Tim Burton’s Gallery of the Weird and Wonderful

Check out the awe­some new gallery over at www.TimBurton.com, which is a teaser to pro­mote upcom­ing limited-edition book The Art of Tim Bur­ton.  The book will con­tain over 400 pages fea­tur­ing 1,000 illus­tra­tions from the imag­i­na­tive (and lov­ably twisted) mind of Tim Bur­ton.  The gallery is com­pletely flash ani­mated, and is one of the coolest and most cre­ative uses of Flash I’ve seen.

Vis­i­tors are invited to user their mouse or key­board to nav­i­gate Stain Boy, the on-screen char­ac­ter who guides you through the gallery.  Kinda like play­ing a video game, you can move Stain Boy through doors, get close-up views of art­work hang­ing on the “walls”, and occa­sion­ally he’ll do some kooky things.  Oh, and be sure to turn your sound up to catch the whim­si­cal Sugar Plum Fairy music.

If you sign up with an email address, you’ll get access to the Pri­vate Gallery, which fea­tures addi­tional Burton-esque good­ness.  Sign­ing up will also get you on the mail­ing list to receive news and updates about The Art of Tim Bur­ton. I imag­ine there’s going to be huge demand for this book, so bet­ter keep your beady lit­tle eyes on this one.

With the first trailer for Burton’s Alice in Won­der­land released ear­lier this week and the announce­ment that both Bur­ton and Depp will begin work on a Dark Shad­ows movie, this is shap­ing up to be one hell of a good week for Tim Bur­ton fans.  Thanks to @simplyburton for shar­ing the gallery news!