Illustrator Shaun Tan Draws Conclusions

Tuesday, 21 June 2011

I first saw some of Shaun Tan's work in a Children's Texts class I did at uni several years ago.  His wonderfully illustrated book The Arrival tells the story of a migrant's arrival in a new country and all the bewilderment that entails.  Check it out here.

I have quit Facebook but joined Twitter (and I'll be deleting that bastard too if it takes up too much brainspace - that stuff's precious).  I noticed on Twitter a link to this lovely interview with Mr Tan.  The interviewer speaks in words;  Mr Tan gets to speak in illustrations (a far better type of word, sometimes.  Far more limitless :)

See it here.

Oh, and Happy Solstice.

4 comments

  1. Ok... now that is unspeakably delightful, Sue. The whole gamut of experience without a word. Thanks:)

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  2. that's one creative interview process

    twitter hey?
    perhaps a post on why, how, what benefits does it have, etc etc, for those of us who still think tweeting is something birds should do

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  3. very interesting...thanks for the link!

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  4. Harry - I'm glad you enjoyed it :)

    Kel - Hmm, I might wait for a while before I write that post. I might not end up being on it long enough to warrant the post, and I don't know what I'm doing quite yet :)

    Laura - no worries :)

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