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Make a cartoon series your viewers vote on.

Claude draws every frame with code, so your character looks the same in every episode. Guide and starter files included.

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Day 1 of Pickle the Dog, made with the method in the book.
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The same moment as a rough draft and as the final frame

Built from a real series

Day 1 of Pickle the Dog, after 21 hours on a brand-new account with no ads: about 40,700 views, 244 comments and 750 new followers. 226 accounts voted on what happens next.

Part Three of the book walks through that episode in twelve steps, with what I asked Claude at each one.

  • The dog that came out too fat, and the fix
  • The line nobody understood, so the girl got her own voice
  • The vote where "both" nearly won, and how both happened
  • The free draft voice, the one paid take, the 57 sound effects

From empty folder to Day 1

  1. Install the tools

    Node, Python, ffmpeg and Claude Code, with copy-paste commands for Windows and Mac. One evening.

  2. Render the starter

    The ZIP holds a tested 12-second episode. A few commands turn it into an MP4 on your own computer, so you know everything works.

  3. Install the skill

    Copy the Cartoon by Comment skill into Claude Code and say "start my series". It asks about your character, deadline and style, then builds the episode with you, part by part, and stops for your yes at every choice and every cost.

  4. Post, count, repeat

    Cover, caption, pinned comment, AI label and an honest way to count votes. Tomorrow's episode comes from today's comments.

Biscuit, the starter episode in the ZIP. Free voice, code-made sound.

What is inside the book

Contents page
Contents
Episode skeletons with timings
Episode skeletons, timed
The Biscuit starter chapter
Your first video
A page from the Pickle roadmap
The Pickle roadmap
The prompt library
20 prompts
The agent brief
The agent brief

The format

  1. 01What you are going to make
  2. 02Styles you can make with code
  3. 03Pick a premise that travels
  4. 04Episode skeletons
  5. 05Hooks, jokes, labels and captions
  6. 06Votes and comments

Your studio

  1. 07The three routes: free, Pro, Max
  2. 08How a computer draws a cartoon
  3. 09Your first video: Biscuit
  4. 10Voices, free and paid
  5. 11Sound
  6. 12Make Claude better at this

The Pickle roadmap

  1. 13How Day 1 of Pickle was made, in 12 steps

Publish and keep going

  1. 14Publish
  2. 15The daily loop and your numbers
  3. 16Other formats with the same studio
  4. A-EPrompts, agent brief, templates, checklists, tools

What you get

The e-book

61 pages, PDF. The formats, the studio, the full Pickle roadmap and the appendices. Later editions are free.

The Cartoon by Comment cover

"Make Day 1 of my series."

A Claude Code skill runs the book's method in order: premise, character, script, a draft built part by part, voice, sound, cover and caption. The agent brief does the same job without it.

A frame of the Biscuit starter episode

The starter project

A small, tested episode you can render, change and learn from. Windows and Mac narration scripts included.

20 prompts and 3 templates

Plain text, ready to paste. Series bible, vote log and episode sheet included.

Give me twenty premises for a VOTED SERIES. For each: a title, a one-sentence premise a friend could repeat, the visible flaw, the first image, three escalating stages...

One method, three ways to draw it

Claude draws every frame with code. You choose the look, give notes and make the calls.

Mia meets Pickle, a flat 2D cartoon frame

Flat 2D, drawn as SVG

Pickle the Dog: clean outlines, flat colour, labels that carry the jokes.

A cut-out cartoon boy turning invisible in a mirror

2D cut-out

Jointed characters on a canvas, for "What if you woke up..." stories.

A low-poly 3D bedroom scene

Low-poly 3D

three.js with free models and a retro console look.

Free tools or paid tools

Free route

Claude
Free plan: enough for a first test animation, not for a full series
Voice
Your own voice, or the built-in Windows and Mac voices
Sound
CC0 libraries and effects made with code
Renderer
HyperFrames, open source

Paid route

Claude
Pro, $20 a month, which includes Claude Code
Voice
ElevenLabs Starter, $6 a month, for a natural narrator
Sound
The same free libraries, or generated effects
Renderer
The same, still free

Making a full series with Claude Code needs Claude Pro or higher. Prices checked in November 2026; they change, so check before you pay.

Questions

Do I need to know how to code?

No. Claude writes the code. You give notes and make decisions. The book shows what to ask at each step and how to check that the result is right.

Do I need a paid Claude plan?

Claude Code needs Claude Pro or higher. Chapter 07 also shows a manual route on the free plan: slower, but it works for a first test.

Windows or Mac?

Both. The starter was tested on Windows 11, and the Mac commands are included.

Can I make a series in another language?

Yes. The examples are in English and the method works in any language. Some of the What-if and 3D examples were made for a Portuguese-speaking audience.

Can I monetise the videos I make?

Yes, they are yours. The book explains the AI labels each platform asks for and which free voices and sounds you can use commercially.

Is this a get-rich course?

No. It is a production method with real files and real mistakes. It does not promise views, followers or income.

How long does an episode take?

Setup takes an evening. Your first episode takes a few days, because you design the character and the world. Later episodes reuse the character, the sets and the tools, so they go faster.

What does it cost per month?

Claude Pro is $20 a month and runs Claude Code. A natural paid voice is optional (ElevenLabs Starter, $6 a month); your own voice or the computer's voice is free. The renderer and the sounds in the book are free.

I have never used a terminal. Can I do this?

Yes. The book shows the few commands you need, and Claude Code can run the setup for you: you paste one prompt and approve each step.

Why not just use an AI video tool?

Video generators redraw the character every clip, so it drifts, and every clip costs credits. Here Claude writes code that draws the character, so it stays the same every day, every frame can be fixed, and rendering is free on your own computer.

What if nobody votes?

The book has a section for that: easy one-word questions, your own pinned vote comment, and an honest way to decide on screen when only a few people vote.

What is the Claude Code skill?

A folder you copy into Claude Code. After that you say "make Day 1 of my series" and Claude follows the book in order, shows you each part of the episode and waits for your yes before it moves on. It never spends money or posts without asking.

Can I get a refund?

Yes. 14 days, no questions asked: reply to your receipt email.

Who made this?

Valter Mendes, the creator of Pickle the Dog (@familyforpickle), an animated series viewers vote on every day. This is an early edition written in the first week of the series; later editions are free.

How do I get it?

Right after paying you get a download link for the PDF and the ZIP, by email and in your Polar customer portal. Updates to the files go to the same place.

Start your series

  • The 61-page e-book, plus later editions free
  • The starter project
  • A Claude Code skill that follows the book step by step
  • 20 prompts, 3 templates and the agent brief
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