{"id":27230,"date":"2025-04-25T16:37:24","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T20:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/?p=27230"},"modified":"2025-04-18T09:35:19","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T13:35:19","slug":"two-men-arrive-in-a-village","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/2025\/04\/25\/two-men-arrive-in-a-village\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Men Arrive in a Village"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Earlier this semester, I did some mockup picture book pages of a hypothetical adaptation of Zadie Smith&#8217;s &#8220;Two Men Arrive in a Village.&#8221; I figured since the story already reads as a folktale, why not go the way of so many folktales, and adapt it into a children&#8217;s book? I also took inspiration from Robert Mosse&#8217;s pictures that were paired with the story.<\/p>\n\n\n<a class=\"wp-block-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/2025\/04\/25\/two-men-arrive-in-a-village\/\" target=\"_self\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Two Men Arrive in a Village<\/span><\/a>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"765\" src=\"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-17-at-4.41.14\u202fPM-1024x765.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-17-at-4.41.14\u202fPM-1024x765.png 1024w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-17-at-4.41.14\u202fPM-300x224.png 300w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-17-at-4.41.14\u202fPM-768x574.png 768w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-17-at-4.41.14\u202fPM-1536x1148.png 1536w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-17-at-4.41.14\u202fPM.png 1860w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are my preliminary sketches. I was going for a dreamlike, candyland quality, which makes it all the more impactful when war crimes start happening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-17-at-4.47.59\u202fPM-1024x726.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-17-at-4.47.59\u202fPM-1024x726.png 1024w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-17-at-4.47.59\u202fPM-300x213.png 300w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-17-at-4.47.59\u202fPM-768x544.png 768w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-17-at-4.47.59\u202fPM-1536x1088.png 1536w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-17-at-4.47.59\u202fPM.png 1942w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"718\" src=\"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-17-at-4.48.24\u202fPM-1024x718.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-17-at-4.48.24\u202fPM-1024x718.png 1024w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-17-at-4.48.24\u202fPM-300x210.png 300w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-17-at-4.48.24\u202fPM-768x538.png 768w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-17-at-4.48.24\u202fPM-1536x1077.png 1536w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-17-at-4.48.24\u202fPM.png 1934w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"706\" src=\"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-17-at-4.48.34\u202fPM-1024x706.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-17-at-4.48.34\u202fPM-1024x706.png 1024w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-17-at-4.48.34\u202fPM-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-17-at-4.48.34\u202fPM-768x530.png 768w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-17-at-4.48.34\u202fPM-1536x1059.png 1536w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-17-at-4.48.34\u202fPM.png 1966w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this semester, I did some mockup picture book pages of a hypothetical adaptation of Zadie Smith&#8217;s &#8220;Two Men Arrive in a Village.&#8221; I figured since the story already reads as a folktale, why not go the way of so many folktales, and adapt it into a children&#8217;s book? 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