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Gnjavator /
Botherator
Zvonimir Balog, Tomislav Torjanac (illustrator)
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“Anyone to whom I give a picture book by Tomislav Torjanac may be entirely certain that I hold them in very high regard and am very fond of them.”
– Miljenko Jergović
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“Kome ja poklonim slikovnicu Tomislava Torjanca, taj može biti posve siguran da o njemu imam vrlo visoko mišljenje i da ga volim.”
– Miljenko Jergović
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| The Botherator picture book is based on the children’s poem of the same name by Zvonimir Balog, first published in 1970. The mail character is a self-proclaimed Botherator, a boy who blames his “blunt headator” while dodging any form of effort.
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Slikovnica Gnjavator nastala je prema istoimenoj pjesmi za djecu Zvonimira Baloga iz 1970. godine. Glavni lik je samoprozvani Gnjavator, dječak koji vlastitu lijenost pokušava opravdati “tupim glavatorom”, dok zapravo izbjegava svaki oblik rada.
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| Botherator, front and back cover |
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Gnjavator, naslovnica i zaslovnica |
Aside from the humour, the poem’s special charm lies in its playful use of the suffix “-ator,” transforming ordinary words into comically inflated inventions.
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Osim u jedinstvenom humoru, posebna čar pjesme leži u slavnom sufiksu “-ator”, koji pretvara svakodnevne riječi u Gnjavatorove komične, napuhane izmišljotine.
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| Botherator, pages 6-7 |
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Gnjavator, stranice 2-3 |
I tied to additionally spice Botherator's world book by adding visual references, for example many nods to the Croatian CroDance music scene of the early 1990s.
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Gnjavatorov svijet nastojao sam dodatno začiniti vizualnim referencama, npr. na hrvatsku CroDance scenu ranih devedesetih.
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| Botherator, pages 8-9 |
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Gnjavator, stranice 8-9 |
I painted all the illustrations in oils combined with the digital medium.
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Sve sam ilustracije naslikao uljenim bojama u kombinaciji s digitalnom tehnikom.
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| Botherator, pages 12-13 |
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Gnjavator, stranice 12-13 |
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