{"product_id":"creature-paintings-drawings-and-reflections-1646142004-used","title":"Creature: Paintings, Drawings, and Reflections","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1646142004\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Tan, Shaun\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Used\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBEST OF THE YEARThe Guardian  SLJ Teen Librarian ToolboxFrom the creator of The Arrival, a collection of essays illuminating his thoughts and advice for writers and artists, young and old.Shaun Tan is one of the worlds most highly acclaimed narrative artists-his stories and images are loved by countless young and not-so-young readers around the world. Drawing upon 25 years as a picture book and comics creator, painter, and film-maker, Creature explores the central obsession of this visionary artist, from casual doodles to studied oil-paintings.Beyond sketches for acclaimed works such as The Arrival, The Lost Thing, and Tales From Outer Suburbia, this volume collects together for the first time unseen and stand-alone illustrations, each resonant with unwritten tales of their own. Detailed commentary by the artist offers an entertaining insight into the endless allure of imaginary, non-human beings and what they might tell us about our so-called normal human selves.Artists, writers, students, dreamers, and anyone interested in the deeper undercurrents of creativity, myth, and visual metaphor will find inspiration in these pages.P R A I S E\"Weird and wonderful. Tan often explores the junction between adult experience and childhood memory.\"-The Sydney Morning Herald\"A strange beast: dark, whimsical and deeply moving.\"-The Guardian\"Like Miyazaki, Tan engages audiences across a wide range of age and sophistication.\"-The New York Times? Tan acts as artist, curator, interpretive essayist, and catalog editor for a gallery of over two hundred pieces of his own works that highlight a dominant theme of animate beings-some real, most invented, but all fellow travelers through our world and through our psyches.-BCCB (starred)? This gorgeously designed coffee-table survey of his picture book, comics, exhibition and sketchbook work exposes readers to a 26-year panoply of off-kilter conceptions, in all their disquieting delight. Wondrous.-Booklist (starred)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52339893371168,"sku":"USED1646142004","price":25.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/71Xoh_K-30L.jpg?v=1789126188","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/creature-paintings-drawings-and-reflections-1646142004-used","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}