Illustrator, children’s author and designer Chris Haughton has trailed through thousands of uninspiring book apps to uncover some real gems, which go way beyond adding a few sounds and low quality animation of the norm.
Check out Chris’s very own book app: Hat Monkey
I am an illustrator and designer and ever since the first iPhone and then iPad/tablets came out I was very excited about all the new possibilities with interactivity. The touchscreen suddenly opened up a completely new way to use illustration and design and it still feels very like the beginnings of a new art form.
I was so keen to design an app and curious to see what was getting made so I got myself an iPad very soon after it came out and downloaded dozens and dozens of apps. Actually, I was pretty disappointed, publishers were publishing books that are known and loved as books but just with a few added interactions and sounds. The apps actually felt distracting from the book, similarly, many well known animation characters were ported to apps – but often cheaply with a lower quality of animation and without much thought about the interactions and games.
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