How Teachers Can Create Worksheet and Textbook Illustrations with AI

Illustrations are always a challenge when creating worksheets or textbooks. There's no time to draw them yourself, finding images with clear copyright is difficult, and buying stock images for every material adds up quickly.

Generating illustrations directly with XBRUSH solves this problem. Create images that perfectly match your lesson content immediately, and use them in teaching materials without copyright concerns.

Generating Illustrations in the XBRUSH Workspace

Type a prompt and press the generate button. Generate 4 images at once and choose the one that fits best.

Illustration Prompt Guide by Subject

Language Arts — Story Scenes

Prompt Structure

[fairy tale/story scene description], children's illustration style,
bright and warm colors, simple and cute expression, white background

Example

the tortoise and the hare race scene, forest path, children's illustration,
bright and warm colors, cute animal characters, white background

Math — Concept Visualization

Prompt Structure

math education illustration, [concept/situation description], elementary textbook style,
clean and simple lines, clear color separation, white background

Example — Fractions

pizza divided into 4 pieces with 3 pieces colored, fraction 3/4 concept,
elementary math textbook illustration, simple and clear style, white background

Example — Shapes

various 2D shapes (triangle, square, circle, pentagon) collection,
name labels on each shape, elementary textbook illustration, bright colors, white background

Science — Nature, Biology, Earth

Prompt Structure

science education illustration, [organism/phenomenon/structure], textbook diagram style,
accurate appearance, room for labels, white background

Example — Plant and Animal Life Cycles

butterfly life cycle 4 stages: egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, butterfly,
elementary science textbook illustration, stages connected with arrows,
bright and vivid colors, white background

Example — Earth Science

Earth with day and night sides, direction of sunlight shown,
elementary science textbook style, simple diagram, white background

Social Studies / History — Culture and Traditions

Prompt Structure

social studies/history education illustration, [cultural/historical scene], textbook illustration style,
[period context], simple and information-focused, white background

Example — Traditional Housing

traditional Korean hanok exterior, tiled roof, courtyard, educational illustration,
simple and clean lines, traditional colors, white background

Example — Traditional Life

Joseon-era market scene, people of various occupations,
elementary social studies textbook illustration style, warm colors, white background

English — Vocabulary Card Images

Prompt Structure

[English word meaning] illustration, for English vocabulary cards,
simple and clear image, white background, child-friendly style

Example — Animal Vocabulary

cute lion character, English word card illustration,
simple and cute style, white background

Tips for Using Generated Images

Make Transparent PNG with Background Removal

Even if you generated with a white background, the Background Removal feature converts it to a transparent background PNG. Transparent backgrounds blend naturally with text when inserted into Word or Hangeul documents.

Add Text in the Canvas

Open Edit in Canvas to add labels or explanatory text directly to the generated illustration. Putting shape names, step numbers, and vocabulary inside the illustration reduces separate text box work.

Unify Sizes

When multiple illustrations need to be the same size, use Outpainting to standardize canvas ratio, or set exact pixel dimensions with Canvas Resize.

Example Worksheet Creation Flow

Unit: Butterfly Life Cycle (3rd Grade Science)

1. Generate complete 4-stage diagram (prompt: 4-stage diagram)

2. Generate individual stage images (egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, butterfly)

3. Convert to transparent PNG with Background Removal

4. Add stage numbers and names as text in Canvas

5. Insert into Word/Hangeul document

Total work time: approximately 30 minutes.

The most time-consuming part of making worksheets isn't writing the content — it's sourcing illustrations that are age-appropriate, copyright-clear, and actually match the lesson. Generating them directly eliminates all three problems at once.

Going Further with AI-Generated Illustrations

Once you're comfortable generating subject illustrations, two techniques extend what's possible. First, if you want to start from a rough sketch rather than a text description, creating images from sketches lets you hand-draw the concept and have XBRUSH interpret it into a finished illustration — useful for science diagrams where exact layout matters. Second, refining prompts is itself a skill: the prompt engineering guide explains how word order, style descriptors, and negative prompts shape the result. For existing illustrations that need small corrections — changing a prop, adjusting a background color — editing with inpainting lets you modify just the region that needs fixing without regenerating the whole image.

Tools Used

• XBRUSH Image Generation — Generate subject-appropriate illustrations (textbook style prompts)

• XBRUSH Background Removal — Transparent background processing for document insertion

• XBRUSH Canvas Editor — Add text and labels to illustrations

• XBRUSH Outpainting — Standardize multiple illustration sizes