Announcing Making of Kooky Pets book

January 14th, 2010

Kooky Pets

Are you wondering what’s going on with my new Kooky Pets book? I say so because quite a few people keeps asking me about it all the time. I’m really excited about the anticipation that it’s creating so far!

Now, from now on you won’t have to worry anymore because I’ve taken the decision of sharing with you the whole process of making the book throughout this blog. What do you think?

Many of you have already noticed that at my Facebook and Twitter accounts I’ve been asking about how interesting it would be to share this experience on line. I’ve got a very positive feedback about it. For me, sharing the process it’s going to be very helpful since it’s an extra motivation to face a whole lot of work to come. Maybe it will even help it go go faster!

The making of the Kooky Pets book will feature every step in the process of making and self-publishing a picture book. These includes content as well as design and art direction. Some of the elements that I will be discussing here are design aesthetics, ornaments, layout, fonts, color palettes, etc. From the writing point of view, I will also talk about documentation, rhythm, point of view, characters and other important elements to take in consideration. I hope you find it interesting.

Before I get to start this new adventure, I want to make an important announcement on your benefit. The 1st limited edition of the Kooky Pets book was intended to be only available for the people who contributed to create the characters at this blog, the members of the Kooky Pet Team. The rest of readers will be only able to buy the 2nd edition, which won’t include bonus material, it won’t be hand signed and it will be more expensive.

Now, I have decided to extend the availability of the 1st edition to the people who will comment on the forthcoming blog entries about the making of the book, starting this one. So I’ll keep record of all you and you will be also eligible to purchase the 1st Limited edition too. Fair enough?

Thanks for joining this adventure by blowing your unique winds into the sails of this sailing dream,
Koldo.

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8 Responses to “Announcing Making of Kooky Pets book”

  1. Paula J Butler says:

    Absolutely charming. I feel inspired by your work – well done!

  2. zoe says:

    what a generous thing, to share the process with us! thank you again, koldo, for allowing us to be a part of your journey! (and i love the illustration for this post…)

  3. Amy Crook says:

    It sounds fair to me (as a contributing kooky pet lover) — and I’m so excited to see this come together! I loved the process of helping you invent the Kooky Pets with our wacky ideas, so it’s really nice to be able to “watch” as the book finds its way into reality, too.

  4. Carolyn and Aiyana says:

    Thank you, we can’t wait to see and hear about the process.

    What a wonderful adventure we will be on with you and the Kooky Pets.

  5. DawnS says:

    It will be a long strange trip, but exciting and fun!

  6. steven says:

    Yea! We’re setting sail!

  7. Erica says:

    I am enjoying your Kooky Pets so much, I think I found your blog through Lorell Lehman and am so glad I did. I just wish I was talented enough to have contributed but instead I’ll be content to keep practising on my own little Kookies and watch your book progress

  8. I love your enthusiasm but… did you put on your explorer boots on?

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Words from the readers...

In his own unique way and with this unique and perceptive vision (mixed with a generous dollop of gentle humour), Koldo has created a book that is, at its core, about love, honesty, acceptance and a generosity of spirit. The delightful optimism of childhood is alive in these pages.

Lorell Lehman
Kooky Pets is a beautifully illustrated book, full of characters that will make you laugh and wonder about your own Kooky Pet. If I had children, I would buy a copy and share it with them every night. I don’t have children, so I can’t share it with them. But you know, reading through this reminds me how much fun it was to play with the Kooky Pets of my childhood. It brings me so much joy to read and look at, I just might have to buy a copy to share with myself every night!

Heidi Dobbs
This is a book for twilight, to read by the light from a jar of fireflies. It draws you into a fantastical part of our world that’s there if you just look for it hard enough. It’s fantastical creatures are brimming with personality and each one is looking for friendship. They say that each of us has our own Kooky Pet just waiting to find us.

Wendy Edsall-Kerwin
I love everything about the book: the wonderful illustrations (obviously), the layout that compliments them so well, all those awesome black and white decorations, the fonts, the text itself, the handwritten notes surrounding every pet, the… everything.

Yelena Shabrova
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