A studio service
Seek-and-find books, one busy scene at a time.
A seek-and-find scene has to reward a child who looks for ten minutes. We illustrate dense, original scenes with objects hidden at the right difficulty, plus the find lists and answer keys that turn a picture into a puzzle.
N° 01What goes in the book
Scenes worth searching.
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Busy scenes
Full-spread illustrations packed with small stories, so there is something to notice even after every object is found.
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Hidden objects
Items tucked into the scene by shape and colour: a comb in a fence, a banana in a boat.
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A recurring character
One character to find on every spread, drawn consistently and hidden a little harder each time.
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Find lists
Picture lists for non-readers, word lists for readers, or both.
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Extra challenges
Count the birds, spot what changed, find the pair, for a second pass through the book.
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Answer keys
Small versions of each scene with the items circled.
N° 02The part that goes wrong
Hidden is not the same as tiny.
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Lost in the gutter
An object placed across the centre fold disappears into the binding. Nothing to find sits in the gutter.
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Too small to print
Objects are checked at trim size so they survive printing, not just zooming on a screen.
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Uneven difficulty
Each scene mixes easy finds with a few hard ones, so a young child gets a win on every page.
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Look-alike characters
A recurring character that resembles a famous one is a legal risk. Ours are original to your book.
N° 03How it runs
Plan first, artwork after.
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1. Page plan
We agree the settings for each spread, the recurring character and the list of things to find on each one.
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2. Sample pages
Two or three finished pages in the agreed look, so you approve the style and the difficulty before the rest is made.
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3. Full interior
Every page produced to the plan, with answers or instructions where the format needs them, then one consolidated round of changes.
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4. Cover and files
Cover design, front matter and print-ready files at your trim size, set to your printer's or platform's template.
N° 04Investment
Three ways to work together.
Single-format
From $1,600
A short seek-and-find book.
- Cover illustration and title design
- Up to 6 full-spread scenes
- Find lists and answer keys
- Print-ready PDF
- 1 round of revisions
Signature
From $3,200
A full seek-and-find book.
- Cover illustration and title design
- Up to 12 full-spread scenes
- Recurring character
- Find lists, extra challenges and answer keys
- 2 rounds of revisions
- Social marketing pack
Series
From $7,000
A range of settings: city, farm, sea, space.
- 3+ titles
- Shared characters, palette and cover system
- One recurring character across titles
- Full print files per title
- Series style guide
What every package includes, and what it does not
What you get
- Original artwork made for your book, with full commercial rights
- Editable source files as well as print-ready PDFs
- A written page plan agreed before artwork starts
- Files set to the template of the printer or platform you name
What we don’t do
- Printing, binding and shipping
- ISBNs, publishing account setup or marketing campaigns
- Licensed or trademarked characters
Page counts above are caps. A longer book, extra revision rounds or a second language are quoted in writing before we start them.
N° 05Questions
The answers we give most often.
- What is the difference between hidden picture and seek-and-find?
- Hidden picture puzzles disguise objects inside the lines of a drawing. Seek-and-find books hide characters and items in a crowded scene. We illustrate both, and many books mix them.
- How many scenes does a book need?
- Fewer than a story book, because each spread holds a child for a long time. The scene count is fixed in the page plan and matches the package.
- Can the hidden character be my own?
- Yes. Send a description or existing artwork you own and we draw it consistently across every scene.
- Can a real child be the one to find?
- Yes. A child or a whole family can be drawn from photos as the characters hidden in each scene. Mention it in your brief and it is included in the quote.
- Do I own the scenes?
- Yes, with full commercial rights and the source files.
Start your book
Have a book like this in mind?
Tell us the audience, the page count and where it will be printed. You get a page plan and a fixed quote in writing.