Creating Illustrated Stories

What are Illustrated Stories?

Illustrated Stories turn book scenes into AI-generated comic-style panels (bandes dessinées). Each panel includes an illustration and the scene text, creating a visual narrative of the book.

How to Create a Story

  1. Open the AI Chat in the reader.
  2. Ask the chatbot to illustrate a scene — for example: "Illustrate the scene where the protagonist arrives at the castle."
  3. The AI generates a comics-style illustration using Google Gemini image generation.
  4. Multiple scenes can be combined into a full illustrated story.

Storybook Viewer

Illustrated stories have their own viewer with panel-by-panel navigation, TTS narration for each panel, and a cinematic reading experience.

Sharing Stories

Each illustrated story gets a unique shareable link. You can share it with friends — they can view the story even without an account.

Note on Poetry Books

For poetry books, illustrations focus on mood, atmosphere, and symbolism rather than literal scene depictions — similar to how illustrated poetry editions work in traditional publishing.

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