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Designing The Secret of Kells: Animation Art Book by Tom Moore & Ross Stewart

Designing The Secret of Kells: Animation Art Book by Tom Moore & Ross Stewart

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A manuscript from the 8th century meets 1950s modern animation. Designing The Secret of Kells opens the sketchbooks behind the film: over 1,000 pieces of pre-production art, with commentary from the people who made it. By director Tom Moore and art director Ross Stewart, with a foreword by Charles Solomon.

Why The Secret of Kells still matters

Most animated films chase realism. Kells went flat, ornamental and strange, borrowing from the Book of Kells and mid-century cartoons at the same time. The result is a lesson in art direction that designers and illustrators keep coming back to. The book's core idea is one we live by: explore wildly at the start, and don't mourn the work that never makes the final cut.

Who this book is for

Animators, illustrators, art directors and anyone who builds worlds. If you collect the TASCHEN monographs on the Signals shelf, this is the studio-floor version.

Product details

  • Hardcover, landscape format
  • Over 1,000 pieces of pre-production art
  • Commentary throughout by the filmmakers
  • By Tom Moore and Ross Stewart, foreword by Charles Solomon, designed by Eloise Scherrer

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Is this the Book of Kells itself?
No. It is the art of the animated film The Secret of Kells, which was inspired by the manuscript.

Who ships it?
TheMysteryShack ships it directly from the United States, usually in about 9 days.

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