, every voice, many languages
- Videos up to 5 minutes
- Your minutes stay yours*
- Full commercial rights, yours to sell
- No watermark
- Best for the occasional video
Starter
- HD, widescreen
- A set of core styles
- A starter set of voices, English
- Videos up to 3 minutes
- Topic, script or document
- No watermark, yours to sell
Creator
- Everything in Starter
- Vertical and square, for social
- Every style, or upload your own
- More voices, many languages
- Videos up to 5 minutes
- Narration with real intonation
Studio
- Everything in Creator
- Every voice
- Videos up to 5 minutes
- Priority rendering
- No watermark, yours to sell
* Minutes persist for 12 months after purchase. Prices in USD.
Frequently asked questions
Do I need to know how to draw?+
No. You give explain.ink a topic, a script, or a document. It writes the story, draws every scene, records the narration and renders the MP4 — no drawing, editing or animator required.
Are the videos really hand-drawn?+
Yes. Scenes appear stroke by stroke, generated for your script rather than assembled from an asset library, so even an unusual subject gets its own artwork.
What can I export, and can I use it commercially?+
You get a 16:9 MP4 with full commercial rights, for a client project, a course or a monetized channel. Higher plans add vertical and square. Free videos carry a small explain.ink mark; it comes off every video you render after buying minutes.
How long can a video be?+
Pay-as-you-go and Creator/Studio support videos up to 5 minutes. Starter supports up to 3 minutes.
In what languages is the narration available?+
Many languages. The starter set covers English, with more voices and languages on higher plans.
What happens to minutes I don't use?+
They are yours to keep — minutes persist for 12 months after purchase, even if you cancel.
Draw your first video today
Give explain.ink a line, a script, or a document — and watch it come to life, hand-drawn.