{"product_id":"designing-the-secret-of-kells-art-book","title":"Designing The Secret of Kells: Animation Art Book by Tom Moore \u0026 Ross Stewart","description":"\u003cp\u003eA manuscript from the 8th century meets 1950s modern animation. \u003cem\u003eDesigning The Secret of Kells\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhy The Secret of Kells still matters\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMost 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWho this book is for\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnimators, illustrators, art directors and anyone who builds worlds. If you collect the TASCHEN monographs on the Signals shelf, this is the studio-floor version.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHardcover, landscape format\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOver 1,000 pieces of pre-production art\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommentary throughout by the filmmakers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBy Tom Moore and Ross Stewart, foreword by Charles Solomon, designed by Eloise Scherrer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eFAQ\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIs this the Book of Kells itself?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNo. It is the art of the animated film The Secret of Kells, which was inspired by the manuscript.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWho ships it?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTheMysteryShack ships it directly from the United States, usually in about 9 days.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TheMysteryShack","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":69743857041442,"sku":"SALO000003","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0762\/1600\/8738\/files\/fcc16a336b172a86c02ef1f36622d31a11c6b709f1d043b05884b88e74929a1f.jpg?v=1794380529","url":"https:\/\/vandal.la\/products\/designing-the-secret-of-kells-art-book","provider":"vandal_","version":"1.0","type":"link"}