Rolling out · private launch
Beary Time
A parent describes their child and gets back a nine-page illustrated book where the child looks like themselves on every page.
- Client
- A children’s consumer brand
- Type
- Client product
- Runs on
- Web
- Year
- 2026
The same child on every page
Pages 2 and 3 of a finished book, with the same child, companion and bear on both. Keeping them consistent is the hard part.
A character the parent approves first
Before any book is drawn, the parent reviews the character and edits it in plain English (“make her hair lighter and longer”) until it looks right. That sheet anchors every page after it.
A cover and title for one child
Each adventure is written and drawn for one child, and all nine pages are checked by an AI reviewer before anyone sees them.
The first scene, before checkout
Moments after a parent describes their child, the opening scene comes back, illustrated in the chosen style, before they’ve paid for anything.
The problem
The problem
A plush toy brand wanted every bear to ship with a storybook starring the child who owns it. A real book, not a name dropped into a template. Off-the-shelf AI can’t do that. Ask it for nine pages of the same child and you get nine different children, a bear that changes color, and a world that resets every spread. And because it’s for five-year-olds, every page has to be safe, even though no person checks each one.
What we built
What we built
Beary Time turns a parent’s description of their child into a nine-page illustrated adventure starring that child, a companion and Fuzzy the plush bear. Once the parent approves a character sheet, the software writes and illustrates the rest. Three things keep the characters looking the same: a locked story guide, a reference sheet for each character, and each page drawn from the one before it. An AI reviewer then compares every finished page to the character sheet and redraws any that drift. Two separate safety checks review everything, and if either one is unsure, the page is held back.
- An AI reviewer compares each page to the character sheet and redraws the ones that drift.
- Two separate child-safety checks review every page and hold back anything either one is unsure about.
- Any reference photos a parent adds are deleted the moment they approve the character sheet.
- Subscribers get a continuing story. Each new book remembers the characters and threads of the last.
Where it stands
Where it stands
Built for the brand and now on a monthly care plan with us. After a parent approves the character sheet, no person touches the book again. Writing, illustration, safety review and billing run on their own.