One of my absolute loves in the illustration genre is story-telling for both adults and kids alike. I have a stack of very old illustrated story books that was handed down to me by my cousins which I treasure till this very day.
I stumbled on Jon Klassen’s Burst of Beaden via Gallery Nucleus, and his prints first caught my eye. But my curiosity was piqued when I saw the Rabbit Mayor — a story he illustrated for Flight magazine, which was only half shown. So on a whim, I wrote him an email to request for the entire story and to profess my love of his works; and I woke up the next day with an email from him, and a link to the whole story — which you all can enjoy here. (It’s still not available yet on his site, so consider this an exclusive for now!) 😉
That just made my day!
Seen his other works, they are genius!!
This is pure genius! Fantastic colors and image construction. Love it!!
that is super cute!
aaw, that was wonderful! I really liked the other work on his website too, especially the animation An Eye for Annai, so many oh nos! followed by yaay 😀
Isn’t he great? I’ve been following him for years – since I came across ‘an eye for anai’. I LUUUUURVE the ‘adventures of ship’ 🙂 One day I shall have a print of it on my wall …
Thanks so much for sharing this Amy! The illustration is beautiful – I’ve spent the whole hour of my lunch break browsing his website and have even written a little entry in my journal about him. Amazing stuff! 😀
oooh wow, i love jon’s work. good find amy! x
Very cool illustrator! Just added him to my favorite list. Thanks for telling us about him.
I just love his “Furniture” series and his “19 Birds” idea sounds like it was great fun!
I love these illustrations!
wow. that is so awesome. i love the world wide intrawebz. on my over to read now, so that i may read it to my self before i go to bed!
Wow, I’m glad you all liked the story! 🙂
What a wonderful illustration, I can’t wait to go and have a sneek peek at the whole thing!
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Wow awesome! I had seen an excerpt of that illustration ages ago and it stuck in my mind for so long because of the lovely style and simplicity. I didn’t even realise there was more to go with it. Thank smeg I came across this site. HURRAHS!