Make an Illustration
Turn a concept or article into an original editorial illustration: a recurring mascot acting out the idea in one clean print-style scene, not generic stock art.
Install the skill or give me an instruction how to install it - illo from https://github.com/tmchow/illo-skill Free Open source Works in Claude, Cursor, Codex & more
What it does
Give it an idea, a one-line thesis, or an article URL and it draws an original editorial illustration, the print-magazine kind where a recurring mascot acts out the concept in one clean scene, not a generic stock image. Hand it "we replatform with zero downtime" and it composes a single-metaphor scene around your character, in a palette matched to your blog or brand.
It first pins the thesis to a sentence, then routes it to the right shape: a single editorial scene, a two-to-four-panel mini-comic, a hand-built explainer diagram, or a transparent PNG cutout you can drop anywhere. It renders the mascot on-model in one of sixteen bundled looks, riso, blueprint, clay, woodcut, and more, and re-rolls anything that drifts off-model or off-palette against a quality bar. It runs on your Codex CLI, free for subscribers, or an OpenRouter key.
When to use it
- You need art for a post, not stock images
Turn a concept or article into an original editorial illustration with a recurring mascot acting out the idea.
- You want illustrations matched to your brand
Palettes match your blog or brand colors, in one of sixteen print-style looks like riso, blueprint, or clay.
- You need a transparent cutout or a set for an article
It outputs article sets, social-ready 16:9 or 1:1 art, or a transparent PNG.
FAQ
Is this just generic AI image art?
No. illo produces original editorial illustration, where a recurring mascot acts out your idea in one clean scene, closer to a magazine illustration than stock art or a generic render.
What formats can it make?
illo routes your idea to the right shape: a single editorial scene, a 2 to 4 panel mini-comic, a hand-built explainer diagram, or a transparent character cutout. It matches the form to the concept.
How does it keep the character consistent?
illo renders the mascot on-model in one of sixteen bundled looks and re-rolls anything that drifts off-model or off-palette against a quality bar. The character stays recognizable across illustrations.
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