PICTURES
The same girl on page eleven as on page two
Keeping a character consistent across twenty pictures is the hard part of an illustrated book. It is most of what we work on.
No card, no password. One book to keep, whatever you decide after.
Reference sheets first
Before any page is drawn, everyone appearing in the book gets a reference sheet: what they look like, what they are wearing, how tall they are next to the others. Each page is then drawn with the sheets for the characters on it, which is what stops the hero quietly turning into somebody else by the end.
Nothing is drawn until you say so
The story is written, then everything stops. You read the words and the picture instructions, change whatever you like, and only then press the button. It is the single most useful thing in the app, and it exists because a book you did not want is worse than no book at all.
Every picture is checked
Each illustration is reviewed against what the page actually says before it is kept, and redrawn if it does not match. If one page still comes out wrong, you can redo that picture on its own without touching the rest of the book.
Full pages for the youngest
For a three year old the picture is the story, so their books are drawn edge to edge with the words set into the artwork. Older children get a layout with more room for text.
Where it still slips
Consistency is very good and not perfect. Hands, crowds and complicated actions are the usual places a picture comes out odd, and you can regenerate any single page when it does. We would rather tell you that than have you find out at bedtime.
Tonight's story could have her name in it
It takes about ten minutes to make the first one, and you keep it whether or not you ever pay us a cent.
No card, no password. One book to keep, whatever you decide after.