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# Choosing an art style

Doodara has 16 illustration styles. The style is locked in for the whole book, so every page matches — this is the difference between a book and a pile of AI images.

Preview all of them on the [art styles page](https://www.doodara.com/art-styles), where each style shows a real example and links to books made in it.

## The 16 styles

| Style              | Best for                                                                                 |
| ------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Watercolor**     | Dreamy, emotional stories about nature and feelings. The default, and the safest choice. |
| **Flat Cartoon**   | Playful modern stories with clear, readable character expressions.                       |
| **Pencil**         | Gentle, thoughtful stories with a hand-drawn feel.                                       |
| **3D Rounded**     | Vibrant animated-film energy. Kids who love Pixar respond to this one.                   |
| **Anime**          | Adventurous, action-heavy stories with expressive faces.                                 |
| **Oil Painting**   | Classic, timeless picture-book narratives with visible brushwork.                        |
| **Collage**        | Torn paper, fabric, and paint. Creative and textured.                                    |
| **Ink Wash**       | Poetic, contemplative stories in East Asian brush painting.                              |
| **Crayon**         | Bold, warm, child-like. Great for energetic stories for young kids.                      |
| **Colored Pencil** | Detailed and layered. Good for realistic, nature-focused stories.                        |
| **Gouache**        | Opaque matte paint, vibrant flat colour. Bold and graphic.                               |
| **Paper Cut**      | Layered cutouts with clean edges and shadows. Folk tales and cultural stories.           |
| **Chalk Pastel**   | Soft, powdery, dreamy. Made for bedtime.                                                 |
| **Pixel Art**      | Retro and nostalgic. Game-themed adventures.                                             |
| **Woodcut**        | Strong contrast and bold lines. Legends and folk tales.                                  |
| **Fabric**         | Felt and stitched textile textures. Cozy and tactile.                                    |

## How to choose

**Match the emotional temperature, not the subject.** A story about a dragon is not automatically an anime book. A quiet story about missing someone works better in watercolor or chalk pastel than in flat cartoon, whatever the dragon is doing.

**Consider who is reading it.** Younger children read faces. Flat cartoon, 3D rounded, and crayon give big, unambiguous expressions. Ink wash and oil painting are beautiful and much harder for a two-year-old to parse.

**Think about where it ends up.** Bold, high-contrast styles — woodcut, paper cut, gouache, flat cartoon — survive printing and small screens best. Delicate pencil work loses detail on a phone.

## Style availability

Free books use the classic watercolor style. All 16 styles unlock with a Pro plan, along with the advanced image model, which matters most for the detailed styles — colored pencil, oil painting, and collage gain the most from it. See [pricing](https://www.doodara.com/pricing).

## Changing your mind

The art style is chosen at creation time and applies to the whole book. To see the same story in a different style, run it again with the new style selected — the story prompt can be identical.


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