Editorial and Proofread
Editor/Project Manager of Children's Book
Storyboard Design
"Thai Provinces"
Gamified picturebooks
Picturebook series aiming to support primary school students' learning about local culture, history, and geography of each Thai province through fictional narratives and educational games in each spread.
The project was planned to cover 77 provinces in Thailand and tell their stories through the adventures of a Siamese cat, Tago (Thai: a traditional dessert made of coconut and sago beads) and his human siblings, Taengmo (Thai: watermelon) and Tangme (Thai: Thai candy).
The first book, which was designed and written by me, was about Ubonrajathani province, the Easternmost province of the country. The project has been on hold due to the economic fluctuation and the Covid-19 pandemic.
Shadow Book and Toy
The book aims to introduce children to different kinds of animals and show them how they can make the shadows of the animals with their little hands. Each animal is described in rhymes, accompanied by cut-out illustrations that can be used for shadow play in family.
The book is planned to be sold with 10 special shadow puppets. Children can play with them by inserting their fingers into the hole(s) on the puppets and enlivening their shadow with little wiggling fingers.
Picturebooks
I have designed and written a couple of picturebooks in my free time to experiment on the production process of picturebooks of different topics and styles.
The first picturebook I wrote and illustrated was Mafun (The Tooth Fruits), a story about how a family of tooth eaters deceived a child that they were tooth fairies and successfully created a town in the child's mouth.
Other picturebooks are; for example,
Jiwliw: Lost in School, an adventure of a child with the height of preschoolers' knees (disability + universal design theme);
The Coconut Monkey, a story about coconut harvesting monkeys in Thailand, written in response to the boycott of Thai coconut products in the UK in 2020;
The Twelve Month Wishes, a customized poetic picturebook for parents to record their child's first year development in each month; and
Children Rise a non-fiction picturebook about Thai children's movement in 2020-2021.
Comics
The three comics I wrote stories and drew storyboards for while I studied for a Bachelor's degree all received awards.
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๑ (One) (2014): The Sci-Fi Comics Award from Petroleum Authority of Thailand (PTT)’s comic contest 2014.
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More Than Death (2010): The Honorable Mention Award for Sci-fi Short Comics from National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA)’s Thai Sci-Fi Comic Contest (general applicants) 2010.
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City Game (2010): The first runner-up award for short informative comics about city planning from The Department of Public Works and Town & Country Planning’s Comics Contest 2010.
Latest work
A one shot comic about a dystopian land aimed to capture cultural dilemmas, depressing political events, and widening generational and ideological gaps currently happening in Thailand.
The work is bilingual and not honestly translated, so I recommend you read this with a Thai friend.
UPDATE: Selected to feature in South East Asia Kommunity Comic Book Anthology and attend the Philippine International Comics Festival 2024 on July 20-21, 2024
Event planning
Book fairs & Book Launch Events
As an editor of picturebooks at Nanmeebooks, I helped organise a few book launch events; for example, the Journey, and reader/fan activities in several book fairs such as the National Book Fair and Bangkok International Book Fair annually.
Children & Family Events
As an editor of picturebooks at Plan for Kids, I helped design and facilitate a couple of children's events to promote reading, such as Kung King's Birthday Party (Thai Market theme) in National Book Fair 44th and Dino Run (a children and family's marathon and activity day).
Teacher Workshops
Working in the field of educational media like picturebooks, I have engaged in designing a couple of school activities in monthly teachers' handbooks and several parental guides to accompany each new picturebook and facilitating some teacher workshops with my colleagues.
