The Caterpillar shining through
Last week the second hardcover test print of my fantasy children`s book, Below the Floor, finally arrived (“Das Dorf unter dem Fußboden” as it will be published in German first). […]
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The Hardcover Proof of my Fantasy Children`s Book
Finally the proof of the hardcover version of my fantasy children`s book, Below the Floor (or: “Das Dorf unter dem Fußboden”, as the book will be published in German first), […]
Fairytale Book Cover Reveal
The cover for the german version of my fantasy children’s book is finally finished. After many of you gave me a lot of helpful input on the different cover sketches […]
Below the Floor will be released in German – First
I initially had planned to release my first fantasy children`s book in English. It seemed to be the right fit for it. I wrote “Below the Floor” in German and […]
We got a Winner!
A big thank you goes to everybody who took the time to complete the survey I launched three weeks ago. It was of really great help and I have already […]
A Kobold in the Kitchen
While I am still polishing and rewriting some parts of my fairytale, after having gotten some very valuable feedback from my beta-readers, I thought that I could post a “before” […]
Prototype Print for the Fairytale Book
Last week, finally a little package arrived. Inside were the prototype books I had ordered to check the look and feel of the fairytale Below the Floor. It was thicker […]
Finally the First Coloured Illustration
If you have read the two last posts, Fighting the Paper I and Fighting the Paper II, you might already know of some of the challenges I enountered (and how […]
Update on the Caterpillar Metro
Some weeks ago I posted my first sketches for the caterpillar metro which appears in my fairy tale. I´m curreently pumping out one image after the other to get the […]
Evolution of a Fairy – III
After I knew what the face of Leto, the hero of my fairy tale, looked like it was time to design his clothes. I always had known that the Wan […]
Ever Seen a Mud-Skrat?
Have you ever seen a mud skrat? As long as you are not as tiny as a hamster or a small rabbit there might not be very much for you […]
The Grumpy Door Knocker
This is the first illustration I drew for my children´s book called Below the Floor, which will be a fantasy story with creatures living – well, below the floor. From […]
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