Twenty visual directions

Choose the world your child's story will live in.

The illustration style is selected when a book begins and follows its pages, revisions, and cover so the finished story feels visually connected.

Start a book How it works

Drawn and painted

Classic watercolor
Painterly gouache
Pencil sketch
Kids' doodle
Chalk art
Woodland ink
Folk print

Graphic and playful

Bold cartoon
Clean vector
Sticker chaos
MS Paint
Retro TV cartoon
Soft colorful
Original soft colorful
3D animated

Made from materials

Cut-paper collage
Clay diorama
Plush toy
Sock puppet
LEGO-like bricks

Choose for the feeling, not the genre

A quiet story can be made from bright bricks, and a wild adventure can be drawn in pencil. Ask the child which picture feels like the world they want to visit rather than trying to match a fixed genre rule.