Creative Illustration Factory
Generate professional illustrations for books, editorial content, children's stories, and creative projects.
Setup
- Needs env:
OPENAI_API_KEY
Quick Start
Generate a simple illustration:
python3 ~/Projects/agent-scripts/skills/creative-illustration/scripts/illustrate.py \
--subject "a cozy cottage in an enchanted forest"
Generate with specific style:
python3 ~/Projects/agent-scripts/skills/creative-illustration/scripts/illustrate.py \
--subject "a robot learning to paint" \
--style "watercolor" \
--mood "whimsical"
Generate a story sequence:
python3 ~/Projects/agent-scripts/skills/creative-illustration/scripts/illustrate.py \
--subject "Alice discovers a tiny door" \
--subject "Alice shrinks down" \
--subject "Alice enters Wonderland" \
--style "whimsical illustration" \
--mood "magical"
Illustration Types
Book Illustrations
chapter-opener
- Full-page chapter opening scenecharacter-intro
- Character introduction portraitlandscape-scene
- Wide landscape establishing shotaction-moment
- Dynamic action or pivotal momentemotional-scene
- Emotional or dramatic scenecover-art
- Book cover illustration style
Editorial / Magazine Art
conceptual-art
- Abstract conceptual illustrationinfo-graphic
- Informational illustration styleportrait-editorial
- Editorial portraitspot-illustration
- Small spot illustrationfull-page-spread
- Magazine full-page spread
Children's Book Art
picture-book
- Classic picture book illustrationwhimsical
- Playful and imaginative styleeducational
- Educational book illustrationbedtime-story
- Soft, calming bedtime story artadventure-map
- Adventure map or treasure map
Concept Art
environment-concept
- Environmental concept artcharacter-concept
- Character design conceptprop-concept
- Object or prop designstoryboard
- Storyboard panel stylemood-board
- Mood board aesthetic
Styles
Traditional Media
watercolor
- Watercolor painting with soft edgesoil-painting
- Rich oil painting texturecharcoal-sketch
- Charcoal drawing styleink-wash
- Ink wash / sumi-e stylepastel
- Soft pastel drawingcolored-pencil
- Colored pencil illustrationgouache
- Gouache opaque watercoloracrylic
- Acrylic painting stylelino-cut
- Linocut printmaking stylewoodcut
- Woodcut print aesthetic
Digital Styles
digital-painting
- Digital paintingvector-illustration
- Clean vector artflat-design
- Flat design aestheticisometric
- Isometric perspectivepixel-art
- Retro pixel artconcept-art
- Game/film concept art stylecel-shaded
- Cel shaded animation stylelow-poly
- Low poly 3D aesthetic
Book & Print Styles
picture-book
- Classic picture bookstorybook-illustration
- Vintage storybook arteditorial-illustration
- Magazine editorialnewspaper-engraving
- Newspaper engraving styleposter-art
- Vintage poster designwoodblock-print
- Japanese woodblock printscreen-print
- Screen print aesthetic
Mood
whimsical
- Playful and imaginativemagical
- Magical and enchantingmysterious
- Mysterious and intriguingpeaceful
- Calm and serenedramatic
- Dramatic and intensenostalgic
- Warm and nostalgicgloomy
- Dark and atmosphericvibrant
- Bright and energeticromantic
- Soft and romanticquirky
- Quirky and eccentric
Parameters
--subject
- Illustration subject/description (repeatable for batch)--type
- Illustration type (default: illustration)--style
- Artistic style (default: watercolor)--mood
- Mood/atmosphere (default: peaceful)--palette
- Color palette suggestion--composition
- Composition guidance (e.g., "wide shot", "close-up")--count
- Number of variants per subject (default: 1)--out-dir
- Output directory (default: ~/Projects/tmp/creative-illustration-*)--size
- Image size: 1024x1024, 1792x1024, 1024x1792 (default: 1024x1024)--quality
- high/standard (default: high)--model
- OpenAI image model (default: gpt-image-1.5)--api-key
- OpenAI API key (or use OPENAI_API_KEY env)
Advanced Examples
Children's book page:
python3 ~/Projects/agent-scripts/skills/creative-illustration/scripts/illustrate.py \
--subject "a curious rabbit with a pocket watch" \
--type "picture-book" \
--style "watercolor" \
--mood "whimsical" \
--palette "pastel"
Editorial concept art:
python3 ~/Projects/agent-scripts/skills/creative-illustration/scripts/illustrate.py \
--subject "AI and humanity working together" \
--type "conceptual-art" \
--style "vector-illustration" \
--mood "optimistic" \
--composition "symbolic"
Story sequence:
python3 ~/Projects/agent-scripts/skills/creative-illustration/scripts/illustrate.py \
--subject "Hero finds an ancient map" \
--subject "Hero deciphers mysterious symbols" \
--subject "Hero discovers a hidden passage" \
--subject "Hero enters the forgotten temple" \
--style "storybook-illustration" \
--mood "mysterious" \
--palette "earth tones"
Full custom prompt:
python3 ~/Projects/agent-scripts/skills/creative-illustration/scripts/illustrate.py \
--prompt "A magical treehouse library nestled among ancient redwoods, spiral staircase winding up the trunk, lanterns hanging from branches, books floating in mid-air, warm golden light streaming through leaves, detailed watercolor illustration style, whimsical and enchanting"
Color Palettes
pastel
- Soft pastel colorsearth tones
- Natural browns, greens, goldsvibrant
- Bright saturated colorsmuted
- Desaturated, subtle colorsmonochrome
- Single color variationsjewel tones
- Rich ruby, emerald, sapphireautumn
- Orange, red, yellow, brownwinter
- Blue, white, silver, purpletropical
- Bright greens, teals, pinksvintage
- Warm sepia, faded tones
Composition
wide shot
- Wide establishing sceneclose-up
- Intimate close-uppanoramic
- Panoramic landscaperule-of-thirds
- Balanced rule of thirdscentered
- Centered subjectdiagonal
- Dynamic diagonal compositiontriangular
- Triangular compositioncircular
- Circular / spiral compositionsymmetrical
- Perfectly symmetricalasymmetrical
- Asymmetrical balance
Output
*.png
- Illustration imagesprompts.json
- All prompts usedindex.html
- Illustration gallery
Project Templates
Children's Book (4-6 images)
python3 ~/Projects/agent-scripts/skills/creative-illustration/scripts/illustrate.py \
--subject "Girl finds a magical seed" \
--subject "Seed grows into a glowing plant" \
--subject "Plant reveals a tiny fairy" \
--subject "Fairy shows girl a secret garden" \
--subject "Girl shares garden with friends" \
--type "picture-book" \
--style "watercolor" \
--mood "whimsical"
Magazine Editorial (1-2 images)
python3 ~/Projects/agent-scripts/skills/creative-illustration/scripts/illustrate.py \
--subject "The future of sustainable cities" \
--type "conceptual-art" \
--style "vector-illustration" \
--mood "optimistic" \
--count 2
Fantasy Story Chapter Opener (1 image)
python3 ~/Projects/agent-scripts/skills/creative-illustration/scripts/illustrate.py \
--subject "The dragon's treasure hoard under ancient runes" \
--type "chapter-opener" \
--style "oil-painting" \
--mood "dramatic" \
--palette "jewel tones"
