Visit us at CTN in Burbank Nov 19-21 Table T-37 (Click here for Link)

If you are attending CTN this weekend be sure to swing by the IdeaRworks table. I am in Opportunity Alley T-37 across from Disney animation. I will have Kiki Kokí Books, Plush and Tee Shirts that are literally hot off the press. It's a great show. I hope to see you there!

Helllooo Kitty!

A friend invited me to San Rio's Small Gift Celebration last Thursday night. San Rio was celebrating Hello Kitty's 50th anniversary. It was held at an Barker Hanger at the Santa Monica Airport. The art gallery in particular was really inspirational. There were a lot of great artists on display. If you are a Hello Kitty fan you need to get down there. I provided the link, the show runs through Nov 21.  Here are a few pics I took with my phone.

Isle of inspiration

 As part of this blog I will post some of the photo reference that I used as inspiration and how show it made it into the final story.

 

The Spanish Colonial City of Old San Juan. Note the Sentry box above and below.

The streets of the Frog Village in Kiki Kokí have blue stone streets, inspired by the blue brick streets of Old San Juan.

The colors of Old San Juan were an obvious source of inspiration.

The IdeaRworks Store (Click here to visit)

I opened a store to sell Kiki Kokí products. Currently I sell the Book and the Plush. I will be adding Tee Shirts and Art Prints from Kokí as well as some of my other art work.

September 14, 2010 Kiki Kokí is born!

Two and a half weeks ago Kiki Kokí the book, appeared on a store shelf for the first time. It was also the day we held a press conference at the Borders Store in Plaza las Americas Mall in Puerto Rico.

I have posted images from the week at KikiKoki.com.

Kiki Koki on the world-wide web! (click here to visit)

I created KikiKoki.com to keep anyone interested in the property up to date. I also added a store where you can buy the book and the plush...yes plush.

Kiki Kokí, the book

A big part of the inspiration for Kiki Kokí came from the Taino Indians. These are the people that populated the islands in the Caribbean when Columbus first sailed to the New World. I thought it fitting that the origins of the story be attributed to them as there are folk tales regarding the Coqui that originate from the Tainos.

For the cover I wanted to subtly get across the idea of a Coquí frog longing to be a boy again (hope I didn't spoil it). I found it fitting for Koki to create a petroglyphs of himself as a boy. The Tainos created many petroglyphs, they have been found all over Puerto Rico. There is one petroglyth of the Coqui frog, I used it as a graphic on the title page of the book. 


The book is printed in both English and Spanish. Both versions are available at KikiKoki.com