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...
I'm getting a "This is Paris" vibe from that use of color and shape!
ReplyDeleteToo bad the Bolt tag messes up the design.
ReplyDeleteI'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.
ReplyDeleteI 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.
ReplyDeleteHopefully Disney will be continue the trend with future books.
I can't wait to get these.
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