24 illustration styles for your child's bedtime story

Every Little Tales story is fully illustrated, painted page by page in whichever style you pick before you start. Swap it any night you like, your child's hero looks the same, the artwork just changes.

The 24 styles fall into four families, shown below with a real Little Tales illustration in each one.

Painterly

Soft, hand-painted looks, closer to a picture-book original than a screen.

Watercolour

Dreamy

Hand-painted film

Digital painting

Soft gouache

Oil painting

Ink wash

Cartoon & animated

Bold outlines and bright colour, the look of a Saturday-morning cartoon.

Classic cartoon

Anime

Chibi & kawaii

Minimalist / modern

Golden-age cartoon

3D animated

Rubber-hose

Handcrafted

Looks like it was made with real materials: paper, clay, fabric, thread.

Paper collage

Crayon drawing

Clay animation

Felt craft

Embroidery

Origami

Retro & bold

Graphic, high-contrast styles borrowed from older storybooks and comics.

Vintage storybook

Pixel art

Comic book

Pop art