Learn how the award-winning backgrounds were created, see animation storyboards, and even take a behind-the-scenes look at the production of the Mondo vinyl soundtrack and "For Sara" mix tape, as well as the ongoing Boom! Never-before-seen sketches and a comprehensive look at the production art behind the multiple-award-winning show! It was the very first thing I ever showed my partner, and I’ve been wanting to get it for our anniversary. McHale abandoned the original idea centered around chapters of a mystical tome and the series' title became Over the Garden Wall.

From the original Tome of the Unknown: Harvest Melody pilot, through each of the episodes, and beyond, take a strange and wonderful journey with Wirt, Greg, and Beatrice.Seeing as it does not seem to be in print any longer, in either physical or ebook form, I uploaded it here.

Such interesting insights how the art and show came to be as well as the comparison to initial drawings, brainstorming of Ideas for possible plots to the completion of the series and many more! It stands as a vibrant hub for the largest community of character designers on the Internet, uniting over 1 million artists, art enthusiasts, and animation fans from across the globe. The series would follow two brothers, Walter and Gregory, who after signing themselves into a Faustian deal with a devil named Old Scratch, journey across the Land of the In-Between to track down the pages of a book of forgotten stories. Over the Garden Wall takes its legacy from the hand-painted soul of ‘30s animation, colonial tavern ghost stories, and ‘80s nostalgia.

Character Design References (CDR) is an online platform that celebrates and showcases exceptional character-focused art within the realms of animation, illustration, games, and comics. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. The embossed cover design contains hidden references, and the applique is one of the first pieces of art that inspired the look of the show. At CDR, we curate and share exquisite artworks on a daily basis, providing a constant source of inspiration and creative fuel for our passionate community. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.

More Hamburger icon An icon used to represent a menu that can be toggled by interacting with this icon. OTGW is a work about two brothers tripping through a purely American fairy tale, but it’s also the story of wonderful people making wonderful things in the insufferably early hours of the morning. Before working as a storyboard artist on The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack, artist Patrick McHale pitched the show in 2006, then known under the title Tome of the Unknown. When I proposed an art book, I didn’t solely want to talk about the visuals—every element from the voice acting to the music and title card cut-outs is so carefully executed and fussed with; I wanted to celebrate every facet of the show.

McHale saw it as "a possible Halloween special", but had trouble adapting the premise with a larger story arc. This handsome volume will contain a nice mixture of beautiful drawings and paintings from the series, amusing anecdotes about the process, unseen and unused artwork that didn't make the final cut, other mysterious odds and ends, and a whole lot of horrible ugly early development sketches that should inspire people to say, 'Hey, I could do better than that! Addeddate 2021-07-25 01:27:49 Identifier the-art-of-over-the-garden-wall-2017 Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t9w213c12 Ocr tesseract 5.

Sean Edgar guides the tour, which includes commentary from creators Patrick McHale and Nick Cross, interviews with the cast and crew, and more! Web icon An illustration of a computer application window Wayback Machine Texts icon An illustration of an open book.Over the Garden Wall was first envisioned in 2004 with a scarier and more adventure-based storyline.