Welcome to My LALATOWN I built by Hyung Joo KimWelcome to My LALATOWN I built by Hyung Joo Kim

Welcome to My LALATOWN I built

Hyung Joo Kim

Hyung Joo Kim

Welcome to My LALATOWN
I built a town.
Not with bricks or blueprints, but with paintings, stories, grocery lists, donut trees, neighborhood legends, and people who stayed kind when they had every reason not to.
Welcome to My LALATOWN is a storybook filled with my original illustrations and the little world I spent years creating. Every page was written, painted, designed, and assembled by me—from the first sketch to the final published book.
What started as a painting became a town. What started as a town became a book.
And then I published it.
This project combines illustration, storytelling, world-building, and book design into a single creative work—one that invites readers to wander through LALATOWN and stay awhile.
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Posted May 30, 2026

Welcome to My LALATOWN I built a town. Not with bricks or blueprints, but with paintings, stories, grocery lists, donut trees, neighborhood legends, and peop...