Books &Illustration &Luzzati & Gianini 29 Apr 2009 07:42 am
Luzzati’s Magic Fish
- Last week I posted a book byEmauele Luzzati, The Magic Flute. (Part 1, Part 2)
This was an adaptation of the feature film he did with Giulio Gianini. Luzzati also did a number of other children’s books (aside from all the animated films, as well as the theater and opera designs he did). None, that I know of, were pure adaptations of his film work. However, he did build on the character Pulcinello (Punch) to develop his story around Grimm tales.
Here’s a version of Punch and the Magic Fish, first published in English in 1972.
Most of the book is done as two-page spreads. I didn’t separate them. As with his past work, Luzzati uses a lot of mixed media. It looks like marker was the primary tool he used.
pg 1(Click any image to enlarge.)
pgs. 2-3
pgs. 4-5
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pgs. 10-11
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pgs. 14-15
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pgs. 28-29
the back cover
on 29 Apr 2009 at 8:03 am 1.hans bacher said …
michael, this is p u r e g o l d !
reminds me a little bit of hubley’s windy day.
as far as I can analyze it, it is a lot of different techniques mixed together,
and in those days there was no photoshop! he used very thin paper to make the marker color bleed and give it a watercolorlook. then there is normal black ink and real watercolor. and additional he uses very beautiful gift-wrap paper cutouts for the different textures. what a master! I wish I had seen his stage designs!
hans
on 29 Apr 2009 at 10:10 am 2.Doug Vitarelli said …
these are really beautiful. thanks for posting.
on 29 Apr 2009 at 10:36 am 3.stephen said …
great illustrations. On top of that, there is a really disciplined use of layout and composition going on. The combination is what works for me.
on 29 Apr 2009 at 10:39 am 4.Eddie Fitzgerald said …
Beautiful!
on 29 Apr 2009 at 9:40 pm 5.Tom Sito said …
I liked the scene of him peeing on the statue of Garibaldi.
on 06 May 2009 at 1:29 am 6.Steve Brown said …
The film is beautifully animated too. The graphics and the cut-out animation complement each other perfectly, and the musical timing is delightful!
on 01 Dec 2009 at 7:07 pm 7.francesca said …
Dear Michael,
thanks so much, it’s great that lots of artist+animators can look and appreciate Luzzati’s work.
His work animated by Gianini is also a joy to watch.
I was rally lucky to have Giulio Gianini as animation tutor at the CSC in Rome, he was a great animator.
cheers
Francesca