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Sketch to Storyboard

Turn rough stick-figure sketches and a script into a polished storyboard.

Intermediate16h1–3 people15/20 fit
TL;DR

Build Sketch to Storyboard for students and indie filmmakers in ~16h with 1–3 people. Stack: Image generation + tldraw + LLM + Next.js.

Why it wins: Creative and highly visual for an AI demo.

Build flow

01 · Problem
Storyboarding takes drawing skills most student filmmakers do not have.
02 · Solution
Users draw rough frames, an image model renders each in a chosen style guided by the sketch, and the script line appears under each panel.
03 · Build
  1. 1Embed a tldraw canvas per panel
  2. 2Send sketch and prompt to an image model
  3. 3Lay out panels with captions
  4. 4Export to PDF
04 · Demo
Sketch three frames on stage and reveal the rendered storyboard.

MVP checklist

  • Sketch canvas
  • Style choice
  • Panel rendering
  • PDF storyboard export

Tech stack

TechRole
Image generationGenerated images
tldrawInfinite canvas
LLMLanguage model
Next.jsFrontend + API routes

Reference repos

Open-source projects you can build on. Links checked 2026-10-31.

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