PONCHI AI · DRAW-TO-PLAY

A child's drawing, carried into 3D.

Draw-to-Play, a Ponchi AI studio service, brings children's sketches into toy-scale 3D studies and short character animations.

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Concept illustration of an invented creature shown on a sketch sheet, as a translucent model study, and as a matte toy-scale figure beside three motion poses.
Concept illustration showing a sketch, a 3D design, and motion poses.

THE IDEA

A drawing becomes a character.

A child's sketch already has personality. Draw-to-Play explores that character as a toy-scale 3D form and as a short animation.

Start with the sketch

The drawing's shapes, colours, and little surprises lead the design.

Give it depth

A 3D study shows how the character looks from a new angle.

Bring it to motion

Short animation loops let the character move while keeping its drawn personality.

HOW IT WORKS

From sketch to shape and motion.

Follow a character from the original drawing to a 3D study and an animation.

Meet the character

Begin with the shapes and colours that make the drawing distinctive.

01

Explore the shape

Imagine how the character looks beyond the front of the page.

02

Build a 3D view

Give the character a toy-scale form that can be seen from another angle.

03

Add motion

Turn the character into a short repeating animation.

04

THE PROJECT

Drawing, shape, movement.

Explore the same creative idea as a sketch, a 3D design study, and a moving loop.

Compare the drawings with their 3D views below, then see the characters move.

Original drawings

Every example begins with a character drawn by hand.

3D studies

The model views explore how those characters might look with depth.

Animated loops

Short moving studies give the characters another way to express themselves.

SELECTED EXAMPLES

See the drawings in 3D.

Three original drawings sit beside software views of their 3D character studies.

The original sketch

See the shapes and colours that started each character.

A new angle

Explore how the character reads in a three-dimensional view.

A toy-scale idea

Imagine the drawing as a small object with shape and depth.

A multicolor creature

Original drawing

A multicolor creature — raw

3D model view

A multicolor creature — model_render

A green turtle

Original drawing

A green turtle — raw

3D model view

A green turtle — model_render

A pink fish

Original drawing

A pink fish — raw

3D model view

A pink fish — model_render

FIVE DRAWINGS IN MOTION

From drawing to animation.

Compare the original, polished drawing, and moving character side by side.

Five drawings, from sketch to animation.
Original drawingPolished drawingAnimation

D001 · A multicolor dinosaur

The original multicolor dinosaur drawing for D001.
Polished drawing of the multicolor D001 dinosaur.
The multicolor dinosaur moves in a short animation.
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D002 · A green turtle

The original green turtle drawing for D002.
Polished drawing of the green D002 turtle.
The green turtle moves its body and flippers.
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D003 · A pink character

The original round pink character drawing for D003.
Polished drawing of the round pink D003 character.
The pink character moves in a short animation.
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D004 · A pink fish

The original pink fish drawing for D004.
Polished drawing of the pink D004 fish.
The pink fish moves its body and tail.
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D005 · A hand-drawn car

The original hand-drawn car for D005.
Polished drawing of the D005 hand-drawn car.
The hand-drawn car rocks back and forth.
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Draw-to-Play overview

GET IN TOUCH

Talk about Draw-to-Play.

For a conversation about Draw-to-Play for your family, school, or brand, get in touch.

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