Sunshine's Mod Blog

My birthday present from Tara came in early, the “Art of The Book of Life.”  It is hands down one of the best art books I own. There’s color studies, shape/design choices, emotive studies, everything. This book is absolute dripping with creativity and passion.  

Jorge R. Gutierrez’s passion for this project and well as the rest of them team was a complete joy to look through. Definitely give this book a look if The Book of Life is something you’re interested in. Gutierrez is a huge fan of “art of” books and it really shows how much care was put into it.

One particular quote I liked was the in character art section for La Muerte. (They even listed the specific original works they based their version of her on!  La Calavera Catrina by José Guadalupe Posad and her portrayal in the mural Sueño de una tarde dominical en la Alameda Central  by Diega Rivera)

Jorge R. Gutierrez: ((La Muerte face paint acting explorations by Sandra Equihua)) “To have Sandra and me pouring our hearts and souls into such a personally meaningful and culturally overwhelming design really brought us together as artists and collaborators.”