Whiteboard animation examples

We pulled these whiteboard animation examples straight out of GenPixy AI and grouped them by what people made them for. Under each one there's a little note from us about why it works, and a link to the exact prompt and settings behind it, so go ahead and steal whatever bits you like.

A science question in one minute

Why is the sky blue?

Five words, that's all the prompt was. "Why is the sky blue?" First it throws the puzzle back at you, then it walks through the answer over seven quick scenes, and it signs off with a line that sort of stays with you.

Why we like it: it asks one thing and answers one thing. And the ending kind of makes you want to go outside and look up.

A history story in two and a half minutes

For this one we gave it a five-point outline instead of a question. Gutenberg and the problem he was chasing came first, then how movable type worked, then how fast books spread after 1450, what that changed, and finally how you get from there to the internet. Each bullet basically became the next chapter of the story.

Why we like it: long videos wander unless something holds them together, and an outline does that job here. Plus history and Whiteboard are a good match anyway, since it ends up feeling like your favorite teacher sketching while they talk.

The printing press: the machine that changed the world

A lesson in another language

How photosynthesis works (Indonesian)

Whoever made this one typed the prompt in Indonesian. Voice? Indonesian. Captions, same. Even the tiny handwritten titles came out Indonesian.

Why we like it: photosynthesis is a process, light goes in and sugar comes out. Drawing a process step by step is pretty much what whiteboard style is best at.

Built for the phone

How black holes form, a vertical Whiteboard Short (Chinese)
A 39-second how-to in Color Board
Compound interest, with the numbers on screen

On a phone you've got maybe two seconds before the thumb moves. That's why all three of these open straight on the question (or the promise). Scenes stay short. And they're over before you'd think about scrolling.

The same style in more languages

How do airplanes stay in the air? (German)
How does a rainbow form? (Hindi)
Why do cats purr? (Japanese)

Questions about the examples