The Little Dreamer by Anila Angin
So after almost a year and a half..! The Little Dreamer, a book written by Singaporean writer Anila Angin, with illustrations by Balloon (me) and animations by Stick (Yanyun Chen http://yanyun-chen.blogspot.com/) of Stick and Balloon (www.stickandballoon.wordpress.com) is up and out on the Internets of the Web. Frankly, I’m still digesting the fact that it’s finally out! This project was my first-ever paid illustration job, and what an intense couple of months those were! This soul-finding journey will trickle through the web in bits with a new chapter every Sunday till the end of the book. Or if you would rather have the entire thing right away, you could buy the ebook off the site. I’ll also be posting up illustrations from the chapter of the week here, so keep watching the book site and here!
Here’s an excerpt from the book…
Legend has it that a White City in the stars exists, where everything is created from light.
In the middle of this city, there is a great White Fire that burns continuously. The fire is magical, with flames that can take any shape they wish, from roses to sylvan nymphs to grand palaces.
But because the fire is white, everything that comes from it is also white.
From this fire, the White City and all its inhabitants are constantly born and renewed like phoenixes. All the buildings that emerge from the fire are whiter and more splendid than the day, even their walls, floors, and furniture.
All the city’s people too are pale as spirits can be, each a thread of white flame that spins in a dazzling point of light, so sharp as to seem like it could cut.
With fire as their mother and nursemaid, it is no wonder the dwellers of this White City are known as the White Flames. They are most passionate about dancing and singing, of which they never seem to tire. All day, they sing and dance, driven by a fierce and secret fire within that they call their Sephyr. When they wish to rest, they retire to splendid suites in their expansive white palaces.
The White Flames are known to be powerful and fantastic beings. Whatever they desire, they have. Wherever they wish to go, they are there. Whatever they wish to know, they know just by asking.
The White City is a place where dreams come true, and where no desire goes unfulfilled. It is a city where limitations have never existed, for it is the city of infinite possibilities. In that sense, the White Flames are somewhat like djinns, but far more powerful than the most powerful djinn that ever was.
You would imagine therefore that everyone was very happy with life. And so they were, for quite a long time. With infinity as their playground, and their fields bedewed with stars, who could help but be quite content? When the White Flames were not dancing or singing, they were chortling with joy, as children do. Everyone was the best of friends, and they were perfectly pleased with life.
But one day, something unexpected happened.
It all began with the youngest of the septuplets, a family of White Flame children who lived in the White City. They were as magnificent as everyone else, and being siblings split from the same flame in their mother’s womb, were greatly attached to each other. Everything they did, they did together. Wherever anyone went, the rest followed.
That fateful day however, the youngest of the septuplets decided to do something different.
Read the rest of it here at The Little Dreamer Novel site! http://littledreamernovel.com/
And the Illustrations for the week:
Book Cover
Prelude
Before the Dream Begins… (Part 1)
And one more thing.. if you should so wish to purchase these images on a poster or other things, visit the Little Dreamer zazzle store here at http://www.zazzle.com/thelittledreamer
MoonChild
Drawing for a story I’m working on right now, to be done in stop-mo.
