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Draw your kid. We'll paint them for you.
Tap a few choices and watch a sketch of your child appear. Then we paint it, and every picture in their stories starts from that face.
- A free painted portrait of your kid, sent to your inbox
- Tap a few picks, or use a photo if you like (totally optional)
- No card, no password, about a minute
Kids hunt for themselves in the pictures. Not a kid a bit like them. Them. The curls that won't lie flat. The glasses they picked out themselves. The gap where a tooth came out last Tuesday.
For a long time, the only way to tell us what your child looks like was to type it out. And words are slippery. "Brown hair" covers half the playground. So the pictures came out close, but not quite them.
So we made a better way. Instead of describing your child, you show us. You tap what fits, and a sketch fills in as you go. When it looks right, we paint it.
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How it works
- Tap what fits. Skin, hair, eyes, a hairstyle. Every tap changes the sketch straight away, so you can see if it's right.
- Skip anything you're not sure about. "Not sure" is always an answer. We'd rather leave something out than guess it wrong.
- We paint it. In our watercolour storybook style, in about half a minute. That painting becomes the face in every story.
Here's Sam drawing Ollie, start to finish.
Now you try!
This is the quick version of our studio: six steps, starting with their name. Nothing leaves your browser until you ask us to paint, and the painting is yours to keep, free.
Welcome back! We kept your picks for .
Who are we drawing?
Start with the name they'll see on every page. Nicknames are perfect.
They're…
A teddy bear, a robot, a dragon, a talking teapot: anything that isn't a person or an animal.
Pronouns · optional
How old is ? How old does seem?
So the pictures and the words fit them just right.
Years old
Babies
Older
Exactly how old? (optional)
What is ?
Tell us what they are and how they look, and we'll draw them just right.
How should we draw them?
Their colours
's skin
Pick whatever's closest. Not sure? Skip it.
Have a photo of ? We can fill these in for you.
Looking closely…
Filled in from your photo. Change anything that's not quite right.
Totally optional. We look once to pick the closest matches, then delete it.
A hint: veins look blue or purple on cool skin and green on warm, or think of whether silver or gold suits them best. Not sure? Skip it.
's face
The shape of it, from the cheeks down to the chin.
's nose and ears
Small things that make a big difference to a likeness.
's eyes
They're what make a face theirs. Pick what fits, skip what doesn't.
The colour above is the eye on the left as you look at them. The other eye:
's eyebrows
They do a lot of the talking. Pick what's closest.
Colour
's lips
Their shape and colour, and how wide the mouth is.
's smile
Every smile is different. Pick what's closest.
's facial hair
Start from the closest, then fine-tune any part. None at all is an answer too.
How the moustache is worn
Does the moustache meet the beard?
How high it comes up the cheeks
How wide on the chin
The bottom of the beard
Down the neck
How it grows: straight, wavy, curly…
Colour
Going grey?
How thickly it grows
Anything in it, or done to it
And 's hair?
Dyed and bright
The second colour
How does wear it?
The way you'd see them on an ordinary day.
You picked a bald head, so there's nothing to style. Anything in the Body step (like a hat they always wear) still shows.
Pick as many as fit, from anywhere in the list.
Short cuts
Worn down
Tied up
Braids, twists and locs
, head to toe
The stories show them from head to toe, so a little about their build helps.
Always with them
Anything they wear or use every day, so they're drawn the way you know them.
On their head or face
Faith and culture
Getting around
Health
For little ones
The little things
The bits that make it look like . Pick any that fit.
So they're drawn as themselves, gently and accurately.
Lines and marks
Creases, freckly patches, birthmarks and scars: what makes a face 's own.
Pick one, then tap where it is on 's sketch. Now tap the sketch where it goes. Tap a mark to remove it.
Save 's new look?
What's changed
Nothing about the look has changed.
We'll redraw 's character sheet and portrait from the new look. Stories already made keep their pictures.
Paint for real?
Tell us where to keep , and we'll paint their portrait in our storybook style while you watch.
We'll keep in an account with this email. There's no password for now: we'll email you a link to set one. See our privacy policy.
Ready to paint ?
We'll paint 's portrait from everything you've picked. It's worth one more look at the sketch first.
If something isn't quite right, you can change the look and repaint . After that, this portrait is the one we'll use.
Repaint ?
What's changed
Nothing's changed yet, so there's nothing to repaint.
Subscribers get an extra repaint.
Painting …
Every pick you made is going into it. It takes about half a minute.
is saved
The portrait will be on 's page as soon as it's painted.
Meet !
Painted from your picks.
Now, who is ?
The look is done. Now tell us what makes , .
Every kid, drawn properly
Kids don't come in a handful of presets, so the studio doesn't either.
9
skin tones
44
hairstyles
High-top, Bun, Messy bun, Two puffs…
21
hair colours
36
things they always have with them
Nazar charm, Prosthetic leg, Prosthetic arm, Guide dog…
16
little details
A missing tooth, A squint, Some vitiligo, Albinism…
Here are a few we made while building it, each with the sketch it started as. Hover over one (or tap it) to see exactly what was picked.
Grown-ups count too. A grandparent, a favourite aunt, the dog, the stuffed rabbit that goes everywhere. If they're in your kid's life, they can be in the story.
Want every detail? Use the full studio
The studio above is the quick version. The full studio goes much further, one easy step at a time:
- The whole face: face shape, jaw and chin, nose and ears, eye shape and eyelids, eyebrows, lips and smile.
- All the hair: highlights and a second colour, bangs, the part, hair clips and bows.
- The little things: freckles, dimples, braces, a missing tooth, birthmarks you place right on the sketch.
- What they always have with them: glasses, hearing aids, a hijab or a kippah, a wheelchair, a favourite toy.
- Grown-ups, pets and more: beards built area by area for dads and grandads, plus dogs, cats, teddies and dragons.
And if you'd rather not tap through it all, there's a shortcut in both: share a photo (it's on the skin step of the studio above, too). The studio looks at it once, fills in every pick it can see, and then the photo is deleted. You check the sketch, change anything that's not quite right, and paint.
A photo HoverTap to compare
- Brown skin
- Grey hair
- Loose, springy curls
- Short hair
- Dark brown eyes
- Glasses
- Dimples
- Rosy cheeks
- Earrings
- A smile showing their top teeth
- Eyes that crinkle almost shut when they smile
- Laugh lines from the nose to the corners of the mouth
- +17 more
What the studio read
The sketch Painting… Move across it
- Attach
- Upload
- Read
- Delete the photo
- Sketch
- Paint
Then: who they are
A face is only half a character. After the painting, there's a short chat about who your kid is: what they love, who's in their life, what makes them brave. It takes a few minutes, and it's what makes the stories feel written for them.
From the look and the chat, we draw a character sheet: every angle, every expression, and the things they love doing. Every picture in every story starts from it, so it's your kid on the first page, and on the last.
Questions people ask
Ready? Let's get drawing!
A name and a few taps. We'll do the painting, and it's free.