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6 posts on this topic.
22 September 2026 · 6 min read
The two kinds of personalised children's book
The difference between a book with your child's name woven into a fixed story and one where your child is drawn on every page, and where each kind stops.
22 September 2026 · 6 min read
How to make a picture book starring your child
A step-by-step walkthrough of making a personalised picture book where your child stays recognisable on every page, from a few photos to a print-ready PDF.
31 August 2026 · 6 min read
The cast and the sets: the art that holds a book together
The hero’s face is the famous consistency problem. The friend, the teacher and every classroom are the harder one. Here’s the reference art behind it.
18 August 2026 · 5 min read
The four locks behind a consistent AI picture book
Character consistency across a whole book isn’t a prompt trick. It takes four specific locks, and here’s what each one does and why it matters.
17 August 2026 · 4 min read
Why AI picture books drift, and how we stop it
Image models are stateless, so page four forgets page three. This is why it happens, and how a locked Character Sheet keeps one child recognisable.
14 August 2026 · 4 min read
Why AI art usually isn’t print-ready, and how we fix it
Most AI art looks fine on a screen and falls apart in print. This is what “print-ready” really means, and how Once Books exports it for you.