Macchi's Den

    Tag: watercolor Illustrations

    • How the Caelos and Red Runner Series Got Made

      May 14, 2026 Who made these books? Hello. I wrote the stories, painted the illustrations, and built the publishing company, Macchi’s Den, that brought them to market. I did all of this while working full time. It took about a year from the first idea to the books being live on Amazon. How did the…

    • Questions People Ask About the Caelos and Red Runner Books

      May 6, 2026 What makes these books different from other children’s picture books? They look different because they are different. Every illustration is hand-painted in watercolor, not generated, not outsourced, not manufactured to a formula. The aesthetic stands apart on a shelf, and that’s intentional. These are books that look like someone made them, because…

    • It’s Real. And Now I Have to Tell People.

      May 2, 2026 Tuesday the books went live. All of them. I felt it coming the night before, that particular kind of elation that sits right next to exhaustion, and then I crashed out and slept. Today I woke up and got back to work. Because that’s the thing nobody tells you about finishing something.…

    • From an Idea to Almost Real — The Story Behind the Books

      March 24, 2026 One day, fully feeling the stress of the current world, I stepped back and thought about what has made me happy in my life. What have I always wanted to do but never had the confidence to actually try? Not another job where I worked for someone else, but for me. The…

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