# Live-Action to 2D Sketch Transformation

> A complex prompt for Seedance 2.5 that uses a POV blue pencil effect to seamlessly transform realistic urban scenes into hand-drawn illustrations.

- Type: single prompt
- Written for: [Seedance 2.5](https://orisu.ai/prompts/m/seedance-2.5)
- Category: [Video](https://orisu.ai/prompts/c/video)
- Tags: Reel, Story, Social post, Multi-aspect
- Published: 2026-09-07
- Page: https://orisu.ai/prompts/live-action-sketch-transformation-effect

## Prompt

- Model: Seedance 2.5

```text
Style: Cinematic live-action seamlessly blended with 2D hand-drawn line-art animation, using a playful rotoscoping-inspired transformation effect.

Visual Direction:
First-person POV throughout. A hand holding a blue pencil appears at the bottom of the frame, seemingly tracing over real-world objects. Wherever the pencil moves, the live-action environment gradually transforms into expressive 2D illustrations.

Scene Transitions & Subjects:

- Train: A white-and-green train travels across an elevated urban overpass. As the blue pencil traces along it, the train smoothly converts into clean black-and-white sketch line art, while retaining its movement and perspective.
- Cat: An orange tabby cat casually walks along a paved sidewalk. The pencil follows its movement, transforming the cat into a white hand-drawn cartoon with stylized illustrated shadows.
- Bus: A light-colored compact bus drives through the street. As it passes beneath the pencil’s tracing path, it morphs into a colorful pastel illustration with loose, artistic hand-drawn outlines.
- Girl: A woman sits naturally on a bench in a narrow urban alley, looking at her phone. The pencil traces around her and the surroundings, seamlessly turning the scene into a stylized 2D color-block illustration.

Tone & Atmosphere: Bright natural daylight, contemporary urban environment, playful and whimsical mood, fluid camera movement, dynamic transformations, and seamless transitions between realistic footage and hand-drawn animation.

Overall Effect: The video should feel as though the blue pencil is literally drawing reality into an animated world, with each subject transforming organically rather than appearing as a sudden cut or visual effect.
```

## Example output

- Video: https://assets.orisu.ai/prompt-library/youmind/live-action-sketch-transformation-effect.mp4 (poster: https://assets.orisu.ai/prompt-library/youmind/live-action-sketch-transformation-effect-poster.jpg) — Live-Action to 2D Sketch Transformation — example output
- ![Live-Action to 2D Sketch Transformation — example output](https://assets.orisu.ai/prompt-library/youmind/live-action-sketch-transformation-effect-poster.jpg)

## Credit

- Author: Sairah (https://x.com/Sairah_0)
- Original post: https://x.com/Sairah_0/status/2089556355384512991
- Collected via: youmind.com

## Run it in Orisu

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Source: Orisu prompt library, https://orisu.ai/prompts/live-action-sketch-transformation-effect