『ウォーリー』の！ - Living, Loving, Thinking, Again

先日、『ショーン・タンの世界展　どこでもないどこかへ』*1（そごう美術館）を観た。ショーン・タン*2の初期のSFイラストレーションから始まって、絵本（グラフィック・ノヴェル）作家としての原画やスケッチが一挙に公開されている。
ところで、ショーン・タンはアンドリュー・スタントンの『ウォーリー』*3にコンセプト・アーティストとして参加していたんだね；

I also worked as a concept artist for Pixar’s WALL-E, drawing and painting scenes that were part of the initial creative process, my focus being images of a garbage-covered, post-ecological landscape, some vehicles and a gloomy robot underworld. My contribution was very small, but it was a great experience to work with such an enthusiastic and wildly imaginative production team, albeit at a distance. I also designed contraptions for Blue Sky’s adaptation of HORTON HEARS A WHO, the story of an elephant trying to rescue a microscopic world while everyone else believes him to be delusional. That too was a great project which involved immersing myself in the style and thought processes of one of my childhood heros, Dr. Seuss.
https://www.shauntan.net/film-and-theatre

アニメ版のThe Lost Thingを観たときに気づくべきだった*4。