One of the "others" is called Joseph's Yard, and it includes some of the most hallucinatory imagery I've seen in any media, let alone a children's picture book. I'm not even sure I like it, but I certainly admire the technique (courtesy of author and illustrator Charles Keeping). Here are a few groovy samples:
Welcome back. The year is 2007. We missed you.
I also bought a book based solely on the cover, which is a poignant reminder of the dangers of relying too heavily on photo reference when creating an illustration, especially when that reference includes models of both genders:
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man-hands. whoa.
Jeff! Are those your hands?
It's like someone from below is holding her head up. Creepy.
Joseph's Yard is a book which made a deep impression on me as a child, thank you for blogging about the book. What did you think of the story?
People should read this.
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