Illustrations and Editing

Understanding AI-Generated Art

Love Tales uses advanced AI technology to create unique illustrations based on your photos and story. It's important to understand how this works:

What AI Art Is

AI-generated illustrations are artistic interpretations, not photo-realistic replicas. The AI:

• Analyzes your photos to understand facial features, hair, and general appearance
• Creates original artwork inspired by these features
• Applies your chosen art style (3D, 2D Cartoon, Manga, or Watercolor)
• Generates unique scenes based on your story

Setting Realistic Expectations

Your illustrations will:

• Capture the essence and spirit of you as a couple
• Reflect your chosen art style consistently
• Tell your story through beautiful, unique scenes
• Be completely original and one-of-a-kind

Your illustrations may:

• Differ somewhat from your exact appearance
• Show artistic variations in features
• Interpret scenes creatively
• Have slight variations between pages

This is normal and by design. AI art is meant to be a stylized, artistic representation—like a portrait painting, not a photograph.

Why Illustrations May Differ From Photos

Understanding these common variations helps set expectations:

Artistic Interpretation

Each art style transforms photos differently. Watercolor softens features, Manga stylizes proportions, and 3D adds depth that may change how you appear.

Feature Simplification

AI art often simplifies complex features to fit the chosen style, which may make some details less precise.

Consistency Trade-offs

Maintaining consistent characters across 20+ pages sometimes requires balancing exact likeness with stylistic cohesion.

Scene Context

When illustrations show you in story scenes (like a romantic dinner or beach walk), the AI must imagine angles and positions not in your original photos.

Your Regeneration Credits

Every book purchase includes 30 free regeneration credits to refine illustrations, with 1 illustration change requiring 1 credit.

How to Use Regeneration Credits Effectively

• Preview your entire book first before using any credits
• Prioritize key pages like the cover or pivotal story moments
• Accept artistic variations that still tell your story well
• Save credits for pages that truly need improvement

What You Can Change

To edit an illustration, click the ✦ star icon on the image and choose an option from the Edit panel:

• Outfit: Change clothing style
• Hair: Change hairstyle
• Objects: Add, remove, or replace items
• Background: Change the setting
• Full Regeneration: Completely recreate the image (use this for errors or hallucinations)

Common Illustration Issues and Solutions

"The characters don't look like us"

Why it happens: AI interprets photos artistically, and applying different styles can alter appearances.

Solutions:

• Upload clear, well-lit photos with faces visible (this can only be done at the avatar creation step)
• Focus on whether the characters capture your essence rather than exact features—remember, this is AI-generated art

"Something looks wrong — three legs, extra fingers, a distorted face"

Sometimes an illustration comes out with something that isn't right — an extra arm, three legs, a hand with six fingers, two sets of legs going in different directions, a leg passing through a table, a floating object, a duplicated person, a melted or distorted face, or garbled text.

This is called an AI hallucination. It happens with every AI image tool — ChatGPT, Midjourney, and ours — because the model draws something new each time rather than copying a photo. Keep in mind that AI-generated images can make mistakes, just like humans. It is not a defect in your book, and it does not mean anything went wrong with your order.

It's fixable yourself, in about 30 seconds:

1. Click the ✦ star icon on the illustration
2. Choose Full Regeneration
3. The image is redrawn from scratch, usually without the error

This costs 1 credit. Every book includes 30 free credits, which is exactly what they're for.

If the same problem appears again, regenerate once more. Hallucinations are random, so a second or third attempt almost always resolves it. Most customers fix these in one or two tries.

Common examples:

• "Why does this person have three legs?" → Full Regeneration
• "There are extra fingers on her hand" → Full Regeneration
• "His leg is going through the table" → Full Regeneration
• "There are two of the same person in the picture" → Full Regeneration
• "The face looks distorted or melted" → Full Regeneration
• "The text in the image is gibberish" → Full Regeneration (AI cannot reliably draw readable text inside illustrations)

When to contact us instead

Email us at support@lovetales.ai if the same error keeps appearing after three regenerations. We'll sort it out.

When to Regenerate vs. When to Accept

Regenerate when:

• The illustration has an obvious error or artifact (see "Something looks wrong" above)
• Characters are unrecognizable from your photos
• The scene is completely wrong for the story
• Important story elements are missing
• The illustration doesn't match the story text

Accept when:

• The illustration captures the spirit of the moment
• Differences from your appearance are minor and stylistic
• The art style is consistently applying its interpretation
• It's a small detail most readers won't notice

Remember: Perfect is the enemy of good. A heartfelt, imperfect illustration is still a beautiful representation of your love story.

Text Editing (Unlimited)

Unlike illustration regenerations, text edits are unlimited. Refine your story anytime by clicking the pen icon on a chapter page:

What You Can Edit

• Your chapter text
• Your dedication message

Tips for Text Editing

• Read through the entire story first before making edits
• Keep edits consistent (if you change a name, change it everywhere)
• Preserve the flow of the narrative when making changes
• Fix any AI interpretations that don't match your actual story

Note: Editing text does not create new illustrations.

Reordering Your Chapters

You can change the order your chapters appear in the book.

1. Open your book
2. Click Reorder chapters at the top
3. Drag chapters into the order you want

The chapter text and its illustration move together — you don't need to redo anything, and it doesn't cost any credits.

One thing to keep in mind: chapters are written to flow in sequence, so after reordering, reread your text to make sure the story still makes sense. You can edit any chapter text freely.

Best Photo Practices for Better Results

Upload better photos = better illustrations. Here's what works best:

Do:

• Use clear, high-resolution photos
• Choose photos with good, even lighting
• Include photos where both faces are fully visible
• Upload recent photos
• Use photos with natural expressions
• Include photos from different angles if possible

Don't:

• Use heavily filtered photos
• Upload blurry or pixelated images
• Use photos with faces partially hidden
• Submit photos with unusual lighting or extreme shadows
• Use very old photos (unless that's the look you want)
• Wear hats or hide your hair

Common Questions

Can I add an extra page?

Not at the moment. Every book is 10 chapters and the page count is fixed.

Can I reorder my chapters?

Yes. Click Reorder chapters at the top of your book and drag them into place. It's free and doesn't use credits.

Can I switch illustrations between chapters?

Not directly — an illustration stays with the chapter it belongs to. If you reorder your chapters, the illustrations move with them.

Have any questions?

Email us at support@lovetales.ai