The Pond (Hardcover Edition)

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The Pond is a gentle and fantastical picture book about a lonely girl and her unexpected friendship with a mysterious white dragon. Told with restrained color, intentional negative space, and delicate visual rhythm, it captures quiet moments of childhood, solitude, courage, and emotional growth.
Now available on Amazon in both paperback and ebook formats, The Pond is perfect for parent-child reading and personal collection.
Created fifteen years after Laida’s previous original book, this new work reflects a more mature artistic voice and visual storytelling structure. The illustrations blend hand-drawn texture with digital refinement, revealing a calm narrative flow and emotional subtlety.
More than a story, The Pond is a visual journey shaped by time. It represents not only Laida’s deep understanding of visual storytelling, but also a continuation of his artistic language—quiet, symbolic, and emotionally resonant.
Laida brings years of experience in children’s book illustration and visual design. He has worked as a character designer, brand visual consultant, and contributor to book illustration and animation projects, spanning digital drawing, picture book layout, and original character development.
From a solitary childhood to a dreamlike dragon, from ripple-lit ponds to quiet skies—each image carries its own thread of emotion and meaning.
His work often unfolds through image-based narrative: a subtle and insightful reflection on the world around us.

YOU’RE WARMLY INVITED TO EXPLORE HIS ART AND STORIES.