Realistic look-alike
Soft watercolour painting where faces stay as close as possible to the photos you added.
Great for: Gifts for grandparents and stories where everyone should recognise themselves.
🎨 Picture tip
Pick the look of your book
Every picture in your book is drawn in one art style. Here is a sample of each one, with what it looks like and the kinds of stories it suits. Choose the one that feels most like your story.
About faces: Realistic look-alike keeps faces as close as it can to your photos. Every other style turns your characters into that style, so they keep things like hair, skin tone and glasses but look more like a drawing. Once the first picture is drawn, the style stays the same for the whole book.
Watercolour
Gentle washes of paint that blend into each other on textured paper, with soft edges.
Great for: Calm bedtime stories, nature adventures and dreamy, cosy moments.
Studio Ghibli
Hand-drawn animation with expressive faces and richly painted skies and countryside.
Great for: Magical journeys, friendly creatures and big, beautiful landscapes.
Crayon drawing
Waxy crayon strokes and bright colours, like a picture drawn at the kitchen table.
Great for: Younger readers and stories that should feel like the child drew them.
Storybook
Classic painted picture-book art with warm colours and lots of detail to spot.
Great for: Fairy tales, adventures and stories that should feel like a bookshop favourite.
Cartoon
Bold outlines, simple shapes and flat, bright colours that are easy to read.
Great for: Funny stories, silly characters and fast-moving action.
Anime
Japanese-style drawing with crisp lines, big expressive eyes and bold shading.
Great for: Heroes, quests, sports and stories full of big feelings.
Pixar 3D
Smooth 3D characters that look like an animated film, with cinematic lighting.
Great for: Exciting adventures and stories that should feel like a movie.
Felt art
Everything is made from fuzzy felt and wool, with tiny stitches you can almost touch.
Great for: Cosy, gentle stories, toys that come alive and little ones' bedtime books.
Claymation
Characters and sets sculpted from modelling clay, like a stop-motion film.
Great for: Funny, playful stories and characters with lots of personality.
Scribble
Fast, loopy pen scribbles in bright colours, full of energy, like a lively doodle.
Great for: Wild, energetic stories and authors who love to doodle.
Sketch
Pencil drawings in grey with careful shading, like an artist's sketchbook.
Great for: Mysteries, explorers' journals and stories with a thoughtful, classic feel.