Creative Director: Rudy Manning
Art Direction: Ed Rick
Illustrations/Design: Chia Yi Lin
The Pastilla team plunged headfirst into the whimsical arena of children’s fiction, providing visual concept direction and illustrations for Marjan Massoudian’s The Tale of Kakamuchu. Wanting to leave aspects of her story up to readers’ imaginations, Marjan opted not to incorporate character drawings, asking us to illustrate her book solely through artwork of the scenery on Kakamuchu’s home planet, Kaka-La. Inspired by kids’ innate creativity and love of storytelling, we drew from children’s literature, science fiction, and Japanese illustration to create a vibrant, fanciful environment designed to engage young readers.
