This arrived in my mail shortly before I left for Singapore to attend Freedom’s screening at the Animation Nation 2008 – Pixar storyboard artist and SketchCrawl founder Enrico Casarosa’s The Venice Chronicles. I haven’t had time at all to take a good look at it…till now ! What a beautiful book…thanks Enrico !
(Below) A personal touch : Enrico’s own caricature and autograph on the front page.
The Venice Chronicles is a travelogue of Enrico’s trip to the mesmerizing city, illustrated in gorgeous watercolors and pencil. The book comes in a sturdy, white hardcover bound, with 144 pages of artwork.
Enrico also sent me a copy of the artbook from the highly successful Totoro Forest Project, I’ll post some pictures from it soon.
The Venice Chronicles – Enrico Casarosa Illustrated Book details :
– Dimensions – 6.6 x 0.7 x 8.5 inches
– hardcover, 144 pages
– Full color, in English
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November 7th, 2008 at 2:41 pm
I like the humor in Enrico’s biographical stories. I recall reading his sketch crawl episodes online and have been looking forward to the Venice Chronicles since he announced. Luckily, I managed to order the version with a watercolor book plate 🙂
I am still waiting for my book to arrive and good to know it is looking nice.
November 7th, 2008 at 6:50 pm
Wow… after lurking here for a while, my first post >.<
This is a lovely book! Beautiful artwork and also something I’m not familiar with, Thank You, I shall now hunt it down 😉
November 8th, 2008 at 12:30 am
i like the way he depicts the water…
November 10th, 2008 at 12:05 am
nat – Wow ! The watercolor bookplate looks great !
suki – Thanks you for posting ! The book is available for sale from Enrico’s blog.
Tragic comedy – Masterful !
November 18th, 2008 at 5:03 pm
They are great works ,somehow the style and concept are very familiar to me with Miyazaki-san’s DAY DREAM note book 😉
beautiful anyway…
November 22nd, 2008 at 9:56 pm
onurg – Yes indeed ! Enrico is a big fan of Miyazaki’s illustrations too I believe. :]
June 11th, 2011 at 3:59 am
That’s so cool! I love the vivid colors and the fluid lines of it, it’s a gorgeous book.