AI Workflow 04 · Content Pipeline · Declassified
Wizlings: an AI cartoon content pipeline
Human check at every stageOne-off AI prompts give you a different-looking character every time. A pipeline gives you the same wizard, the same tone, every week.
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01 Problem · 02 Setup · 03 Steps · 04 Tools
05 Results · 06 What you get · 07 Try it ▸ · 08 Talk
01 · The Problem
Slow to make, random when rushed
Making kids' animated stories on a regular schedule is slow.
One-off AI prompts make it worse, not better: the characters drift from video to video, and the tone jumps around. Kids notice when a character suddenly looks different.
02 · The Setup
A pipeline with a human check at every stage
Eight stages, the same every time. AI does the heavy lifting inside each stage. I make the call at the end of each one.
Kid-facing content stays on Wizlings. Maker and AI talk goes to my separate Emergent Content channel. That keeps Wizlings clean for young viewers and for YouTube's "made for kids" rules.
| Stage | What AI does | What I decide |
|---|---|---|
| 1 · Story idea | Suggests premises from the show's world | Which story we make |
| 2 · Script | Drafts beats and lines | Tone, jokes, and what gets cut |
| 3 · Character sheets | Renders locked, consistent designs | Whether the look is right |
| 4 · AI scenes | Generates shots from the sheets | Which frames are off-model and redone |
| 5 · Voice / captions | Voices lines and times captions | Every word on screen |
| 6 · Edit to 9:16 and 16:9 | Helps cut two versions from one edit | Pacing and the final cut |
| 7 · Kid-safe review | Runs the checklist | Sign-off. Nothing moves on without it. |
| 8 · Publish | Prepares titles and descriptions | When it goes live |
03 · The Steps
The trailer, stage by stage
- Story idea. The trailer's premise: a grumpy king ("Make bad spells… or ELSE!"), a wizard on the run who hides inside a fluffy Pomeranian, and a surprise magic vacation.
- Script. AI drafts the beats. I rewrite for a kid's ear: short lines, one joke at a time.
- Character sheets. Locked designs for the King, the wizard, and the Pomeranian, so every scene matches.
- AI scenes. Generated from the sheets. Off-model frames get thrown out, not "fixed in post."
- Voice and captions. Captions burned in, checked word by word.
- Edit to 9:16 and 16:9. One edit, two shapes.
- Kid-safe review. My checklist pass. Nothing scary, nothing confusing, nothing that isn't for kids.
- Publish to YouTube @Wizlings and TikTok @wizlingstv.
04 · Tools
- [fill in: image, video, voice, and editing tools actually used]
- CapCut
- YouTube Studio
- TikTok editor
- ffmpeg
05 · Results
What changed
9:16 trailer with burned-in captions
Videos + Short on the channel (as of Sep 26)
Views
Subscribers
06 · What a Client Gets
If you hire me for this
- A documented content pipeline for your brand.
- A character and brand kit that keeps every video consistent.
- Prompt templates for each stage.
- A review checklist with your rules baked in.
- A publishing schedule, so you get consistent videos every week without starting from scratch.
07 · Try It · Interactive Workflow Example
Build an episode
Pick a character, a place, and a problem. The page assembles a 5-beat outline and lights up which pipeline stage each beat goes through next. It's all static text. No live AI call.
Want something like this for your business?
Bring one workflow that feels slower or more manual than it should. We'll look at it together on a free 15-minute fit call, and I'll give you an honest answer, even if that answer is "don't automate this."