Visual Storytelling with AI: Create Consistent Illustrated Stories
A course by Jaime Sanjuan Ocabo
, Digital Painter and Illustrator
Digital Painter and Illustrator.
Zaragoza, Spain.
Joined December 2013
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Joined December 2013
Visual storytelling with AI for graphic novels, Freepik Spaces, character design, coherent environments, professional sequences
Joined December 2013
Learn how to turn loose ideas into a clear visual story using AI. Illustrator Jaime Sanjuan walks you through shaping your story world, writing a practical visual brief and turning it into a unified graphic style with Freepik, Freepik Spaces and ChatGPT. You’ll design characters whose anatomy, clothes and expressions stay consistent, and build environments that feel lived‑in rather than pasted behind them.
You’ll dive into style, composition, lighting, colour and visual storytelling so your images read as parts of the same universe. As you go, you’ll place characters in different scenes, guide their gestures and emotions and arrange everything into a finished page ready for a portfolio, editorial pitch or concept art project.
For illustrators, designers and visual storytellers who want to use AI as a creative partner without losing control over story or style.
What will you learn in this online course?
6 lessons & 3 downloads
What's included in this course?
You’ll take a rough idea and turn it into an illustrated story that actually hangs together, using AI to support your creativity rather than replace it. Early on, you’ll pin down the mood and look you want, then shape that into a brief you can rely on when making artistic choices. You’ll also settle on a visual style inside Freepik so light, color, texture and composition feel like they belong in the same world.
From there, you’ll design main and secondary characters that stay recognizable from one scene to the next, build environments with real depth, and assemble everything in Freepik Spaces to create full scenes. To wrap it up, you’ll lay out a complete narrative page, thinking about pacing, framing and where the text goes, so the final sequence reads smoothly and is polished enough for a portfolio.
- 100% positive reviews (2)
- 227 students
- 6 lessons (1h 19m)
- 3 additional resources (2 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: Spanish, German, English, Italian, Portuguese
- Spanish · English · Italian · Portuguese · German
- Level: Beginner
- Unlimited access forever
ChatGPT
FreepikWhat is this course's project?
You will develop a coherent visual narrative using artificial intelligence, creating an illustrated universe with its own unique style. You will design consistent characters and settings, integrating scenes to build a solid narrative sequence, ready for portfolios, editorial presentations, or professional projects.
Who is this online course for?
For illustrators, designers, and visual storytellers who already tinker with AI images and want to move past one‑off prompts into a steady, cohesive world. If you're trying to shape proper graphic‑novel pages, storyboards, or a project you wouldn’t mind putting in a portfolio, this is your spot.
Requirements and materials
You don’t need any special background. If you can use a computer, have a steady internet connection, a Freepik account or trial, and a curiosity for visual stories or comics—even if you can’t draw—you’re set. Just bring a bit of willingness to play with AI tools and prompts.
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Jaime Sanjuan Ocabo
A course by Jaime Sanjuan Ocabo
Jaime Sanjuán is a digital designer, illustrator, and painter. He studied fine art at the University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, where he learned traditional artistic techniques such as oil painting, pastels, clay modeling, etc. However, he decided to swap his brushes and studio for an iPad and the Procreate app, which give him the possibility to explore countless techniques without needing much space and using only his fingers.
Jaime has always been fascinated by realist and hyperrealist painting. It's this aesthetic that he always seeks in his paintings and illustrations, which are full of double meanings and impossible realities. This very particular vision and a highly refined technique have earned him international recognition such as the Communication Arts Award, the American Illustration Award, and the Latin American Illustration Award, enabling him to see his work exhibited in galleries and museums around the world.
Content
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Visual Storytelling with AI: Create Consistent Illustrated Stories
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Define the Story and Build the Visual Universe
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Create a personal visual style and keep it consistent
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Coherent and Consistent Character Design
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Narrative Environments and Visual Atmosphere
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Bringing scenes together with AI in Spaces
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Final sequence: build and present your narrative page
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Final project
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FAQs
The course teaches how to combine ChatGPT for narrative development with Freepik and Seedream 4.5 to generate consistent characters and settings, integrating both to build a professional AI-powered graphic novel.
Yes, the course is intermediate level and designed for those with basic digital illustration skills who want to apply AI in graphic novel creation.
You’ll need access to ChatGPT, Freepik (including Seedream 4.5 and Space), Magnific, Photoshop, and Procreate. A computer with a stable internet connection is also recommended.
You’ll learn how to craft stories with ChatGPT, design consistent characters and settings in Freepik, create custom visual styles, organize assets, and professionally layout graphic novel pages.
The course guides you in defining specific traits and using prompts and custom models to keep character visuals consistent across all illustrations.
Yes, you’ll learn how to create and train custom visual styles in Freepik, applying them consistently to characters, settings, and panels throughout your graphic novel.
No programming knowledge is required. The course focuses on creatively using accessible, visual AI tools without needing advanced technical skills.
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Freepik
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