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✦ Intro
Through Snowy Paths is a lyrical picture book about a white cat with two different eyes who walks through snow, fire, and silence — searching for warmth and belonging.
On the surface, it's a story of being lost and finding home.
But it’s also something more: a quiet tale about fading, surrender, and the soft hand that carries you into light.
But it’s also something more: a quiet tale about fading, surrender, and the soft hand that carries you into light.
✦ About the Book
This book tells two stories at once.
The first is visible: a cat is left behind in the chaos of war. He wanders through an uncertain, burning world. He walks through ruins, wind, and fear — and in the end, he finds a new family.
The first is visible: a cat is left behind in the chaos of war. He wanders through an uncertain, burning world. He walks through ruins, wind, and fear — and in the end, he finds a new family.
The second story is hidden beneath:
The moment Snowy collapses from exhaustion and hunger, the world shifts. The hand that lifts him is not just human — it is an angel’s. The glowing creatures around him become gentle guides. What follows may not be rescue, but a passage — into a tender, soft afterlife. A cat’s heaven. A final home.
The moment Snowy collapses from exhaustion and hunger, the world shifts. The hand that lifts him is not just human — it is an angel’s. The glowing creatures around him become gentle guides. What follows may not be rescue, but a passage — into a tender, soft afterlife. A cat’s heaven. A final home.
✦ Sketches and Process
This book began as a quiet idea in the margins of my sketchbook — just a small cat, a lot of snow, and a sense of something sacred.
I started with tiny pencil thumbnails, focusing on rhythm and contrast rather than detail. From there, I explored different page turns, visual metaphors, and pacing — working in silence to let the story breathe.
The final illustrations were built in digital media, but I tried to preserve the softness of watercolor and the raw feeling of the sketch phase. The cold, the light, the hush — all had to be felt.
I started with tiny pencil thumbnails, focusing on rhythm and contrast rather than detail. From there, I explored different page turns, visual metaphors, and pacing — working in silence to let the story breathe.
The final illustrations were built in digital media, but I tried to preserve the softness of watercolor and the raw feeling of the sketch phase. The cold, the light, the hush — all had to be felt.
✦ Visual Language
The book is mostly wordless — the story unfolds through light, texture, rhythm, and symbolism.
Each spread was carefully built to hold both meanings: the literal and the metaphoric.
Each spread was carefully built to hold both meanings: the literal and the metaphoric.
The fire can be both destruction and release.
The birds can be both messengers and omens.
The snow is not just weather — it is stillness, waiting, forgetting.
And in the end, spring comes.
Whether real or imagined, it is warm, full of flowers, and someone is waiting.
Whether real or imagined, it is warm, full of flowers, and someone is waiting.
✦ Symbolism Highlights
Heterochromia: Snowy’s two eyes reflect dual vision — life and beyond.
The hand: Not just a rescue — but a soft divine gesture.
The final light: A blooming field, a small house in the distance — not always on this side of reality.
The people: Perhaps new friends, perhaps those who have always been waiting.
✦ Final Paragraph
This story was born from a quiet thought:
That even in loss, there is gentleness. That someone small, scared, and silent still deserves beauty at the end of the road.
That even in loss, there is gentleness. That someone small, scared, and silent still deserves beauty at the end of the road.
Whether this is a story of rescue — or farewell — is for the reader to decide.
✦ Looking for a Publisher
“Through Snowy Paths” doesn’t have a publisher yet. Together with my art agent, we’re looking for the right home for this story — someone who believes in quiet books, in visual poetry, and in the emotional lives of animals and children.
If this book speaks to you — we would love to talk.
If this book speaks to you — we would love to talk.