Video · Creator

TikTok character

RecommendedRecurring character, daily uploads

ElevenLabs gives you a consistent voice; Pika + Runway hold a consistent look across episodes; CapCut ships them.

VIDEOCREATORINTERMEDIATEIntermediateFrom $50/mo
The stack
Claude
Character bible + script

Long context lets you keep the persona, voice, and arc consistent over weeks.

$20/mo Pro · API $3/M tokensAlts: ChatGPT
ElevenLabs
Character voice

One cloned/marketplace voice = recognizable in 0.3s of audio. Worth it.

$5/mo Starter · $22/mo Creator
Pika
Visual style

Pick a Pika style preset and lock it. Runway is too photoreal for cartoon characters.

Free · $10/mo StandardAlts: Runway
CapCut
Edit

Vertical-first, captions, fast.

Free · $9/mo Pro
Real monthly cost
small
$50/mo
1 ep / day
  • claude$20
  • elevenlabs$22
  • pika$10
  • capcutFree
medium
$92/mo
1 ep + 3 shorts / day
  • claude$20
  • elevenlabs$22
  • pika$50 Pro
  • capcutFree
heavy
$310/mo
Multi-character agency
  • claude$80 API
  • elevenlabs$99
  • pika$50
  • + misc$81
Workflow
  1. 1
    Lock the bibleClaude

    Claude project: persona, voice, visual style, recurring beats.

    Prompt · Character bible scaffold
    Build a character bible for a recurring short-form video character.
    
    Working idea: {{1-line concept, e.g. "a sarcastic raccoon who reviews tech"}}
    Niche: {{e.g. consumer tech, finance for Gen Z, parenting fails}}
    Format: 60-second daily videos, vertical, AI-generated visuals.
    
    Output the bible in this exact structure:
    
    1. **Persona** (120 words): name, age, occupation, where they "live", what they care about, what they hate. Specific, not generic.
    2. **Voice** (80 words): cadence, pet phrases (list 5), what they NEVER say, sample line.
    3. **Visual style** (60 words): art direction (one reference if helpful), color palette, camera angle defaults, costume / accessories that recur.
    4. **Recurring beats** (5): the 5 episode formats this character can rotate through (e.g. "rant review", "explain like I'm tired").
    5. **Hard rules** (list 5): things the character must never do — to keep them recognizable.
    
    Save this as the project context for every future episode prompt.
  2. 2
    Daily scriptClaude

    Pull the bible + today's news; Claude writes 60s of dialogue.

    Prompt · 60-second daily script
    Use the character bible from this project.
    
    Today's beat: {{e.g. "rant review of Apple's new Vision Pro update"}}
    Source material:
    """
    {{paste 1 to 2 articles, tweets, or screenshots-as-text}}
    """
    
    Write a 60-second script (about 150 spoken words) in character voice.
    
    Structure:
    - 0:00 to 0:03 — Hook line. Specific, in voice, no "today we're talking about".
    - 0:03 to 0:45 — Body. 3 beats. One concrete fact or quote per beat.
    - 0:45 to 0:60 — Payoff line. Punchy, in voice, leaves the viewer with one idea.
    
    Format the output as:
    [0:00] Line spoken on screen
    [B-ROLL: what's visible behind the line]
    
    Stay under 160 words. No "subscribe for more". No filler.
  3. 3
    Voice + visualsPika

    ElevenLabs renders the line; Pika renders the scene; mash in CapCut.

  4. 4
    ShipCapCut

    Upload at 6pm local. CapCut auto-suggests caption variants.

What it produced
Character account, 90k followers in 4 months

Brand: a sarcastic raccoon who reviews tech. Daily 60s episodes. Two sponsorships in month 4 at $1,200 each.

Common pitfalls
Visual drift

Pika style preset only carries you so far; lock a seed + a reference image, re-render if it slips.

Voice sounding generic on day 30

Re-clone every 60 days as ElevenLabs models update; pin a sample line for QA.

Other ways to do TikTok character account
Curated by @ryan-c
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