Redditor re-renders Robot Chicken sketch in classic SpongeBob art style with Wan and Minimax
Ok-Giraffe-8670 · reddit · 2026-09-10
A Redditor used AI video models to restyle a Robot Chicken stop-motion sketch into the classic hand-drawn SpongeBob look, with convincing results. The full workflow is shared:
- Tool combo: Kinovi (Wan, Minimax, Nanobanana), restyling screenshots segment by segment, then stitching in a video editor.
- Practical tips: Wan and Minimax each excel on different shots, so pick the best per segment; Minimax works better with audio removed.
- Full prompt: locks character design via a reference sheet and pins "early-2000s traditional 2D TV animation, cel-shaded, thick outlines, watercolor backgrounds, squash-and-stretch" style directives while explicitly forbidding changes to poses, choreography, and audio.
The "change only the art style, freeze everything else" prompt structure is reusable for any video restyling job.
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