Post by sarahgaines on Dec 29, 2005 18:56:34 GMT -5
One book that I really liked was Kamishibai Man by Say.
I thought the use of grey for the man's jacket in the new urban Japan (and use cooler colors in general) contrasted nicely against his brighter, green jacket in the illustrations depicting him as the younger kamishibai man. Once the illustrations show the older, grey-jacketed man performing a kamishibai show for a crowd of people, the young man whom he has greatly inspired and influenced now wears the green jacket (or a green jacket), suggesting the passing on of the kamishibai man's influence and heritage.
I also thought the white space was well-utilized to make the illustrations really pop-out on the page--perhaps depicting its own kind of kamishibai-esque image.
I thought the use of grey for the man's jacket in the new urban Japan (and use cooler colors in general) contrasted nicely against his brighter, green jacket in the illustrations depicting him as the younger kamishibai man. Once the illustrations show the older, grey-jacketed man performing a kamishibai show for a crowd of people, the young man whom he has greatly inspired and influenced now wears the green jacket (or a green jacket), suggesting the passing on of the kamishibai man's influence and heritage.
I also thought the white space was well-utilized to make the illustrations really pop-out on the page--perhaps depicting its own kind of kamishibai-esque image.