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Pencil Pals · Feb 5, 2026

Salty Dog and Pals 🛟

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Helen Stephens · Pencil Pals

Me and Katie Chappell made you a film all about how we made Salty Dog and Pals!

🛟 Place your pre-order, lets us know in the special form below and ta-dah! You’ll get your Masterclass!

Free masterclass here

Artwork hanging on a wall Salty Dog Artwork hanging on a wall Salty Dog
Artwork hanging on a wall Salty Dog Artwork hanging on a wall Salty Dog
Artwork on my studio wall

🛟 What will I learn in the Salty Masterclass?

🌊How me and @katiedraws wrote the stories together at my kitchen table - on two iPads, one Google doc, a load of layout paper and sticky tape

🌊How we brainstormed 10 stories over 10 days. Yes, we did!

🌊Where our ideas came from (*spoiler* Salty lives in an upturned boat, and so did my Grandparents—sort of. They squatted in a WWII Nissen hut)

🌊How we knew if an idea was a keeper

How we pitched Salty Dog to the publisher

🌊Why did we base Kitty on Good Ship pal, Tania?

🌊How I illustrated the stories: paper, paints, palettes, all that stuff

🌊How we designed their world: their island, their upturned boat house, the bunk beds of dreams and Bernard’s nik-naks

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Salty says ‘Anchors Aweigh!’ ⚓️ ⚓️⚓️

Helenx

Read the original on helenstephens.substack.com

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