Have you ever been troubled by creating a cartoon picture book? The first step to making a successful cartoon picture book is to have an appealing theme. However, choosing the right theme is not always easy. Sometimes you may find yourself stuck in a dilemma, unable to decide on a topic. After all, creating a picture book requires time and effort, and you don’t want to waste these resources on an unpopular or outdated theme. Moreover, with so many cartoon picture books in the market, finding a unique point to attract readers can be quite challenging.
Children’s Books
Magic Words: children’s books
Formula: Character + Scene + children’s books
Auxiliary Words: Thick lines, cute, illustration
Generating Story Scripts with GPT
Using GPT to generate children’s books can create rich and varied storylines, characters, and scenes, satisfying children’s needs for different types of stories and stimulating their imagination and reading interest. If we want to create a fairy tale script, we can follow the method below.
Complete Script:
Scene 1: Forest
Little Rabbit, Little Bear, and Little Bird are walking in the forest
Little Rabbit: Hey, Little Bear and Little Bird, I have an idea! Why don’t we go on an adventure?
Little Bear: Wow, that sounds exciting! Where should we go?
Little Bird: Yes! We can explore the depths of the forest and discover some magical things!
Little Rabbit: Great! Let’s bravely face the unknown and enjoy this adventure together!
Scene 2: On the Adventure
Little Rabbit, Little Bear, and Little Bird start their adventure, passing through a dense forest
Little Rabbit: Wow, this place is beautiful! Look, there’s a small hill over there. Let’s go check it out!
Little Bear: Good idea! We can climb the hill and see the surrounding scenery.
Little Bird: Be careful, everyone. Let’s hold hands and go up together!
They climb the hill together, amazed by the view from the top
Little Rabbit: Wow, the scenery here is beautiful! Look, there’s a lake over there. Let’s explore it!
Scene 3: The Lake
Little Rabbit, Little Bear, and Little Bird arrive at the lake and see a small boat floating in the water
Little Bear: This boat looks interesting! Let’s get on and have a ride.
Little Rabbit: Good idea! We can row to the other side of the lake and see what’s there.
Little Bird: I’ll fly above and watch over you to ensure safety!
They row the boat together, enjoying the beauty of the lake
Scene 4: The Adventure’s Rewards
Little Rabbit, Little Bear, and Little Bird return to the starting point and rest under a big tree
Little Rabbit: This adventure was amazing! We saw so many beautiful sceneries and made new friends.
Little Bear: Yes, and we also became braver! Thank you for suggesting the adventure, Little Rabbit.
Little Bird: Our friendship has deepened! This adventure brought us closer together.
Little Rabbit: Right! No matter what happens in the future, we’ll face it together because we’re best friends!
They laugh happily together, ending the story with their friendship and courage
This is a simple children’s fairy tale script generated by GPT. You can modify and expand it according to your creativity and needs. Hopefully, you can create an interesting and educational cartoon picture book!
Example of Images Generated by MJ
Scene 1: Forest
Little Rabbit, Little Bear, and Little Bird are walking in the forest
If it were me, how would I write the prompt?
First, I want the picture book to be child-friendly, so I would include “Children’s picture books” as a prompt, followed by “Line style.” Then, I would describe the scene: “A little rabbit, a little bear, and a little bird are walking in the forest.”
Let’s see how it turns out!
Children’s picture books, Line style, A little rabbit, a little bear, and a little bird are walking in the forest –niji 5
It doesn’t quite match our expectations. Let’s try generating a few more images to see the effect.
Children’s picture books, Line style, A little rabbit, a little bear, and a little bird are walking in the forest –niji 5
Here, we encounter a problem: MJ cannot accurately interpret multi-character scenes. What should we do? We can generate individual characters and then use some post-processing techniques to combine them.
The above three images are generated individually for each character, and the effect is noticeably better.
After some adjustments, we roughly achieve the desired effect.
Scene 3: The Lake
Little Rabbit, Little Bear, and Little Bird arrive at the lake and see a small boat floating in the water
Little Bear: This boat looks interesting! Let’s get on and have a ride.
Little Rabbit: Good idea! We can row to the other side of the lake and see what’s there.
Little Bird: I’ll fly above and watch over you to ensure safety!
They row the boat together, enjoying the beauty of the lake
For such scenes, we can generate images of different characters separately.
Beautiful nature, trees, grass field, a small stream of water, a bear cub and a yellow duck in the background, sun shining, cartoon, 4k, pixelated
A small fluffy gray rabbit, visible only from behind, drinks from a rushing stream in a beautiful bright green forest, children’s book illustration style by Richard Scarry
A cute bird happily perched on a tree, children’s book illustration style
When choosing illustrations, try to select similar styles to maintain consistency in the picture book.
Summary
In summary, using AI to create cartoon picture books has advantages such as increased efficiency, diversity and innovation, scalability, and personalized customization. However, there are also some drawbacks, including lack of emotion and sentiment, challenges in creating originality, the need for human intervention, and copyright and legal issues. By weighing these pros and cons, you can combine AI technology with human creativity to achieve the best results.
