IKEA's LATTJO Activity Book

IKEA recently added another title by Shawn Finley to it's family books section. "LATTJO Activity Book", a coloring book for all ages, features 96 pages of intricate black and white imagery of imaginative creatures and botanical designs. Shawn worked closely with the producers at DreamWorks to illustrate and design this coloring book collection (inspired by the original designs of Maja Sten and Tyra von Zweigbergk.) The book is currently available on IKEA's website, along with "LATTJO Story Cards", illustrated by Shawn Finley and Denise Shimabukuro.

Interior spread from LATTJO Activity Book

Interior spread from LATTJO Activity Book

Interior spread from LATTJO Activity Book

Interior spread from LATTJO Activity Book

IKEA Story Cards

Recently I teamed up fellow illustrator Denise Shimabukuro to create IKEA's "Lattjo Story Cards", a fun family product designed to encourage children and adults to invent creative and original stories.

The project, developed for IKEA by DreamWorks, features 20 wordless story cards with a variety of characters and settings as a fun way of engaging children in personal and unique story telling.

My role was to create a total of 27 detailed digital paintings in a traditional textured "acrylic" style, based on pencil drawings supplied by Denise. I'm very happy with the outcome! "Lattjo Story Cards" can be found on IKEA's site here!