Thanks to AI, anyone can create a coloring book. The market is not lacking in coloring books. There are suitable coloring books for almost every topic for children. Since the success of Johanna Basford’s “Secret Garden,” there are also many coloring books for adults who want to be creative on a manageable level.
With AI-powered image generators like Midjourney, Dall-E, or Stable Diffusion, absolutely anyone can create their own coloring book today. Artistic talent is no longer necessary. This has led to a flood of AI-generated coloring books in self-publishing, but it also allows parents without drawing skills to create a personal coloring book for their children.
Creating a coloring book with AI involves using specific prompts to generate images. A prompt is the text you use to instruct the image AI on what should appear in your image. There are various prompts that can be used to create suitable images for coloring. It’s worth experimenting a bit to see what works best.
For example, a prompt like “coloring book for kids, no detail, outline no color, a cute monkey in the jungle, fill frame, edge to edge, clipart white background –ar 3:2 –style raw –no color” can be used. You can replace “a cute monkey in the jungle” with your own theme. If you want a more complex image, you might use “adult coloring book” instead.
The images in your AI coloring book can be decided by you or your children. Midjourney allows you to use several parameters that influence the final image. The parameter –ar stands for Aspect Ratio, which determines the format of your images. –ar 3:2 creates landscape images, while –ar 2:3 creates portrait images.
The parameter –style raw limits the artistic ambitions of Midjourney, ensuring the image AI adheres more closely to your instructions. It’s worth trying your prompt with and without this parameter to see the difference. The parameter –no color ensures that Midjourney avoids adding colors, although the rest of the prompt should already guide the AI in this direction.
If the images generated by Midjourney are close to what you envision, you don’t need to adjust the prompt immediately. Instead, try creating four new images using the same prompt. If you like the image but the main subject is too prominent, use Midjourney’s zoom function to adjust it.
AI-generated coloring books offer a new level of creativity and personalization. Whether you’re creating a book for children or adults, AI tools make it accessible to everyone, regardless of artistic ability.