Building a Book Using AI
Based on this rendering of a photo I took in Pisgah National Forest. I wrote the poem (in an upcoming post) 10 years ago this month. Always thought about making it into a book of some type.
Follow Downstream from a photograph and a simple story idea to a finished children’s book. Along the way, we’ll explore how AI, photography, illustration, design, publishing tools, and plenty of human judgment come together, including the mistakes, surprises, and do-overs that happen when you use new technology to make something real.
Project updates (7)
Part 7: Teaching AI That the Next Page Is Still the Same ForestSep 23, 2026Part 6: Rewriting the Opening Without Rewriting the StorySep 21, 2026Part 5: The Book Was Too Short — So We Rethought the PagesSep 20, 2026Part 4: When Beautiful Artwork Makes the Words Hard to ReadSep 20, 2026Part 3: From a Story to a Picture-Book PlanSep 19, 2026Part 2: Turning a Photograph Into a Storybook WorldSep 19, 2026Part 1: A Ten-Year-Old Story Meets a New ToolSep 18, 2026
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