How Our Printables Are Made

Every sheet on Doodlesaurus was made with AI assistance. We think you deserve to know what that means in practice, what is checked before a sheet goes live, and what to do if you spot a mistake.

Vectors, not pixels

We do not ask an image model to paint a picture. Instead, a language model writes a drawing specification: a list of named shapes (an ear, a tail, a stripe) described as geometric paths, in the order a child would draw them. Our own rendering engine turns that spec into every format you see — the coloring page in three line weights, the numbered regions of a color-by-number, the dots of a dot-to-dot, the dashed tracing outline and the step-by-step guide. Because the source is geometry rather than an image, lines are always closed, always thick enough to print, and the same character looks the same across every activity.

Automatic checks

Before any review, software rejects anything that fails our rules: regions too small to color, gaps that would let crayon “leak”, strokes thinner than 0.5 mm, pages that are too dark or too empty, puzzles whose differences overlap, mazes without exactly one solution, and any text that is not a known word. Candidates that are too similar to an existing sheet are rejected too.

Every sheet is reviewed before it goes live

After the automatic checks, each printable is looked at as a finished page, together with its answer key, against a written checklist: is the subject easy to recognize, is anything cut off or overlapping, are the numbers, dots, letters and answers right, and is it suitable for children. It is then approved, sent back for a fix, or rejected. Most sheets are reviewed by an AI reviewer that works only from the finished page and the checklist; when a person reviewed a sheet instead, its “About this printable” box says so. Our build system refuses to publish a sheet that has not been approved for its exact current version; if we change a drawing, it goes back through review.

No copyrighted characters

We only draw generic subjects: a cat, a dinosaur, a tractor. Characters owned by studios and toy companies are on a blocked list at both the writing and the review stage. If something slipped through, please tell us.

How we label it

• Every page carries the line “AI-assisted vector art, checked before publishing.” in the footer.
• Image files include IPTC DigitalSourceType = trainedAlgorithmicMedia metadata.
• Each printable's “About this printable” box names the method, who reviewed it (a person or the AI reviewer) and the review date.

The text on these pages

The introductions, tips, classroom ideas and FAQs are also written with AI assistance, from the finished sheets, and checked by automated rules: counts quoted on a page, such as the number of differences or hidden pictures, must match the sheet itself. If a sentence is wrong, please tell us.

What AI is not used for

We do not use your data, your uploads or your children's drawings for anything; see the privacy policy.

Report a problem

Found an odd shape, a wrong answer key, a dot out of sequence, or anything a child should not see? Email hello@doodlesaurus.com with the page link, or use the “Report a problem” link in the footer. We fix or remove within five working days and we credit reporters who want it.