Non-Human Characters: Fruit, Animals, Robots
Browse the samples for animated projects; a fruit drama uses the same steps as any of them.
The fruit drama
The format that is everywhere at the moment: fruit with faces living out a romance or a rivalry, a reality show in a bowl. On SceneMixer it is an ordinary project. Write the script with the fruit as characters — names, personalities, lines — and pick an animation style in step 1 (3D Toy Cartoon, Feature 3D Animation or 2D Cel Shading suit it). The reading casts each fruit as a character and gives it a card.
What to write on the card
The description decides what the sheet shows. Say what the thing is and how much of a person it has. A plump orange with large round eyes, a small mouth, thin stick arms and no legs; sits on the counter gives you a cartoon orange with a face. A ginger tabby cat, green eyes, white bib, thick winter coat gives you a cat — drawn as a real cat, on four legs, no hands, no clothes, because the description says nothing else. If you want the cat in a waistcoat, say so.
Clothing goes in the Clothing field only if the creature wears any. Leave it empty for a real animal; an empty field on a person is a problem, on a cat it is correct.
Real animals
A dog, a horse, a hawk: describe the breed or species, the colouring, the size, one mark. The sheet shows the animal as itself, standing naturally, seen from a useful angle. It is still portrait-shaped like every character sheet. In the storyboard, name it with @ like anyone; say what it does in plain words — @Biscuit jumps onto the table, tail up.
Robots and objects that talk
Describe the machine: shape, size, material, colour, what moves, whether it has a face or a screen, how it gets around. A robot has whatever hands you give it in the description. A talking object — a lamp, a phone — is a character if it speaks and a prop if it does not; cast it accordingly.
Voices and lines
Every character gets a voice in step 2, creature or not: matched from a voice description, picked from the library, or uploaded. Write a voice description that fits — small, bright, childlike for the orange; flat, metallic, unhurried for the robot. Lines are written the same way as for people, with a voice tag; a creature with a mouth moves it, one without does not. Voices · Lines.
Mixed casts
A human and a talking cat in the same shot is fine: name both with @, say who is where. The scene’s automatic AI 3D staging places them like any two characters. Keep the creature’s size in the description — knee-high, fits in a palm — so the shot scales it right.
| You want | Write | Style |
|---|---|---|
| A cartoon orange with a face | The fruit, the face, the limbs it has, where it sits | 3D Toy Cartoon, Feature 3D, 2D Cel Shading |
| A real cat | Breed, colouring, size, one mark; Clothing empty | Realistic HD or any animation |
| A robot | Shape, material, what moves, face or screen, how it moves | Any |
| A talking lamp | Cast it as a character; describe the lamp | Any |
FAQ
Can I make a fruit drama on SceneMixer?
Yes. Write the fruit as characters, pick an animation style, and follow the same steps as any drama.
Will my cat character be drawn as a person in a cat costume?
Not if the description says it is a cat and gives it no clothes. The sheet follows the description.
How does a fruit get a voice?
Like any character: a voice description in step 2, then match, pick or upload.
Can a creature and a person share a shot?
Yes. Name both with @ and give the creature a size in its description.
Does a non-human character cost more?
No. Images and video are priced the same for every character.
Cast a bowl of fruit
Write them a script, pick a cartoon style, and let the reading build the cast.
Updated September 26, 2026
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