The Power of Collaboration

This isn’t just another Picture Book story, this is a story about locals joining forces to keep a promise to a young boy.

When Steve Coleman (local author) told me that he had promised to have the Cat’s Whisker printed by Milo’s birthday it left me only 5 weeks to transform his manuscript into print ready artwork. With the 7 week lead time required from the printers there was no margin for delays.

So what did the 5 weeks consist of I hear you ask…

1. Character design
2. Composition
3. Thumbnails
4. Layout
5. Typography
6. B&W book dummy
7. Colouring
8. Cover Design
9. InDesign Layout
10. Output Print ready files, and
11. Liasing with Printers for final adjustments

All in all an epic, enjoyable and trully fulfilling experience.  Not that I would want to make a habit out of it, but it does show what can be achieved when like minded creatives share a common goal and work in unison.

That’s all from me for now,

Cheers
Matt B