Download https://github.com/JohnHeibel/ClaudeAnimationBase into this folder. Read its README and ANIMATION_GUIDE.md, and install anything it needs. Then make a 15-second video of Clawd planting a seed, waiting impatiently, and jumping back when a giant flower blooms. Add a few simple sound effects that match the action. Put the finished MP4 at out/video.mp4.
Change the ending so the giant flower gently lifts Clawd off the ground, then lowers him back down. Keep it 15 seconds, keep the planting and waiting, and save this version at out/revised.mp4.
The sky and ground flicker. Keep every background painting identical from frame to frame, and let only Clawd's outline wobble. Keep everything else the same and save it at out/steady.mp4.
Make it yours. Replace "Clawd planting a seed, waiting impatiently, and jumping back when a giant flower blooms" in the first prompt with your own 15-second story, as the description suggests. The two follow-ups work as patterns for plain-English revisions.
Clawd plants a seed: a watercolour cartoon
A 15-second hand-painted cartoon of Claude's mascot Clawd planting a seed and jumping back when a giant flower blooms, made in Claude Code with the ClaudeAnimationBase kit. Two follow-up prompts change the ending and fix a flickering background.
“Swap your own story into the first prompt.”
You'll need
- Node.js, Google Chrome, and FFmpeg, which the ClaudeAnimationBase kit needs
- Network access so Claude can download the kit from GitHub
How it was made
The description says to open Claude Code in an empty folder and paste the three prompts one at a time in the same chat. The first has Claude download the kit, read its README and ANIMATION_GUIDE.md, install what it needs, and render out/video.mp4; the follow-ups save out/revised.mp4 and out/steady.mp4. The first 16 seconds of the upload show the cartoon and the revised ending, and the rest walks through the steps. The model isn't named.
Posted Oct 6, 2026 · The AI Rundown on YouTube · 1 likes · 1 views
Prompt from: YouTube description
Look notesby Reference
A soft, hand-painted cartoon: Clawd, a small orange rectangular creature on stick legs, waits by a mound of dirt in a green field until a giant pink flower blooms, then a revised take in which the flower lifts Clawd on a leaf.
- Color
- Pale sky blue and cream skies, grass green, terracotta orange for Clawd, chocolate-brown soil, and a magenta-pink flower with a yellow center, with dark plum cards between the takes.
- Type
- No text in the cartoon itself. Between the takes, a white pill on a dark plum card shows the follow-up prompt being entered.
- Framing
- 16:9 wide shots on a low horizon, with Clawd small on the left and the flower rising on the right. Flower-shaped vignettes frame Clawd on the plum transition cards.
- Sound
- Simple sound effects matched to the action, as the first prompt asks.
- Structure
- Clawd beside the dirt mound, Clawd fuming, Clawd slumped over the mound, a bud opening as Clawd gapes, the giant flower shedding petals while Clawd stares starry-eyed, a plum card with the follow-up prompt being typed, then the revised take: a sprout shooting up, the flower's leaf under Clawd, and Clawd with hearts in a flower-shaped vignette.
