Shaun Tan

Pictura is a stunning range of black-and-white artworks to collect and colour, for ages 9 to 90. This title features the stunning artwork of the renowned illustrator Shaun Tan.

Shaun Tan's Metropolis

Sarah Escorsa

Lo and behold, I finally managed to take wonderful pics of my masterpiece this Piece of Shaun Tan Scrumptiousness (PoSTS™)! Yay and stuff!

Image resolution in GR reviews sucks is not the best, so if you want to see the full extent of my lack of coloring talent, go ahead and click on the links I very generously added beneath each image and stuff.


① The Full Thing in all Its Fullness:



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② The Full Thing Ruthlessly Chopped Down in Pieces:



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Also, I got all bold and audacious and stuff, went where no former nefarious leader of murderous crustaceans had ever gone before, and made a ridiculously crappy video so that you Little Barnacles could view this piece of whateverness alive and in its entire entirety. You are quite welcome and stuff.

➽ Weapons of choice:
• Prismacolor Premier pencils
• Faber-Castell Polychromos pencils
• Faber-Castell watercolour pencils: Albrecht Dürer, Art Grip Aquarelle and Colour Grip
• Derwent Metallic pencils
• Lyra Aqua Brush Duo ink pens
• KaiserCraft Kaiser Colour gel pens: Metallic, Pastel and Glitter





[April 16, 2019]

It took me a bloody shrimping year and a half to finish this but I am finally and most officially done and stuff! Someone please give me a medal or something!



Yay, a big prize for me! What a lovely, totally unexpected surprise! 

➽ Fully illustrated review to come and stuff.



[December 23, 2018]

Progress! Finally! The Whale of Doom and Total Annihilation of All Life on the Planet (WoDaTAoALotP™) is done and done! Go me and stuff!



High resolution image: https://i.imgur.com/Js3hVQd.jpg 



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And here’s an update on how the rest of the zoo is going:



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...a bloody shrimping year goes by...



[November 23, 2017]



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Slowwwwly but suuuuuurely is me. So slowwwwly that I might finish coloring this in 2286 or something, but I'm nefariously immortal ergo it's no problem at all. Well it might be an issue for my Little Barnacles, as you are naught but meaningless ephemeral creatures and therefore will never get to see this wondrous work of art in its fabulously completed glory. It sucks to be you and stuff. But hey, it's not all bad. At least your great great great great great great great grandchildren might get a glimpse of it. Maybe.





[October 16, 2017]

Behold the endeavor of a lifetime! Just so you know, this unassuming little monster is no less than 136cm (53+ inches) long. Which is the equivalent of nearly 14 mantis shrimp walking swimming single file. And therefore will only take me about 2458 years to finish. No biggie and stuff. 



High resolution image here.

If you want to see this behemoth in detail, click here.

I shall return. Maybe. When I finally find the courage to attack this beast art piece of a coloring project.

P.S. This is all Cathy's fault.

Shaun Tan's Metropolis

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