Rochee goes to Esplanade

Rochee is heading Esplanade this February! It's going to be a fun-filled song and dance production based on the picture book. So get your tickets here!

There will be storytelling sessions to promote the stage production. Follow PLAYtime or Esplanade Presents: PIP's Club for more updates :)

Spotted a cockroach in the bookshop

Rochee is in your pocket!

Hi everyone, I just want to shout out that Rochee is now available as an iPhone app! :D

If you had been curious about the story and want to know what really happened to Rochee, now you can download it into you iPhone to find out! There are some screenshots for your viewing if you go to the link.

I hope you'd like it and you can also email your comments to me if you have them!

Thanks everyone!

Rochee's bad dream

Rochee Now in 3D

Shirley created this Rochee hand puppet for our storytelling session. He made a special appearance in the beginning. :)

Rochee(s)

We had our storytelling session at Kinokuniya yesterday afternoon. There was also a fun time for the kids to draw their version of Rochee. Here are the lovely drawings done by the kids during the session.

Click on the image for larger view :)

Catch up with Rochee!

I will be reading my book at Kinokuniya Singapore Main Store in Ngee Ann City/Takashimaya Shopping Centre this Saturday, 16 Jan, 2.30pm.

Drop by and say hi!

Beware

Introducing Rochee's Form Teacher, Mrs Rara. She is dedicated and enthusiastic in her work. Although she may look stern, she is actually a nice and warmth cockroach. All she wants is to bring out the best in her students. Always trying to guide and impart. When she speaks, all her students listen.

Fun Time with Rochee

1. Click image to enlarge
2. Print it direct from browser or download & print
3. Follow the instructions
4. Start playing hide & seek with Rochee

Rochee colouring page

Here is a page from the book for you to download,
printout and colour in.

Spot the difference

1. Click image to enlarge
2. Print it direct from browser or download & print
3. Start spotting

Rochee Wallpaper 1

Choose your wallpaper size by clicking on the design, followed by;

PC Users: Right-click the image and select
"Set As Desktop Background."

MAC Users: Control-click the image and select
"Set As Desktop Background."


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Book Cover

Inside Page

Rochee loves playing hide and seek

Picture Book Masterclass Workshop

One of the highlights of the initiative was to attend a Picture Book Masterclass Workshop. The 3 speakers were David Mackintosh, Clive Newman of Fremantle Press and Sally Rippin. Above, David Mackintosh explaining the process of designing a picture book. Both books shown here were by Neal Layton, one of my favourite children's book illustrators. :)

Rochee Thumbnails

I did these rough sketches in the beginning to have an overview of the story. It also helps me to think about the composition for each page. As you can see, everything is still very raw with lots of scribblings. :)

Rochee Manuscript

Submission for the initiative requires the manuscript as well as all the illustrations for the book. The illustrations can be without colour but must be accompanied by a fully-coloured sample which you can see in my illustration blog.

Inking Rochee

A few shots I took during the inking stage.

All illustrations were drawn on Daler Rowney A2 size Fine Grain - Heavy Weight paper with a nib pen and china ink. Although it took longer to ink with a nib pen, I liked how the irregular lines turned out. :)