Street Cats of Istanbul

Following a trip to Istanbul, Türkiye, I returned home with a camera roll full of street cats. From restaurant seats to trees, I knew I had to document my encounters with the adorable creatures somehow. Thus, Cats of Istanbul was born, a fun and engaging picture book perfect for any child or cat lover.

Ideation

To start, I gathered my pictures and began storyboarding, also designing the title.

Iterations

For the cover, I tried out different angles and text arrangements on a whimiscal picture of a cat.

When it came to the book content, I added rectangles to bring out the colors of the image and give the page some movement. I also changed the format to a square and switched to a heavier typeface with better readability.

I also added a few pages at the beginning to introduce the country of Türkiye and the city of Istanbul to the reader in a simple way.

Final Result

The completed Street Cats of Istanbul book is full of cats in many places around the city, questions for the reader to answer, and a final check-in on a cat seen earlier in the book.