Sumi-e Wash style

Make explainer videos in a sumi-e wash style: black ink brushwork on paper, drawn scene by scene with narration. Calm and slow, few strokes, much space.

Updated 23 July 2026

Make a video in this style
Sumi-e Wash style
Short answer: The sumi-e style draws in black ink brushwork with soft washes on paper, few strokes and a lot of space. It suits calm and reflective subjects, philosophy, wellbeing or craft, where the drawing should slow the viewer down instead of pushing information at them.

Every scene of your video is drawn in the Sumi-e Wash style, so the whole thing feels like one hand from start to finish.

Give explain.ink a topic, your own script, or a document. It writes the story, draws it in the Sumi-e Wash look, and records the narration. You get a finished MP4 to download, no watermark.