Original title: A 32-page picture book created independently
A small gift travels through changing scales, characters, and spaces—turning curiosity into connection through collage and sequential composition.
A complete visual narrative with an original story, illustration system, and page-turn rhythm.
Role
Concept, writing, illustration, and book design
Format
32-page original picture book
Timeline
2020
Media
Digital collage · Mixed media
Final spread The journey resolves in shared music, play, and a landscape large enough for every character.
01 · The book
A visual story built from curiosity, scale, and movement.
Created independently from concept to final layout, the book follows a gift as it gathers stories, characters, and music. Recurring shapes and directional movement connect all thirty-two pages.
Cover systemThe cover introduces the windmill, music, and generous scale shifts that return later.First clueA quiet tabletop scene begins the story through fragments, handwriting, and a childlike drawing.
02 · Process
From rough storyboard to finished rhythm.
This early draft maps the complete arc before color and texture were introduced. I used silhouettes, repeated objects, and page-turn changes to test pacing, scale, and movement.
Early storyboard · Complete book mapPlanning every spread together exposed pacing gaps before visual polish.What the draft revealsThe final texture changed, but curiosity, encounter, and connection were already present.
03 · Story arc
Three beats move the reader from a question to connection.
Each spread changes the scale or direction of the journey while recurring objects keep the sequence coherent.
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Curiosity
A gift opens a path into the unknown.
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Encounters
New characters expand the world and its sounds.
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Forward motion
Gesture and direction carry the reader toward the ending.
04 · Visual language
Paper texture gives simple shapes a tactile voice.
Flat silhouettes remain readable, while scanned and painted textures introduce warmth, age, and variation. Large areas of white create pauses between denser scenes.
Scale makes the encounter feel intimate without adding visual clutter.
Recurring deviceA ribbon becomes both an object and a directional guide between scenes.
05 · Sequence
Thirty-two pages, one continuous rhythm.
Viewed together, the spreads show how quiet openings, denser encounters, and broad final scenes create a deliberate reading pace.
What this project demonstrates
Visual storytelling is interaction design on paper: every page turn changes expectation through scale, silence, repetition, and movement.
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