Alexander Hagenah

Alexander Hagenah

Bring kids’ drawings magically to life
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Chanimate turns your child’s drawings into magical artwork, animations, and personalized storybooks. Kids draw on paper. Parents take a photo. Chanimate brings those drawings to life using AI while preserving every quirky detail that makes them special. What makes Chanimate different: • Multiple AI art styles (Pixar-style 3D, Cartoon, Anime, Claymation) • Short, kid-friendly animations • Personalized 10-page storybooks with narration in 45+ languages • Designed for parents and young children
Chanimate
ChanimateWhere Children's Imagination Comes to Life
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I built Chanimate after almost throwing my kids’ drawings away

A few weeks ago, around 9 PM, I was doing the usual parent cleanup, throwing away piles of my kids’ drawings. Standing over the recycling bin, it hit me: Photos aren’t enough. Scans aren’t enough. These drawings deserved more. By 2 AM that night, I had a rough prototype that turned a drawing into an animation. When I showed it to my kids, my daughter shouted: “PAPA! MY PRINCESS IS DANCING!”...