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name: creative-illustration
description: Generate diverse creative illustrations via OpenAI Images API. Create book illustrations, editorial art, children's book art, concept illustrations, and artistic scenes. Use when user needs creative visual content for stories, articles, presentations, or artistic projects (e.g., "illustrate a fairy tale scene", "create editorial art about technology", "design children's book illustrations", "generate concept art for a story").
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# Creative Illustration Factory

Generate professional illustrations for books, editorial content, children's stories, and creative projects.

## Setup

- Needs env: `OPENAI_API_KEY`

## Quick Start

Generate a simple illustration:

```bash
python3 ~/Projects/agent-scripts/skills/creative-illustration/scripts/illustrate.py \
  --subject "a cozy cottage in an enchanted forest"
```

Generate with specific style:

```bash
python3 ~/Projects/agent-scripts/skills/creative-illustration/scripts/illustrate.py \
  --subject "a robot learning to paint" \
  --style "watercolor" \
  --mood "whimsical"
```

Generate a story sequence:

```bash
python3 ~/Projects/agent-scripts/skills/creative-illustration/scripts/illustrate.py \
  --subject "Alice discovers a tiny door" \
  --subject "Alice shrinks down" \
  --subject "Alice enters Wonderland" \
  --style "whimsical illustration" \
  --mood "magical"
```

## Illustration Types

### Book Illustrations
- `chapter-opener` - Full-page chapter opening scene
- `character-intro` - Character introduction portrait
- `landscape-scene` - Wide landscape establishing shot
- `action-moment` - Dynamic action or pivotal moment
- `emotional-scene` - Emotional or dramatic scene
- `cover-art` - Book cover illustration style

### Editorial / Magazine Art
- `conceptual-art` - Abstract conceptual illustration
- `info-graphic` - Informational illustration style
- `portrait-editorial` - Editorial portrait
- `spot-illustration` - Small spot illustration
- `full-page-spread` - Magazin