Children’s book The Adventures of Mr Rat (original – Пригоди пана Щура) is a 160-paged book by a talented ukrainian author Lesya Sonyashna. A kind-hearted story about a rat, who – despite being a rat, and being raised in the sewers – also deserves love, and friendship, and a home. And eventually finds it.
- 160 pages
- 17 chaptes
- 1.5 years of work on illustrations alone
- colorful yet tender, watercolor-styled illustrations on each page
Illustrations for this project were shortlisted and printed in the catalogue of The Second International Competition for Illustrators of Books for Children and Youth named after Radna Sakhaltuev
First sketches
Character design
Final version of the main characters:
The main character – Mr Rat, colored version. These images were later used in the instagram page of Mr Rat.
Page layout: from sketch
To final result
And some of my favourite pages
My son Ray and me. A little bit about our creative process. He is my little sunshine who inspires me to create and to share my inner light with each and every one of other youngsters.
Mr Rat has his own Instagram page
Author: Lesya Sonyashna
Layout Designer: Lubomir Olianich
Published by САМІТ-КНИГА in 2023