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 regeneration credits to refine illustrations:

FormatCredits IncludedDigital20 creditsSoftcover20 creditsHardcover20 credits

One illustration change will require four credit

How to Use Regeneration Credits Effectively

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

When to Regenerate

Good reasons to regenerate:

• Characters look significantly different from your photos
• Important story elements are missing from a scene
• The illustration doesn't match the story text
• Technical issues (distortion, artifacts, strange elements)

Not ideal reasons to regenerate:

• Minor differences from your exact appearance
• Artistic style choices you weren't expecting
• Small details that most readers won't notice

Keep in mind that AI-generated images can make mistakes, just like humans. That’s why we provide free regeneration credits—so you can make adjustments. Please understand these are industry-wide limitations of current AI technology.

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 (useful if there are any errors or “hallucinations”

No written prompt needed—all edits are made with simple selections.

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

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

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

Note: Editing text does not create new illustrations.

When to Regenerate vs. When to Accept

Regenerate When:

• The illustration has obvious errors or artifacts
• Characters are unrecognizable from your photos
• The scene is completely wrong for the story
• Important story elements are missing

Accept When:

• The illustration captures the spirit of the moment
• Differences are minor and stylistic
• The art style consistently applies its interpretation
• You've already used regeneration credits on this page

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

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 switch illustrations between chapters?

• At the moment, switching an illustration with another illustration from another chapter isn’t supported. If you’d like to move an illustration from one chapter to another, please contact us at support@lovetales.ai, and our team will make the change for you.