Tuesday
Apr132010
The pros and cons of iPad books and God of War 3
Tuesday, April 13, 2010 at 2:20PM
Two things: iPad children's books and God of War. These things are not related.
First, check out this book trailer for Alice in Wonderland for the iPad. I think it's brilliant. It's like the evolution of pop-up books.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gew68Qj5kxw&hl=en_US&fs=1&]
As a writer and illustrator, this really appeals to me. When I was working at the newspaper, I always had this uneasiness about my profession; I knew that its days were numbered. I was very interested in finding ways to move forward, to evolve, because, I wanted to have a job in five years. As you know, I left the newspaper biz--turns out that wasn't a battle I really wanted to waste my time fighting--and now I do marketing for a web software developer.
I say all that to say that sometimes I get that uneasy feeling about being an author-illustrator. I think books will be around forever, but there are things like this that could significantly change the game. From a business stand point, I'm sure there's a lot of money to be made here, and as a digital artist, I have the skills (or I can learn them) to eventually create something like this. I have far too many things on my plate right now to seriously pursue a digital interactive book, but that doesn't mean I can't make a pros and cons list about pursuing one.
First, check out this book trailer for Alice in Wonderland for the iPad. I think it's brilliant. It's like the evolution of pop-up books.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gew68Qj5kxw&hl=en_US&fs=1&]
As a writer and illustrator, this really appeals to me. When I was working at the newspaper, I always had this uneasiness about my profession; I knew that its days were numbered. I was very interested in finding ways to move forward, to evolve, because, I wanted to have a job in five years. As you know, I left the newspaper biz--turns out that wasn't a battle I really wanted to waste my time fighting--and now I do marketing for a web software developer.
I say all that to say that sometimes I get that uneasy feeling about being an author-illustrator. I think books will be around forever, but there are things like this that could significantly change the game. From a business stand point, I'm sure there's a lot of money to be made here, and as a digital artist, I have the skills (or I can learn them) to eventually create something like this. I have far too many things on my plate right now to seriously pursue a digital interactive book, but that doesn't mean I can't make a pros and cons list about pursuing one.
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Random, Video Games, Writing
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