Image Policy

Why we use illustrations

Many TinyThat questions are easier to understand visually: a mechanism, a historical scene, a hidden object detail, a body process, or a comparison between two ideas.

Images should help the reader grasp the answer faster. They are part of the explanation, not decoration.

How images are created

TinyThat may use original editorial illustrations, diagrams, generated visual assets, and carefully prepared image treatments where appropriate.

The goal is always comprehension: make the important part visible, remove unnecessary clutter, and avoid a stock-photo feel.

What images are meant to do

• Clarify a mechanism or relationship.
• Show the part of an object a reader should notice.
• Make a scientific or historical idea easier to remember.
• Support skimming without replacing the written explanation.

What images are not meant to do

• Mislead readers into thinking a simplified diagram is a complete technical model.
• Impersonate real people, brands, or institutions.
• Use logos unless necessary and allowed.
• Add gore, shock, sensationalism, or exploitative imagery.

Accuracy and simplification

Illustrations may simplify complex ideas so they can be understood quickly. A diagram about skin, history, science, or everyday objects may not show every technical detail.

Instead, it highlights the part of the idea that matters most for the article. If a simplification could mislead, the text should clarify the limit.

Image updates

We may replace or revise images when a visual is unclear, inaccurate, outdated, or not useful enough for the reader.