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.
Absolutely charming. I feel inspired by your work – well done!
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…)
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.
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.
It will be a long strange trip, but exciting and fun!
Yea! We’re setting sail!
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
I love your enthusiasm but… did you put on your explorer boots on?