Bambi

Bambi

A conceptual book cover for 'Bambi: A Life in the Woods'. Art Direction by: Ryan Sanchez.

Client

Book Publishers

Book Publishers

Timeline

2.5 Weeks

Services

Illustration

Website

Challenge

Design a book cover for the original story of 'Bambi - A Life in the Woods'. The 1942 Walt Disney animation shaped a global understanding of the story of ‘Bambi’. However, the Austrian Jewish writer, Felix Salten’s original novel was not as joyous and simple. Felix Salten's original novel serves as an allegory for his own struggle as an Austrian Jew escaping brutal persecution by the Nazis. Felix Salten wrote Bambi in 1923, about the fawn's dangerous life in the forest. Like Bambi, his story is one of survival from being constantly hunted by powerful men.

Solution

This conceptual illustration emphasizes the story's deeper themes of survival, fear, and the ever-present danger of being hunted by man.

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© Aaditi Dutt 2025. All rights reserved.

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