Stories from the sketchbook

A world worth
getting lost in.

Meet the creatures, explore the making process and follow the collection as it grows. Character stories are draft fiction for artist review.

Original hand-drawn art: Strawclops

Character story · Draft

Strawclops and the small things worth keeping

A huge eye, a leafy crown and a habit of collecting things that others miss. Meet the draft fictional resident of the Berry Glen.

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Original hand-drawn art: Flower crowned eye creature

Inside the studio · Draft

From a hand-drawn line to a little companion

How the original drawing guides a sticker, a game sprite and a future three-dimensional collectible.

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Original hand-drawn art: The Love Bug

Character story · Draft

The Love Bug and a very small hello

A draft story about an unusual messenger and the friendships that begin with one small greeting.

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Original hand-drawn art: Long-eared pocket spirit

Character story · Draft

The pocket spirits and a very small hello

Two original drawings, a pair of working fictional stories, and small sticker concepts for the collection.

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Original hand-drawn art: Mushroom-cap flower carrier

Character story · Draft

A flower carrier’s afternoon

A bouquet, two watchful sprouts and two faces in the margins. Five original drawings meet in a proposed garden story.

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New in the relief studio · digital development

A little ink, a little depth.

Two head illustrations, solid backings and original-art comparisons.

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From one original sheet · fictional draft

Tiny company in the berry patch.

Two beetles and five fruit motifs keep their own original colors and identities.

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One complete original scene · fictional draft

A place for one more.

A top-hat bear, a blue-bow rabbit and a heart-decorated tea setting keep the afternoon small.

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New in the sculpture notebook

A turn of the imagination.

Actual relief turntables and a seated bear’s first four volumetric prototypes.

New from the linework pages

A garden in the margins.

Three complete character drawings and three independent striped plant pots.

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New from the flash sheet

A beetle. A moon.
A garden after dark.

Eight original drawings, a fictional story draft and four actual beetle model prototypes.

More from the original flash sheet

The morning
takes a detour.

Eight more separate original drawings, with gentle motion and a new fictional story draft.

Explore the morning path →

New original-art story · fictional draft

The orchard
looks back.

Five watching fruits, a beetle and two small wanderers. Eight more faithfully separated drawings.

Visit the illustrated orchard →

New original-art chapter · fictional draft

Keepers of
little things.

Four separate creatures, four decorative motifs and eight native sticker concepts.

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Original art in motion · fictional draft

The smallest signs
can guide a world.

A complete wandering eye, four ants and three stars. Eight native originals, each linked to its own artwork and sticker concept.

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Eight more native originals

Every little mark
has a place.

Three ants, two stars and three hearts. Original art, three preparation previews and an explicitly fictional chapter.

Meet the margin messengers →

Eight more complete original drawings

A little room
for the unusual.

A stitched companion and six little signs. Explore seven native candidates, three layout studies and one separately held reference.

Meet the quiet companions →

Four more source-bound original accents

A little weather.
A little heart.

Two hearts, two detached drops and three ways to explore their native art.

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Two more source-bound original motifs

A little key.
A sign to follow.

A button-shaped key, a rounded emblem and three ways to explore their native art.

Explore the pocket signs →

New illustrated story · fictional draft

A page full of friends.

Original drawings, shared lines and two future print concepts.

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