Four ways illo renders an idea — pick the register, or let the skill choose. Everything below came out of the skill with no manual editing. Guide →
the default
Hand the illo skill a post about shipping discipline and it pulls the load-bearing moments — then renders one scene per moment, ready to interleave through your prose.
One character, one palette across the whole set — so the article reads as one voice. When to use scenes →
newest look
16-bit console sprite editorial — soft dither, game-world staging, and a four-pack cast (matt, ybur, forge, booboo). Also still shipping: bricks for photoreal minifigure builds, and fizz for skate-sticker ship-day energy.
when the idea moves through stages
A process, a before→after, a fail→fix — told in 2–4 panels inside a single image. The same character and key object carry through every panel, so it reads as one moment advancing.
the best shape for social posts
when the structure is the point
A second register for pieces whose whole point is a path: stations, one flow direction, short color-coded callouts — a diagram the reader can trace that still looks like the illo skill drew it. Scenes stay the default; ask for an explainer diagram when the thesis is the structure itself — e.g. /illo how a book gets published explainer diagram.
just the mascot
Transparent PNG — pose and contact continuity only. No scene, no text, no idea to explain. Paste onto slides, docs, or hand off to another tool.
/illo blot cutout waving
wherever it's headed
Wide 16:9 for articles and headers, square for social cards, 9:16 and 4:5 for vertical feeds — say where it's going and the illo skill sizes the scene to fit. For an X Article banner, ask for the dedicated 1536 × 640 format.
hand it one brand color
Named presets, palettes extracted from your blog's theme, or a full palette derived from a single hex — the scenes below came from /illo scope creep has a smell emerald green accent and “make it royal purple”.
same character, dressed for the destination
