Creators
Post a story a day, how people told the time before clocks or the story of the first vaccine, with pictures painted for it instead of the stock clips everyone else uses.
Skills Illustrated story
Story reels with a painted picture for every beat.
Type a story in a line, like why the Titanic’s lookouts had no binoculars, or paste your own words, and Chasca makes a vertical reel: a painted picture for every beat, changing every few seconds, under a title that stays on screen, with the narration shown one word at a time. It is made for creators, teachers and brands who tell short stories on Reels, Shorts and TikTok.
- 9:16, vertical
- 1 minute to 3 minutes
- Story creators, teachers and social teams
At a glance
What you get.
- Format
- 9:16, vertical
- Length
- 1 minute to 3 minutes
- Starts from
- A story in a line, or your own words
- Languages
- All 79 languages
- Look
- A painted square picture for every beat under a title that stays on screen, with captions one word at a time
- Narration
- Any of the 30 narrators or your own voice, at a quick, lively pace
- Price
- Uses your plan’s minutes like any video, from $9.99 a month for 30 minutes. Your first 2 videos are free, up to a minute each.
Who it’s for
Made for people who tell short stories.
Teachers
Start a lesson with a one-minute story that makes the class ask the question you are about to answer.
Social media teams
Tell the story behind a product, a place or an object in your collection, in the language of each audience.
How it works
From one line to a story reel.
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1One line, or your own words
A topic like “why the Titanic’s lookouts had no binoculars”, or paste the exact words you want read.
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2Cut into beats
The story is split into short beats, one idea each, timed to the narration so a new picture lands every few seconds.
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3A painting for every beat
Each beat is painted in one consistent style, with no words inside the pictures.
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4A vertical reel, captioned
Captions one word at a time, in your language, ready for Reels, Shorts and TikTok.
Examples
Videos made with this skill.
How people told the time before clocks
A vertical reel with a painted picture for every beat and one spoken word at a time on screen.
PromptHow people told the time before clocks
Made from a promptIllustrated storyEnglish
A lenda do guaraná
A Brazilian legend told for children in Portuguese as a painted vertical reel.
PromptA lenda do guaraná, contada para crianças
Made from a promptIllustrated storyPortuguese
The story of the first vaccine
A vertical reel with a painted picture for every beat: milkmaids, cowpox and Edward Jenner’s test in 1796.
PromptThe story of the first vaccine
Made from a promptIllustrated storyEnglish
Why octopuses have three hearts
A one-minute painted reel: two hearts for the gills, one for the body, blue blood and a main heart that pauses while it swims.
PromptWhy octopuses have three hearts
Made from a promptIllustrated storyEnglish
How a mosquito changed the building of the Panama Canal
A painted reel on yellow fever, malaria and the canal: why the French attempt failed and how mosquito control helped finish it.
PromptHow a mosquito changed the building of the Panama Canal
Made from a promptIllustrated storyEnglish
La historia del chocolate, de los mayas a hoy
A painted reel in Spanish: cacao drinks of the Maya, beans used as money, sugar in Europe and the first chocolate bars.
PromptLa historia del chocolate, de los mayas a hoy
Made from a promptIllustrated storySpanish
What it won’t do
- Draw living people or real children.
- Put words inside the pictures: the title and the captions are the only words on screen.
- Use real brands, logos or copyrighted characters.
Why we built it
Many people now meet history, science and big ideas a minute at a time, in story reels on their phones. The reels that hold them have a picture for every beat in one hand-made style, and painting those by hand for every story is slow. We built the illustrated story so anyone with a good story can tell it that way, in their own words or ours.
Read why we built itYes. Chasca’s Illustrated story skill makes a vertical reel from a story idea or your own words: a painted picture for every beat in one style, a title that stays on screen and captions one word at a time. Type a line, like “why the Titanic’s lookouts had no binoculars”, and the reel comes back finished.
Every few seconds. The story is cut into short beats, one idea each, and each beat gets its own painting, timed to the narration.
Yes. Pick “My words, word for word” and paste it: every word is read exactly as written, cut into beats at its sentences, with a picture painted for each.
Yes. A character who comes back through the story is designed once and looks the same in every picture it appears in.
All 79 languages Chasca narrates in. The title, the narration and the captions are all in the language you pick.
From one to three minutes, vertical, 9:16, for Reels, Shorts and TikTok. The free videos are up to a minute, which suits a reel.
Your first 2 videos are free, up to 1 minute each, watermarked. No card required. A skill works on the free videos too, up to a minute. After that, plans start at $9.99 a month for 30 minutes. See pricing.
More skills
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History story series
A painted history episode with dates, places and a recurring cast, chapter after chapter.
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Book trailer
A 30 or 60 second vertical trailer from your own pages, ending on your title card.
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Cut-out cartoon
A funny vertical cartoon in which a mascot acts out one money idea with props and big red numbers.
Your next explainer takes under a minute.
Your first 2 videos are free, up to 1 minute each, watermarked. No card required. Full product, every voice and style included.