The Story of a Smartphone User Making LINE Stickers Using AI: It Was Supposed to Be Quick, but It Became a Record of Love and Struggle

Good evening🌙
I published an e-picture book on BOOTH📖

I am Hitomi Kuma, a mom in her late 30s
raising Arara🦝, a 4-year-old child with developmental differences.

How many times have I thought that now?

This is a record of my experience creating LINE stickers using AI tools.

I was supposed to make full use of Gemini, ChatGPT, and Canva—but,

in the end, it turned into a gritty struggle for this mom in her late 30s.

I hope this serves as a reference for anyone else thinking about making their own stickers🌿

📦 What are these stickers like?

The star of these stickers isKurara the Jellyfish.

The inspiration came from the craft jellyfish that my 4-year-old son, Arara,
worked so hard to make🪼

Arara has an ASD diagnosis, as well as traits of ADHD & DCD (Developmental Coordination Disorder).

Crafts that require manual dexterity aren't easy, but I took that jellyfish she worked so hard to make, stylized it as a character, and turned it into a LINE sticker.

To be a totally doting parent, it's just so cute... 🥹

🖌️ Differences from previous sticker production

My previous production style was something like this.

This time, I tried to see if I could 'make them quickly' by referring to everyone's notes.

👇️ So many people!!

✨ Image Generation Edition | Believe it or not, in just one prompt!

When generating the stylized character image, I entered the prompt once this time, and...

it was truly completed in one go.

Here it is▼

It feels like a lie that it used to take several days.

Honestly, everything went smoothly up to this point.

I thought, 'This time I can really do it quickly!'

(Not knowing that there was a pitfall ahead...)

✂️ Cutting phase | Dark clouds gather here

This time, for the first time, I tried to incorporate a tool to cut images uniformly into my workflow.

I didn't have the courage at the beginning of last year, but

I've become proficient with Canva and NotebookLM, so I thought, 'I can do this now!' and took on the challenge.

However—

the screen froze.

Yes, I am a smartphone user.

I managed to register from the browser, but after that... the screen wouldn't move😭

I gave up.

🤖 AI Utilization Chapter | Consulting with Professor Charlie and requesting edits from Jimmy

When I thought, "What should I do?", I knew I could rely on my AI partners.

First, I got advice from Professor Charlie (ChatGPT), and

once the plan was set, I decided to ask Jimmy (Gemini) to edit the images.

Interaction with Jimmy

When I first checked, Jimmy told me he could handle cutting them individually for up to 16 images.

However, after trying it 2 or 3 times...

▶ The original image with 32 types lined up kept appearing over and over😂

So I changed my strategy and decided to have it generate them one by one.

Prompt used (feel free to copy and paste)

Success!

It takes time, but it's a reliable method.

After a few rounds, Jimmy-kun gets tired.
He stops being able to follow instructions.

Strangely human (lol)

So, when things stopped going well,
I called it a day and carried over to the next.

🌿 Background Removal Edition | The Incident Where Kurara's Body Became Transparent

Now, all that's left is to remove the background in Canva and finish it up—

or so I thought, but there was one miscalculation.

This jellyfish, Kurara, has green in her body.

When I made the background transparent, some of the characters ended up becoming transparent too... 🤣

From there, I managed to succeed by manually cutting them out one by one.

It was supposed to be "quick," but it ended up taking several days.

📅 A note about the review period getting longer

One thing for those thinking of making LINE stickers I want to share.

Recently, due to the increase in people making LINE stickers,
it seems that reviews are taking longer.

✅️ When I applied in March, it passed review the next day

✅️ This time, it took 6 days

I recommend applying with plenty of time in your schedule!

🪼 Summary

What I did ▶ Results

Even so—

It was good that I was able to finish it within May even though it was scheduled for sale in June🌙

There were also parts where the work was easier because they were already outlined.

For my next project, I'm considering using my own drawings as a base while also looking into a deformed version.

I feel that the possibilities for creation are gradually expanding through my dialogue with AI.

💬 I'd like to ask you

Are you a smartphone user or a PC user when you create?

If you have any tips unique to smartphone users like "this is how I do it!", please let me know in the comments🪼

#LINEStickers
#AIIllustration
#StickerCreation
#GeminiUsage
#Canva
#DevelopmentalDisability
#DCD
#ASD
#MomInHerLate30s
#AICreation
#Creator
#ParentingDiary

🌙 Continuation of the Forest Theater

There are several stages in this atelier.

🎭 Read the Story

A picture book that helps neurodivergent children love themselves: "The Gift of the Forest of Differences"

A comic essay about Arara, a neurodivergent child: #TodaysArara

🌲 Site Map

Neurodivergent Rollercoaster Parenting: Growth Mondays (Growth logs including developmental support, home visits, etc.)