18
Page Edits Identified
7
High Priority
2
Recordings Transcribed
62 min
Total Audio
| # | Page / Spread | Current State | Requested Change | Owner | Priority |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Global | Mix of kelp forest and coral reef ecosystems | Switch entire book to coral reef ecosystem only. Drop kelp forest. Keep it scientifically consistent. | Both | High |
| 2 | Global | Mixed image layouts (some partial, some full) | Make all spreads full-bleed images with text overlaid on the illustration. No white space pages. | Speaker 2 | High |
| 3 | Global | Color varies page to page | Light gradient going down: light blue (shallow) to dark blue/black (deep), then reverse going back up. No red in deep water (scientifically accurate). Monochromatic blue transition zone before color returns. | Both | High |
| 4 | Global — Dot's Eyes | Eyes change size/style inconsistently across pages | Keep eyes consistent size on every page. Play with expressions (half-moons, wide, U-shaped) but maintain proportions. Prefer the more abstract/natural light-refraction style over stark dots. | Speaker 2 | Med |
| 5 | Global — Easter Egg | Seahorse as recurring character | Add a snail as the Easter egg hidden animal (founder's favorite). Custom snail design. Snail hides on every page for kids to find. Seahorse can stay but snail is the Easter egg. | Speaker 2 | Med |
| 6 | Global — Ollie Consistency | Ollie looks different across pages (realistic vs 2D) | Character consistency pass needed. Use the self-monitoring skill from the previous session that auto-reviews face matches. | Speaker 2 | High |
| 7 | Front Inner Spread | Zoomed-in view of shell/canyon | Zoom out more so you can see the shell in the distance. Creates the effect of getting closer when you turn the page. Add more contrast so Dot pops from background slightly (not too much). | Speaker 2 | Med |
| 8 | Page 2 — Bubbles / Adventures | Kelp forest scene with red fish and seal | Switch to shallow coral reef. More green/yellow (shallow light). Hide-and-seek concept: zoom out so Ollie and Dot are harder to find among the coral. "Where is Ollie? Where is Dot?" Other animals visible. Update text to "they played hide and seek, they gathered tiny shells." | Both | High |
| 9 | Page 3 — Canyon Edge | Edge scene, not full spread, text separate | Extend to full spread. Focus all detail/color on the edge (rainbow reef, Ollie sitting on edge). Canyon/dark side stays plain and mysterious. Shift characters to LEFT page, darkness on RIGHT page with text overlay. Add more contrast between bright edge and dark canyon. Add interactive text: "Are you ready?" | Both | High |
| 10 | Page 4 — Down and Down | Colorful reef distracts from the jumping/descent moment | Zoom out more (like the cover image) to show the drop. Focus on the fun of jumping into the unknown. Reduce color reef detail. Show motion/dynamism of flowing legs. Coral reef scene may be reused elsewhere since it's beautiful. | Speaker 2 | High |
| 11 | Deep Sea — Zoom Progression | Zoom levels inconsistent between deep pages | Create a deliberate zoom progression: (1) Most zoomed out with vastness/deep sea creatures, no shadow yet. (2) Slightly zoomed in, shadow appears. (3) Much more zoomed in for impact. Gradual, not jarring. | Speaker 2 | Med |
| 12 | Deep Sea — Glowing Fish | Current illustration with starry/dot eyes on Dot | Page order swap: This page (vastness, glowing fish, bioluminescence) comes FIRST. No shadow yet. Zoomed out with lots of deep sea detail. Fix Dot's eyes (starry eyes issue). | Both | Med |
| 13 | Deep Sea — Shadow / Whale | Shadow on one page, not very large | Make shadow BIGGER . Spread shadow across both pages of the spread. Slightly more zoomed in than the glowing fish page. This comes AFTER the vastness page. | Speaker 2 | High |
| 14 | Ollie Froze | Ollie looks in pain/intense | Make expression more "cute but scared" rather than in pain. Slight changes to eye openness to look more personable. The reader first gets concerned, then laughs. Keep the emotional beat but soften expression. | Speaker 2 | Med |
| 15 | Breathing / Mindfulness (3 pages) | Three separate pages: Name It, Feel the Body, Breathe | COMBINE into fewer pages. Option A: One page with Name It + Feel the Body (tentacle on chest), second page for Breathe (big bubbles). Option B: Single image with all three steps and text on sides. Get to breathing faster . Keep the glowing/realistic style. Sparse deep-sea background. | Both | High |
| 16 | Shadow Reveal / Whale | Bright colorful reveal, big contrast jump | Keep the reveal still somewhat dark. Transition to monochromatic blue/navy (not full color yet). The color returns gradually as they swim up/home. Too bright too suddenly feels jarring. | Speaker 2 | Med |
| 17 | Going Home | Text says "swam on a little deeper, a little braver" | They're NOT going deeper anymore. They're going HOME. Update text: Ollie is proud and accomplished. Playing more, calm, close to home. Show the zoomed-out canyon scene from the beginning but with shell OPEN and empty (waiting for them). Blue to color gradient returns. | Speaker 1 | High |
| 18 | Back Cover / End | Gold stipple art style | Keep gold sparkle/glitter effect. Silver when Ollie is brown. Consider different decorative elements for Mars book. Maintain this as a signature style element. | Speaker 2 | Low |
Meeting with Speaker 2 — Book Draft 1 Review
Front Spread & Page 2 — Coral Reef, Hide and Seek
▼Page 3 — Canyon Edge, Courage Moment
▼Page 4 — Down and Down, Jump into Unknown
▼Deep Sea — Glowing Fish, Shadow, Whale Reveal
▼Ollie Froze — Scared Expression
▼Breathing / Mindfulness — Combining Pages
▼Shadow Reveal & Going Home
▼Easter Egg Snail, Board Book Format, Second Book
▼Internal Review Notes — Pre-Call Summary
Full Transcript (Speaker 1)
▼[00:00] Okay, so this is a summary in preparation before my call with Speaker 2 where I'm trying to just summarize my thoughts on the progress for first draft and what I have in mind for the next draft. We'll also have to do a follow-up after our call to see what might change.
[00:39] Working backwards, I ended the week where I was trying to get some character consistency. I wanted to get it done really fast for a few pages that needed it. I started using Nano Banana Pro in Flow and did that to get the first batch of pages for when I sent the draft.
[01:43] Then I wanted to do more consistency with the faces before I sent to print. This past week on Saturday I worked with one of my sessions that I asked to build a skill, based off what we were doing, because it started to figure out how to do it within the terminal. I was getting really good results. It was monitoring itself and reviewing and finding the ones that match and re-running itself if it didn't. That worked really well. I need to remember to go search for that skill that was built and saved.
[02:31] Before I finished the draft I was also trying to get more complexity in the scenes because all the different components were just showing up really basic and simple, didn't have artistic appeal. I had already sent prompts about masterpieces and going for the most detail possible but it wasn't really affecting the outcome. I want to go look back at those skills we built and figure out how to work them into this next plan.
[03:19] I started making specialized prompts. Broke down each piece into specialized prompts to see what the outcome of just those pieces were.
[04:00] I was making style prompts for the scene, for the characters, each of the types of mediums we're using. Then tried to get some with different expressions. Need to refine that with whatever characters we go with.
[04:41] With the scene styling, they were coming out pretty well but we want to completely up the bar for the level of detail and nuance. I think that's what we can accomplish with AI that would be hard for humans to do.
[05:08] Layering the different mediums: we have these different style prompts that work independently but we haven't honed in on the layering and combination of them. Also the level of detail, quality, vibe, aesthetic, color scheme.
[05:46] I want to play with this idea of a gradient of color. Moving from white to pink to red orange going down, and as we go down the color gradient they'll be going deeper, then as we come back up the colors reverse. It ties in with the rainbow reef concept. Different types of animals, different flecks of color, but the main primary color will be dominant per specific ecosystem.
[06:41] Lastly, I want to build this meta mega-prompt, like I'm doing for ROSEYS, where I have a spreadsheet and mind map for all the different components. Map out all the skills, all the models, all the APIs and limits. Make a really structured approach to how we tackle all the generations and reviews, really automated. Continuously progressed by the system rather than me being involved in each step. So we'll need to build that too.