Paste a script or describe the spot. We write the scenes, you check the storyboard, and you render the shots you like. Sketch or cinematic frames with a consistent cast, shot notes on every frame, and a PDF you can send to the client under your own name.
Yes. ComicInk is a free storyboard app to start: sign up with no card and get 100 credits, paste a script or a brief, and the scenes are written for you at no cost. Each AI-drawn frame is 50 credits, and the PDF and shot list export free. Prefer paper? The printable storyboard template is a free PDF with no account and no email.
| To start | Free account, 100 credits, no card |
|---|---|
| Writing the scenes | No credits — Sidekick writes them from your script or brief |
| Each AI frame | 50 credits, shown before you generate |
| Cast art | 10 credits per character, drawn once and reused in every frame |
| Exports | Free — unbranded PDF (6 or 3 frames a page) and a CSV shot list |
| Frame shapes | 16:9 widescreen, 9:16 vertical, 1:1 square |
| Styles | Storyboard Sketch (greyscale pencil) or cinematic |
| Paper version | Printable storyboard template PDF — free, no account, no email |
A storyboard is the plan a director, a client or a crew reads before anyone shoots a frame — who is in the shot, what the camera is doing, and how the beats connect. ComicInk turns a script or a plain-language brief into that plan: it reads the story, breaks it into scenes, and renders each one as a frame with a shot type and a camera angle, holding the same characters, props and locations across the whole board.
It runs on the same engine that keeps a comic series or a video on-model — one locked cast, reused shot after shot — so a storyboard built here reads like it was planned by one artist, not stitched together from a dozen unrelated generations.
Four steps from a script or a brief to shots you have checked and rendered.
Paste a script or describe the spot in plain language. There is no formatting to get right — the AI reads it the way you wrote it.
Sidekick reads your brief and writes the scenes into the Script tab, with the cast, props and locations they need. Edit anything before a frame is drawn.
Each scene is drawn as a frame with a shot type and a camera angle, and the same cast throughout. Redo any single frame without touching the rest of the board.
Render the shots you want as video, or export an unbranded PDF — 6 or 3 frames per page — plus a CSV shot list to hand to a crew.
A hired storyboard artist bills by the day. A storyboard here costs credits you can see before you spend them. Shot type and camera angle are set per scene, and any single frame can be redone without re-running the whole board.
Every new account starts with 100 free credits, no card required. ComicInk Plus is $19.99 a month for 4,500 credits — about 90 storyboard frames. ComicInk Basic is $9.99 a month for 1,500 credits — about 30 frames. Each frame is 50 credits, shown before you generate; exports are free. You can top up with a credit pack any time. Credits never expire.
Yes. ComicInk is free to start: a new account gets 100 credits with no card, writing the scenes uses no credits, and exports are free. Each AI-drawn frame is 50 credits. If you would rather sketch by hand, the printable storyboard template is a free PDF with no account needed.
Yes, on paper: download the free printable storyboard template (16:9 and 9:16 frames, comic thumbnails and a shot-types cheat sheet) with no account or email. AI-drawn frames need a free account.
ComicInk Plus is $19.99 a month for 4,500 credits — about 90 storyboard frames. ComicInk Basic is $9.99 a month for 1,500 credits — about 30 frames. Each frame is 50 credits, shown before you generate; exports are free.
You choose the style when the video is created. Storyboard Sketch gives greyscale pencil/marker boards that read as a plan rather than finished art, the way a hired storyboard artist would rough one out; the cinematic styles give finished-looking frames.
Yes. The same Character Lock that holds a face steady across a comic series drives the storyboard, so your characters look identical from the first frame to the last. Props and locations are fingerprinted the same way, so a costume or a setting returns frame after frame instead of drifting into a new look.
Yes. The exported PDF and CSV shot list carry no ComicInk branding — send them to a client under your own name.
The same project has a Video view that can render its scenes into video clips with the same cast, without starting over. That is a separate step, billed per second of video — a 10-second scene at 720p is about 1,500 credits, shown before you render.
Start on paper, or take the same story on to a finished video.
Sketch by hand first: 16:9 and 9:16 frames, comic thumbnails and a shot-types cheat sheet. No account needed.
Bring a finished comic to life with motion, captions, music and voices.
Paste a story and let the AI storyboard it into a multi-scene movie.