Bespoke illustrated storybooks

A story written only for you

Send us your people and your moment: a child, a couple, grandparents, the whole family. We write an original story around them, illustrate every page, and bind a hardcover that exists in one copy: yours.

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You approve a proof before printing · Hardcover and shipping included, from $137.50

Sample spread from a personalized storybook in the Watercolour Storybook illustration style

Fableself

you are the fable

Watercolour Storybook

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One photo, twenty-four worlds

The same faces. Any world you like.

Pick a story, then change the world around it. The people from the photo stay recognisably themselves in every style.

The photo

In the book

Ghibli Inspired

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Sample work; the photos are illustrative.

Your faces, your story

Made-to-order hardcover

Twenty-four illustration worlds

Watercolour StorybookGhibli InspiredDark FantasyVintage EngravingModern FlatImpressionistJapanese WoodblockPencil SketchRisographArt NouveauFolk TaleCinematic3D AnimationComic BookPop ArtGothic StorybookManga (B&W)Cartoon SitcomChalk PastelRetro Mid-CenturyAnime ShoujoScandinavian MinimalMinimalist Line ArtLow PolyWatercolour StorybookGhibli InspiredDark FantasyVintage EngravingModern FlatImpressionistJapanese WoodblockPencil SketchRisographArt NouveauFolk TaleCinematic3D AnimationComic BookPop ArtGothic StorybookManga (B&W)Cartoon SitcomChalk PastelRetro Mid-CenturyAnime ShoujoScandinavian MinimalMinimalist Line ArtLow Poly

The twenty-four worlds

Pick the world your story lives in

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Every book is illustrated start to finish in one of twenty-four hand-tuned styles. Choose the one that feels like you, we take care of the rest.

Watercolour Storybook

Soft washes and tender light, the classic picture-book feeling, painted warm.

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Ghibli Inspired

Lush worlds full of wind, grass and wonder, in the great anime tradition.

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Dark Fantasy

Candlelit, moody and rich, for stories with a little magic and mystery in them.

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Vintage Engraving

Fine etched lines and sepia tones, like a treasured book from another century.

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Modern Flat

Bold shapes, clean colour, playful and bright, a thoroughly modern storybook.

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Impressionist

Loose brushwork and dappled light, as if your story were painted en plein air.

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Japanese Woodblock

Flat planes of colour and bold outlines in the serene ukiyo-e tradition.

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Pencil Sketch

Delicate graphite drawing, intimate and quiet, like pages from an artist's sketchbook.

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+16The rest are in the full gallery, every one with a real sample render.See all twenty-four styles →

See all twenty-four styles

How it works

From your photos to a bound book

01
You tell the story
Choose a style, name your people, share a few photos, and answer a short story interview, about four minutes.
02
We write it
An original story is written around your moment, your characters, your details, your tone. AI writes the prose, an editor reads it and fixes what needs fixing. Never a template.
03
We illustrate it
Every spread is illustrated with AI in the style you chose, then checked until the characters actually look like the people in your photos. Any page that misses is redrawn.
04
We bind & ship it
You approve a proof first. Then your book is printed as a hardcover and shipped to your door.

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Stories already written

Sample books, made from real faces

These went through the same process yours will, from one phone photo to a bound hardcover.

These images are digital mockup previews of our sample book designs, not photographs of printed copies. The photos are shared for display, with permission.

Open hardcover book showing a watercolour illustrated spread of a couple

A love story, in watercolour

One photo of a couple became a tender watercolour world, their faces recognisable on every page, painted soft and warm for an anniversary that deserved more than a card.

Hardcover book cover with a watercolour portrait of a couple

The open hardcover held by a fireplace, a watercolour couple on the page

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Open hardcover book showing a vintage comic style illustrated spread

An everyday hero, in vintage comic

A single selfie turned into a full comic-book epic, bold inks, halftone skies and one very recognisable heroine. Made as a birthday surprise that refuses to be forgotten.