AI-Powered Illustration Automation
Launches stalled waiting for illustrations; I built an AI-to-SVG pipeline with guardrails and human review; delivery dropped from days to hours. Tech: TypeScript, Node.js, Python, OpenAI API, SVG/Canvas, React.
Role
Lead Developer & Technical Illustrator
Timeline
8 weeks
Client
Product Launch Team
Output
AI-assisted illustration pipeline
Overview
Built an AI-driven pipeline that turns product specs into brand-accurate, vector-ready illustrations in hours instead of days.
Problem
Product launches stalled because illustration requests queued for days and style drifted across teams.
My Solution
Mapped the illustration taxonomy and style rules into prompt templates and guardrails. Built a service that ingests specs, generates drafts via OpenAI, converts to clean SVG assets, and enforces palettes and line weights with schema checks. Added a review UI so designers can approve or override and auto-publish to the design system/CDN.
Results
- Cut illustration delivery time from about 3 days to under 4 hours.
- Fewer than 5% of assets needed manual fixes after rollout.
- Design lead: "We finally ship visuals at the speed of product."
Gallery / Visual Notes
- * Spec ingest to SVG flow with prompt guardrails and validation gates.
- * Before/after comparisons showing enforced palette and line weights.
- * Diff overlay screen used in human-in-the-loop review.
Technology Stack
TypeScript
Node.js
Python
OpenAI API
SVG/Canvas
React