Weird Wonderful Words Kiwani Dolean Synopsis Weird Wonderful Words started as an Instagram project for #The100DayProject 2018 and then it became something more interesting every day, from an artistic and human point of view. #100daysofweirdwonderfulwords is an exploration of weird and wonderful words where I combined digital illustration and hand lettering to create 100 unique illustrations, composed by a hand-lettered word, the meaning of the word and a metaphorical illustration to showcase its meaning. It's a very simple but powerful concept. The illustrations are in a square format, they have the same colour palette with watercolour and pencil as main brush types. Chapter breakdown A 1 Abbiocco Italian 2 Age-otori Japanese 3 Arbejdsglæde Danish 4 Ataraxia Greek B 5 Badkruka Swedish 6 Boketto Japanese C 7 Cafuné Portuguese 8 Cavoli Riscaldati Italian 9 Chindogu Japanese 10 Culaccino Italian D 11 Dépaysement French 12 Dor Romanian 13 Dormiveglia Italian 14 Duende Spanish E 15 Encandilar Spanish 16 Erklärungsnot German 17 Estrenar Spanish 18 Eudaimonia Greek F 19 Fahrvergnügen German 20 Fare la scarpetta Italian 21 Fargin Yiddish 22 Fernweh German 23 Filotimo Greek 24 Forelsket Norwegian 25 Formacja Polish 26 Friolero Spanish G 27 Gigil Filipino 28 Gökotta Swedish 29 Goya Urdu H 30 Hanyauku Rukwangali (Namibia) 31 Hiraeth Welsh 32 Hüzün Turkish 33 Hygge Danish I 34 Ikigai Japanese 35 Iktsuarpok Inuit J 36 Jaksaa Finnish 37 Jayus Indonesian K 38 Kalpa Sanskrit 39 Kilig Tagalog 40 Koi no yokan Japanese 41 Komorebi Japanese L 42 L’esprit de l’escalier French 43 Lagom Swedish 44 Lebensmüde German 45 Lieko Finnish 46 Listopad Russian 47 Litost Czech 48 Luftmensch Yiddish M 49 Madrugada Spanish 50 Mamihlapinatapei Yagan 51 Mångata Swedish 52 Mencolek Indonesian 53 Mokita Kivila 54 Mono no aware Japanese O 55 Odnoliub Russian 56 Oodal Tamil P 57 Pålegg Norwegian 58 Pana Po’o Hawaiian 59 Parea Greek 60 Pena ajena Spanish 61 Pisan Zapra Malay 62 Pochemuchka Russian 63 Prozvonit Czech 64 Psithurism Greek Q 65 Querencia Spanish R 66 Rire dans sa barbe French S 67 Saudade Portuguese 68 Schadenfreude German 69 Schlimmbesserung German 70 Shemomedjamo Georgian 71 Shibui Japanese 72 Shouganai Japanese 73 Sisu Finnish 74 Sobremesa Spanish 75 Suilk Scottish T 76 Takallouf Urdu 77 Tampo Filipino 78 Tartle Scottish 79 Tima Icelandic 80 Tingo Pascuense (Easter Island) 81 Tokka Finnish 82 Torschlusspanik German 83 Toska Russian 84 Trepverter Yiddish 85 Tretår Swedish 86 Tsundoku Japanese U 87 Uffda Norwegian 88 Uitwaaien Dutch 89 Utepils Norwegian V 90 Vedriti Slovenian 91 Voorpret Dutch W 92 Wabi-sabi Japanese 93 Waldeinsamkeit German 94 Wanderlust English 95 Weltschmerz German Y 96 Ya’aburnee Arabic 97 Yoko Meshi Japanese 98 Yūgen Japanese Z 99 Zapoi Russian 100 Zhaghzhagh Persian Audience Illustration lovers, languages lovers, lettering lovers, art lovers. In terms of age, this kind of book could appeal to everyone from children who are starting to read, to adults in every stage of their life, it's truly a universal audience and could also be gifted to people from different countries who speak different languages. Relevant competing titles Weird Wonderful Words I discovered only recently that there is another similar book actually called Weird Wonderful Words published in 2002 (which I didn't find when I created the Instagram profile for the project): https://www.amazon.co.uk/Weird-Wonderful-Words-Erin- McKean/dp/0195159055. Lost in Translation https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lost-Translation-Illustrated-Compendium- Untranslatable/dp/1607747103 What a Wonderful World https://www.amazon.co.uk/What-Wonderful-Word-Collection- Untranslatables/dp/1848576455/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_14_t_0?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID =XP59MAKDYW98F2RF123P Although the idea is clearly quite similar, being illustrated books they are all quite different between them because of the illustration styles and takes on the subject. What makes mine stand out from the others is the modern style, the uniqueness of the illustrations and the choice of the words. I would be, of course, open to changing the title of my publication to something that works best. Platform and existing audience The project on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/weirdwonderfulwords My personal Instagram profile: https://www.instagram.com/kiwani My website: kiwanidolean.com My Twitter: https://twitter.com/Kiwani_Dolean My Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.co.uk/kiwani My Dribbble profile: https://dribbble.com/kiwani I have recently won the Bristol Pound Design Competition 2018 and one of my illustrations is printed on the Bristol Pound £20 banknote. The Bristol Pound PR team is going to support my creative endeavours for the next 2 years so they would give me support in term of book promotion & events. They have a large user base with thousands of people subscribed to their newsletter and using the money. More info here: https://bristolpound.org/meet-the-artists-kiwani-dolean/ Another platform where the book could be promoted is Instagram and #The100DayProject community (thousands of people participated this year, from 65+ countries and 1 million posts on Instagram). I also have several contacts in the art world both in Bristol and London (where I was living before Bristol) and I would imagine book events in quirky little bookshops and cafes, with the kind of artsy audience that could appreciate this kind of book. It would also be lovely to create a series of prints that could be sold alongside the book or could be featured in exhibitions. Sample material from the start of the book (first 20 illustrations) .