Revisiting The Jungle Book
A series of illustrations commissioned by the Guardian to reinvent Rudyard Kipling's classic children's book. Ten artists illustrate their favourite scene or character from The Jungle Book and explain why they love it. This series is sponsored by Disney and features artworks by Chris Riddell, Bill Bragg and Prabha Mallya
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Re-illustrating The Jungle Book - by Chris Riddell, Bill Bragg, Sarah McIntyre and more
With Rudyard Kipling’s children’s classic The Jungle Book back in everyone’s minds, we approached 10 artists and illustrators to recreate their favourite scene or character from the book
Competition: win a Disney Jungle Book prize pack!
Re-illustrating The Jungle Book: jungle lessons by Marta Altés
Re-illustrating The Jungle Book: Mowgli meeting with Bagheera by Robert G Fresson
Each day, artists illustrate a scene from Rudyard Kipling’s classic The Jungle Book. Here Robert G Fresson depicts a quiet moment between Mowgli and Bagheera, before they vanish into the jungle’s secret places
Re-illustrating The Jungle Book: a night adventure by Bill Bragg
Each day, artists illustrate a scene from Rudyard Kipling’s classic The Jungle Book. Here Bill Bragg captures the dark and wild nature of Mowgli and his animal companions, out on a moonlit adventure
Re-illustrating The Jungle Book: monkey kidnapping by Sarah McIntyre and Philip Reeve
Each day, artists illustrate a scene from Rudyard Kipling’s classic The Jungle Book. Here Sarah McIntyre illustrates her writing partner Philip Reeve’s favourite element of the book: Mowgli’s relationship with Baloo and Bagheera
Re-illustrating The Jungle Book: Mowgli rides Bagheera by Lesley Barnes
Each day, artists illustrate a scene from Rudyard Kipling’s classic The Jungle Book. Here Lesley Barnes depicts her favourite character, Bagheera the panther with his companion Mowgli
Re-illustrating The Jungle Book: Mother Wolf by Prabha Mallya
Each day, artists illustrate a scene from Rudyard Kipling’s classic The Jungle Book. Here Prabha Mallya depicts Raksha – also known as Mother Wolf – defending Mowgli from the fearsome Shere Khan
Re-illustrating The Jungle Book: animal landscape by Ian Andrew
Each day, artists illustrate a scene from Rudyard Kipling’s classic The Jungle Book. Here Ian Andrew took inspiration from the landscape in his native Dorset and hid the characters in the rocky environment
Re-illustrating The Jungle Book: a paper Shere Khan by Kevin Waldron
Each day, artists illustrate a scene from Rudyard Kipling’s classic The Jungle Book. Here Kevin Waldron has made the fearsome Shere Khan from hand-torn paper, depicting the scene where he lies in wait for Mowgli at the mouth of the wolves’ cave
Re-illustrating the Jungle Book: Mowgli and Bagheera by Jill Calder
Each day, artists illustrate a scene from Rudyard Kipling’s classic The Jungle Book. Here Jill Calder has created the scene where Mowgli and Bagheera discuss fire (the ‘red flower’), brought to life with ink and digital artwork
Re-illustrating The Jungle Book: Baloo by Chris Riddell
With Rudyard Kipling’s children’s classic The Jungle Book back in everyone’s minds, we approached our favourite illustrators to recreate their favourite scene or character from the book. Here is Chris Riddell’s homage to Kipling’s beloved, bumbling bear Baloo – a character he says inspired one of his own
