Newman takes a more graphic approach to his book illustrations. This book he illustrated provides a fun and visual experience for what is normally considered a text driven scientific topic of space science. He uses a unified flat colour aesthetic with subtle textures throughout his designs, reflective of the popular current design trend of flat design. This also provides an easy layout for their target demographic of children aged 9-11 to understand and learn. Professor Astro Cat acts as a teacher, stating scientific facts in terms children could understand and demonstrating them. He has mouse sidekick, and both of them are present on all but a few of the double page spreads. Majority of his imagery are diagrams, adaptable to multiple composition variations making text easier to position. The boom reflects an encyclopedia of science, translated visually and written in a sense that children would understand easily and enjoy.
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