Over the past 25 years, Pixar s team of artists, writers, and directors have shaped the world of contemporary animation with their feature films and shorts. From classics such as Toy Story and A Bug s Life to recent masterpieces such as Up, Toy Story 3, and Cars 2, this comprehensive collection offers a behind-the-scenes tour of every Pixar film to date. Featuring a foreword by Chief Creative Officer John [...]
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The simple illustrations are imaginative and often beautiful with eye-catching colors. The best thing about the book is the open ending with its invitation for young readers to fill their own boxes. Looking for activities to fill a rainy day? A Box Story provides the perfect springboard for creative ways to turn an empty box into a work of art and a vehicle (both literally and figuratively) for the imagination. [...]
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A Box Story, the latest children’s picture book written and illustrated by Kenneth Kit Lamug wins the 2012 Winter Pinnacle Book Awards (by the National Association of Book Entrepreneurs). Each year, for the past 26 years, NABE, The National Association of Book Entrepreneurs has honored some of the finest books published by its members. A Box Story is now available on Amazon.com. Check out some of the reviews and preview [...]
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Excerpt Book Review for A Box Story from “This Literary Life”, an blog by Literary Agent Bree Ogden. Something that I found incredibly remarkable about the illustrations is that the box stays in the same place on every single page, but becomes something new and exciting every time you flip to a new page. This gives the reader the impression that it is in fact, the same box being used [...]
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A few weeks ago, artist Rebekah Joy Plett masterminded the Bree Appreciation Day for a good friend and associate Bree Ogden. She is a literary agent at D4EO agency, an instructor at LitReactor.com, and I’ve known her from Underneath the Juniper Tree where she is a managing editor and co-founder. So this one is for Bree! I hope you enjoy it and hope you had a great day. The short [...]
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After months of printer issues, I’ve finally gotten around to replacing the printer heads (easily cost $60 a pop for HP B8890 — seriously HP?). Come to think of it, I’ve barely used this printer but I ended up having to replace 3 print-heads due to varying degrees of printing issues. Sometimes I wonder if it’s actually cheaper to simply send off your images to a print shop instead of [...]
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Just arrived from Japan is the Steamboy Adventure Story Book. It’s about the size of a Readers digest book and features a lot of movie images and illustrations. A good film if you’re a fan of Steampunk and the Akira series. Excerpt from Amazon.com – The first feature Katsuhiro Otomo has written and directed since his watershed Akira (1988), Steamboy offers a fantastic, sepia-toned vision of the past-as-future. In place [...]
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Another tease from the book in progress “The Last One”. The story is about a doll that travels the world to find his way back home. Here’s a scene where our doll finds himself in the Easter Island on top of a MoAi statue. I was going for a calming/funny scene since several of the images from the book had a heavy industrial/metropolis mood. I really like how this image [...]
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This weekend I worked with Shawn to build his school diorama project for the book The Zombie Chasers. Check out what you can do with an old shoe box, some paper, glue and an old flash light. Zombie Chasers by John Kloepfer on Amazon.com
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Great news arrived from the Children’s Literary Classics Awards Organization… A Box Story has received their Seal of Approval for literary quality and excellence. It’s been a short ride so far and this recognition is a great testament to all the hard work we’ve put on this project. So far the book has received 45+ positive reviews on Amazon.com and other blogs & book sites. Thanks once again for your [...]
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