Sketchtravel is an artistic journey unlike any other. No editorial project has ever before brought together as many visual artists around a common object. Passed between 72 artists over 5 years and across over 35,000 miles, the Sketchtravel sketchbook showcases the creativity of artists in numerous disciplines from around the world. Illustrators, animators, painters, and more each illustrated a page with their unique style before passing the book to the next artist. Reflecting a who’s who of popular contemporary artists, this imaginative diverse collection of artwork will inspire art lovers with its scope, diversity, and beauty, much as it did each artist who contributed a link in its chain.
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- Hardcover: 194 pages
- Publisher: Chronicle Books (August 15, 2012)
- Language: English
My favorite publisher Chronicle Books just put out their Fall/Winter 2012 catalog and they’re releasing more animation and cartoon-related books this holiday season than ever before. Below are the six titles (including one by myself) that will be of interest to Cartoon Brew readers, followed by the catalog pages with images and descriptions of each book.
The Art and Making of ParaNorman
by Jed Alger
August 2012, Pre-order for $21.74.
Sketchtravel
by Gérald Guerlais and Dice Tsutsumi
September 2012, Pre-order for $23.52.
The Art of Wreck-It Ralph
by Maggie Malone and Jennifer Lee Monn
November 2012, Pre-order for $21.74.
Imagination Illustrated: The Jim Henson Journal
by Karen Falk
November 2012, Pre-order for $16.27.
Speaking of color scripts, I have to point out an interesting and visually striking film experiment by Dice Tsutsumi, whose Toy Story 3 color scripts are featured in the new Pixar book.
Dice’s passion project for the past few years has been Sketchtravel, an idea that he hatched with illustrator Gérald Guerlais, and which features the participation of some of the world’s most well known illustrators, comic artists and animators. (We’ve written about it before on Cartoon Brew.) The project has finally come to a conclusion: an auction of the original sketchbook artwork was held last week and raised over $100,000 for charity. A printed version of the book is now available in France, too.
To support the Sketchtravel project, Dice made the following animated short using his color scripting technique:
In an email, he explained the challenge of making an animated film as someone who comes from a painting background:
“Since I’m not an animator, my focus is to carry a story through all the visual staging elements — color, lighting, and composition. I painted every single frame of the film by myself with a little help from friends and a small amount of After Effects movements. It took me six months to complete it while I was preparing for the auction event.”
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wonderful!