Front and (below)back covers for Redson's book. Sorry about the glare-it certainly looks better in person
In my initial fizz over finally getting my copy of Joe Moshier's new Bolt Golden Book, I completely forgot to mention that I'm expecting yet another children's adaptation by an animation artist, Aurian Redson--a bright light in the story department.
He worked long and hard on "Bolt" the film, and he too has accomplished quite a lovely piece of publishing with "Bolt" One Ridonculous Adventure". A larger-format, longer picturebook than the Little Golden, it's also fascinating to see how Aurian has chosen to design his own version of the characters and settings. I've just seen a copy belonging to another story artist at work who's received his, and while I may sound like a shill for the publisher, I care not. This is a gorgeous and appealing book and a perfect compliment to your library.
a cropped photograph of one of the large (9x12)pages; these moving men look familiar...
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I'm getting a "This is Paris" vibe from that use of color and shape!
Too bad the Bolt tag messes up the design.
I'd have loved a Bolt logo treatment in the style of the rest of the art on these books.
I saw this and the Little Golden Book at Safeway yesterday. It made me happy, because like you said, Aurian Redson and Joe Moshier are drawing the characters and settings off-model from the film. Not that this hasn't been done before, but I think these books really contrast this particular film in it's design, and I love that.
I love your drawings, btw. They're very lively and fun to look at.
Oh, and thanks for the blog comment! I'll be more thorough with my fact checking from now on. :P
Thanks for the tip on these two books, Jenny. I ordered them both from Amazon, and boy, you are right. Really appealing artwork.
Hopefully Disney will be continue the trend with future books.
I can't wait to get these.
Bob
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