The Bird King: An Artist's Notebook

by Shaun Tan

Book Overview

A new book of sketches, artwork, and personal reflection from the brilliant mind of award-winning, bestselling author and illustrator Shaun Tan.

I'm often wary of using the word 'inspiration' to introduce my work -- it sounds too much like a sun shower from the heavens, absorbed by a passive individual enjoying an especially receptive moment. While that may be the case on rare occasions, the reality is usually far more prosaic. Staring at a...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0545465133
• ISBN13: 9780545465137
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.5" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher

Customer Reviews

Inspiring

Despite my unfamiliarity with the artist's other works, this book has been on my mind since I came across it at a library. There's something so intimate about looking at another person's works. There's plenty of both "serious" pieces, concept arts, and funny thumbnails/concepts. I'd suggest this book to people who just enjoy looking at art and are learning themselves what they'd like to create, be that in an art medium or in their own hearts.