How a high school student made his Booktok list into an animated series with Krikey AI Animation

Summary

• Description: A high school student in Panama, Ala (name changed for privacy), was exploring options for his summer holiday. He loved to read books, was working at a library during the summer and wanted to share his passion with his classmates. Everyone seemed to be on social media so he decided to make an animated virtual influencer to connect with other young people - he named his animated influencer character El Rincón del Cuervo.
• Krikey AI Features used: Krikey AI Motion Capture Animations, Ready Player Me Characters

"Each video is a book review by my virtual influencer character and the goal is to help people. My favorite books are related to psychology and how to help with mental health. I know I can reach people and make a difference with animations I create in Krikey AI." ~ Ala, High School Student

Challenge: From Booktok list to Animated BookTok stickers

• Ala knew he wanted to create a custom character to review his favorite books but he needed to find a way to animate the character and make it cool.
• As a high school student in Panama, Ala knew his videos needed to be lip synced in Spanish but he didn't know how to animate a virtual influencer with lip synced dialogue.
• To make this have a lasting impact, Ala knew he needed to make a series of videos on different books, not just one video – and he needed a solution that would save time and money since he was still in high school and on a budget.

Solution

• Krikey AI Animation enabled Ala to make a talking avatar that was extremely customized within the Krikey character creator (in the Ready Player Me art style).
• After exploring a few different tools, the high school student found that Krikey combined all the features he needed – custom characters, voice AI dialogue that he could create in Spanish and exported videos in all sizes for different social media platforms.
• Krikey AI was a low cost solution for Ala to create his virtual influencer character. He was able to design a character the way he wanted to and also choose a memorable AI voice using Krikey AI Text to Speech Spanish tools.

Use Cases

• With animated characters, Ala was able to create his own virtual influencer. To animate his Booktok list and do reviews of his favorite books, he could now bring to life a character from his own imagination.
• Using the AI Text to Speech tools, Ala could easily animate videos with lip synced dialogue in his native language of Spanish.
• With the large library of animations, Ala could make every video unique even if the characters was speaking directly to camera every time. It made his content more dynamic and engaging.

About the Customer

Ala (name changed for privacy) is a high school student in Panama. He was exploring AI tools over the summer and looking for ways to bring his passion for reading to his peer group. When he found Krikey AI he realized he could animate his Booktok list and make virtual influencer videos reviewing his favorite books with a custom animated character.

About Krikey AI

Krikey AI Animation tools empower anyone to animate a cartoon character in minutes. The character animations can be used in marketing, tutorials, games, films, social media, lesson plans and more. Krikey offers an animation video editor that creators can use to add lip synced dialogue, change backgrounds, facial expressions, hand gestures, camera angles and more to their animated videos. Krikey's AI tools are available online at www.krikey.ai today, on Canva Apps, Adobe Express and on the AWS Marketplace!

"I really love the resize feature to make videos different sizes for all the social media platforms. I also really love the amount of animations Krikey AI offers. The amount of animations is impressive and it makes my videos really immersive. There's a lot of diversity in the movements available in the animation library and that helps me make better videos." ~ Ala, High School Student