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# Tom Sóyer: Little Yellow Book

Illustration and animation for the 2017 Little Yellow Book adaptation of Tom Sawyer.

Client

Fiesta del Libro y la Cultura de Medellín

Role

Illustration and animation

Year

2017

Category

Festivals & events

[Selected case study](https://kathiuska.com/work/fiesta-del-libro/)

Book & artwork

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For Medellín’s 2017 Book and Culture Festival, I illustrated Tom Sóyer, mucho culicagao, Koleia Bungard’s adaptation of Mark Twain set in Medellín. The free printed book was accompanied by an interactive app; I prepared the illustrations in separate layers for animation.

[![White section divider reading Early Approach in narrow black lettering](/media/responsive/0957d74a535818be-960.webp)](https://kathiuska.com/media/cases-highres/337c2dea-434a-43aa-a952-cdecf7351a59.jpg)

The characters developed for this adaptation were Tom Sawyer as “Tom Sóyer”, aunt Polly as “Tía Dolly”, Huckleberry Finn as “Huck El mortiño” Becky Thatcher as “Becky”, Injun Joe as “Indio Joe”

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**Project supervisors: Ana María Arango, Gregorio Herrera**Adaptation: Koleia Bungard, based on Mark Twain’s novel “Tom Sawyer” App programming: PanterCo.

The Cuentico Amarillo app was available as a free download for Android and iOS during the 2017 festival.

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## Image index

## Credits

Illustration & animation

Kathiuska (Catalina Vásquez)

Additional animation

David Castaño

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Source: https://kathiuska.com/archive/tom-soyer-little-yellow-book/