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Georgia's Terrific, Colorific Experiment by Zoe Persico
3.0
It's difficult feeling like the odd one out in a family and none more that Georgia who has science coursing through her veins rather than the artistic and creative flamboyance of the others. Whilst Georgia is inspired by Galileo, Newton and Curie, her family draw their muses from the natural world and the elements around them. Frustrated at such a divide, Georgia whisks off to her lab to discover something altogether new. In this pursuit, she finds to her surprise that the very aspects of creative endeavor that fuel her family do, in fact, fuel her own scientific investigations. In turn, she discovers that she is as equally creative as her family.
The story here is a lovely one that celebrates experimentation, values individualism whilst taking a sweet nod to the commonalities in family which may sometimes go unseen. I preferred those moments where white-space invited us to focus on character rather than the immersive full-page bleeds which were a little too much at times. Much of this, I think, is down to how much I just don't like digital illustration. For me, it feels one-step emotionally removed than other, traditional mixed-media materials. The settings were also odd and disconnected me from the story rather than heightened it but the 'story' is a strong one.
The story here is a lovely one that celebrates experimentation, values individualism whilst taking a sweet nod to the commonalities in family which may sometimes go unseen. I preferred those moments where white-space invited us to focus on character rather than the immersive full-page bleeds which were a little too much at times. Much of this, I think, is down to how much I just don't like digital illustration. For me, it feels one-step emotionally removed than other, traditional mixed-media materials. The settings were also odd and disconnected me from the story rather than heightened it but the 'story' is a strong one.