Art styles

Seven ways to repaint your child’s world

Upload one photo and we redraw your child in the medium you choose — their face is painted, drawn or sculpted in that style on every page, never a cut-out photo pasted into a picture. The style you pick is used for all 24 pages, the downloadable A4 file and any printed copies.

Soft Watercolor storybook illustration sample

Soft Watercolor

Warm washes, soft edges, classic bedtime feel.

Translucent washes bleed gently into cold-pressed paper, with delicate ink lines and quiet shadows. The calmest of the seven — perfect for sleepy bedtime reading and for families who love traditional picture books.

Make a book in Soft Watercolor
Flat Gouache storybook illustration sample

Flat Gouache

Bold flat shapes and confident colour.

Opaque matte paint in bold, simplified shapes with crisp hand-painted edges and rich blocks of colour. A mid-century storybook look that reads beautifully from across a room — great for younger children and for framing pages.

Make a book in Flat Gouache
Hand-drawn Pencil storybook illustration sample

Hand-drawn Pencil

Pencil lines with quiet colour.

Layered coloured-pencil strokes, warm sketch lines and softly hatched shadows over cream paper. Muted and intimate, like a keepsake sketchbook someone filled just for your child.

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Paper Collage storybook illustration sample

Paper Collage

Torn paper layers and playful texture.

Every scene is built from cut and torn handmade paper with visible fibres and soft physical shadows. Tactile, modern and full of craft-table charm — children love spotting the layers.

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Soft 3D Animation storybook illustration sample

Soft 3D Animation

Warm 3D animated-film look, soft light, round friendly characters.

Rounded, friendly characters lit like a modern animated film, with soft skin, big expressive eyes and gentle depth of field. The favourite of children who love animated movies.

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Crayon storybook illustration sample

Crayon

Chunky waxy strokes and playful kid-drawn charm.

Thick waxy strokes, wobbly outlines and cheerful saturated colour with the paper grain showing through. It looks like your child could have drawn it themselves — joyful and completely unfussy.

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Ink & Wash storybook illustration sample

Ink & Wash

Fine ink lines with gentle colour washes, classic storybook feel.

Fine pen linework with light translucent washes and delicate cross-hatching on warm cream paper. The most timeless, heirloom-feeling style — think classic English nursery illustration.

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