# The Tiny Book of Great Joys

DevFeed: [The Tiny Book of Great Joys](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/the-tiny-book-of-great-joys-37361.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://muffinman.io/blog/the-tiny-book-of-great-joys/>)

Author: Stanko

Published: 2025-02-10T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Stanko Tadić](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/stanko-tadic.md>)

Topics: [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [Figma](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/figma.md>), [3D](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/3d.md>)

Tags: [3d-printer](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/3d-printer.md>), [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [figma](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/figma.md>), [generate](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/generate.md>)

## AI overview

A personal process report about making a tiny illustrated book using AI-generated images, Figma, a pen plotter, and a 3D printer. The author describes developing the idea, creating and editing drawings, and producing a handcrafted book for their wife.

## Source excerpt

If you are interested in how I over-engineered the process of making a tiny book for my wife, using AI, a pen plotter, a 3D printer, and a lot of time, you are in the right place. The book is titled The Tiny Book of Great JoysMala Knjiga Velikih Radosti in Serbian, and here is how it turned out: My wife is delighted with it, so it was worth all the effort. This post will take you through the process. It will be a long one, but please stick around - I promise there will be a lot of pretty pictures. Here is the outline of the post: The idea Drawings Text Plotting Bookbinding The finished book Timeline Conclusion The idea # I had this idea for a while after seeing something similar somewhere on the internet.. Since then, I always wanted to make one for my wife - a physically small book with a bunch of small drawings of our memories together, inside jokes, and little things she likes. I wanted the illustrations to be hand-drawn, and I had a plan to ask my friend to do them. But I knew he would refuse any kind of payment, so I felt bad adding more work to his plate. So I shelved the idea, but every now and then, it would pop up in my head. Fast forward a few years - we got a kid, and our routine completely changed. We are enjoying it a lot, but it can be very exhausting, and every day seems identical to the last. That's why I decided I needed to do something for her to break the routine. The book idea seemed perfect - personal and handcrafted - so I gave it a try. To be able to do everything myself, I went to create digital drawings and then draw them on paper using my trusty pen plotter. With the idea in place, I moved on to creating the drawings - which turned out to be a challenge of its own. Drawings # For pen plotting, one needs vector files, so I started drawing in Figma. Unfortunately, I quickly realized that my drawing skills would not get me the result I had envisioned. Determined to do it this time, I decided to try using AI to generate images. Midjourney # I g