Comments on: We Don’t Make Fuzzy-Bunny Books (part 2)

By: Books

Books — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 06:39:39 +0000

Hey,

Awesome. Cool Post!!!

Great going.

Your pictures and posts are great and they are simply the best…

By: Meredith Briski

Meredith Briski — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 06:14:15 +0000

Thank you so much for writing posts like this one. I love looking at the art you study and then being able to see how it influences your own work. It’s fascinating– and quite an education, which I sorely need. I run the children’s department of a bookstore, but I started reading so early myself that I kind of missed the picture book phase when I was small; I scarcely remember looking at illustrations at all. Now I’m going back and learning about and from them in my late twenties, and I need all the help I can get!

That said, the Wallace Tripp illustration bears a striking resemblance to one of the few picture books I remember from my childhood– I can’t remember the title. It was a Christmas story about small animals who lived in an enormous fir tree, and painted balloons to resemble ornaments in an attempt to get Santa Claus’s attention. I wish I could find it– I’m not sure if it’s the same illustrator or merely a matter of similar styles.

By: Joe Sutphin

Joe Sutphin — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 17:09:30 +0000

Man, so many incredible illustrators out there that I just havent found yet! Thanks for sharing man. i cant wait to get my hands on some of these books. the last one by Wallace Tripp is just great! that little kid on the lap has no clue what everyone’s laughing about im sure, but to him its clear hes having a blast. that makes it so fun to look at, and their mouths are drawn so well that you can almost hear them all laughing.
great inspiration, T.

By: Jake Parker

Jake Parker — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 17:05:35 +0000

I love each of these artists, but Wallace Tripp had a profound effect on me. Unfortunately his work is really hard to come by so I’ve only seen a few samples. Most notably though was his book Wurst Seller. I stumbled across it in my library when I was a teenager and it blew my mind. The way he drew the animals with such care that they retained their animalness, yet had a very human quality to them would be something I would only hope to achieve in my own work. Few since him have been able to capture that. Yourself and Pete De Seve are the only ones that come to my mind right now. One image that always amuses me in Wurst Seller is a picture of a mouse in shirt and pants rubbing his feet while saying something along the lines of, “Oh my aching feet. Gah, how I hate anthropomorphism!”

Anyway, the few images I’ve seen of your Rabbit character have been expertly crafted and a delight to look at. I’m anxiously waiting for more.

By: Ezekiel

Ezekiel — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 13:33:05 +0000

I was recently thinking to myself; ‘I should like to see an entry on Tony’s blog similar to the early ones on goblins and dragons.’ How did you develop and change hobgoblins? Or elves?
Brownies,phookas, the possibilities are endless!
Sincerely,
Your good friend Ezekiel