Books by Shaun Tan
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review 1: I really love Shaun Tan's unfinished style. Elements like scotch tape or page wrinkles make it seem more like you are flipping through someone's actual sketchbook. This book included some sketches of familiar scene's from his other books (The Arrival, Tales from Outer Suburbia.) ...
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review 1: men guuud vad fin!här tycker jag tan fungerade bäst hittills för mig - där orden har en större innebörd än bilderna. bilderna är fina och tan är otroligt skicklig - men jag gillar liksom inte riktigt färgerna och tycker inte de är direkt VACKRA.Berättelser från yttre förorten är ...
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review 1: Shaun Tan is an incredible artist and it's a privilege to take a peak inside his sketchbooks. This sampler, however, does not do justice to his sublime talent.The book is divided into a few basic sections, like Unused Ideas and Doodles, but there's very little context given beyon...
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review 1: An array of sketches and thoughts on the process of creating art. I enjoyed the introduction and short chapter intros where Tan talks about the sketch as part of the process and that "thinking" about a piece really requires setting pencil to paper. It really is unedited and rea...
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review 1: Have you ever considered the creative process of a book illustrator? Shaun Tan is the award-winning illustrator and author of award-winning children’s books (in 2011 he won his first Oscar for “Best Short Animated Film). “The Bird King:: An Artist’s Notebook” offers a window i...
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review 1: I didn't expect to enjoy a children's book of short stories so much, but I really did. He's such a good story teller, and using images or ideas out of their place to highlight something that we might otherwise overlook is wonderful.Favourite quote:'It's all over!' I yelled at th...
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review 1: This is an odd little book. The illustrations remind me of some of Jon Scieszka's artwork and those compliment the odd little stories really well. We have a tale about a water buffalo who gives directions, a diver who appears to a mean old neighbourhood lady known only as Mrs. Ba...
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review 1: When a family hosts an "exchange student" in their home, some of the unusual things he does, like sleep in the pantry, are chalked up to just being a "cultural thing", but when he slips away one day with little more than a goodbye, the family is left wondering about the curious w...