"And in and out of weeks"

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I want to say thank you. The response I've had to the idea has gone beyond what I ever imagined for it. The project has truly become what I had hoped for but did not imagine exactly possible. When I think about the response, the show, and contributing artists involvement and the level of jaw dropping work, it's really nothing more than a testament to just how bad people love Maurice Sendak.

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My goal all along for TYE was to honor the book and express my love for it in pictures because I just couldn't do it with words, no matter how hard I tried. I've been humbled by the response of so many incredibly hard working, gifted artists.

Putting together Terrible Yellow Eyes has been the fulfillment of a years long desire to do something more than just enjoy Where the Wild Things Are. Maurice Sendak has influenced me and countless others so profoundly, so completely altering the face of what a children's book is and what the medium can be, it seems the only thing we could have ever done was to just celebrate it.

Thank you all!

Cory

"Oh please don't go..."

I love Luisa Uribe's work. So much so, in fact, that when I received her contribution to Terrible Yellow Eyes I knew I wanted to hold on to it for one of the final posts. Unfortunately that means I've been holding on to it for quite a while, my apologies, Luisa!

It encapsulates some feelings that, like the rest of my personal feelings regarding the book, are difficult for me to put into words. Luisa's subtle line work and heart-breakingly beautiful color choices are almost too much. I really, really love this piece. From the ghostly Wild Things, to the very real sensation of wind you feel when you look at it, I love this piece.

Visit Luisa's blog to see more.

steam thing

Italian artist Francesco Poroli brings us this incredible piece. Amazing shapes.

I'm not sure what I like better the steam-punk vision of Wild Things or the thought that maybe Max built a Wild Thing robot.

See more of Francesco's work at his site.

textile thing

I'm pleased to be able to show you Canadian artist Miki Sato's wonderful contribution to TYE. Miki's work is a mixed media technique involving the layering of found surfaces and textiles.

Everything conspires together make a really beautiful piece!

Visit Miki's site to see more of her works.

"eat you up"

French artist Philippe Pouzaud does some pretty great work and naturally his TYE contribution is no exception! I enjoy his wonderful combination of lines and shape choices.

Visit Philippe's blog to see more of his work.

"all around"

Ben Mounsey is one of my favorite artists and I'm pleased to be able to show you his contribution to TYE. I think it's just stunning.

Visit Ben over at his site.

King!

Zach Bellissimo is no stranger to TYE and he returns to give us one more contribution. Zach's line work and sense of shape is just stellar.

As before, visit Zach's blog to see more.

More Wild Triptych

Shirley Ng-Benitez created these lovely set of little watercolors.

Visit Shirley over at her blog.

Max + Carol

Pablo is an artist from Argentina who makes some really incredible work. I love the shapes.

Visit Pablo's blog to see more.

1, 2, 3, 4

Awesome! I love the limited color work of Fritz Bowwl's TYE.

Visit Fritz over at his blog to see more of his work.

Max's mind

Kevin Stanton delivers to us this wonderful paper cutout of Max.

Visit Kevin's blog to see more.

gone

One of the things I've enjoyed most about TYE is seeing the different interpretations and moments of the story called out in ways I never thought of.

And one of the best examples of this is revisiting the Wild Things after their king left and examining the idea a little more closely. That idea never occurred to me.

Silvia Ortega brings us this sad and lonely Wild Thing.

Visit Silvia over at her blog.

little wild things

Juan Chavez has got a pretty great little thing going here; he's put together many small drawings of Wild Things in various poses and complied them all together.

I've posted a detail of some of my personal favorites here.

Visit Juan over at his blog to see more.