Includes more than 250 imaginative pieces of concept art, including storyboards, full-color pastels, digital and pencil sketches, character studies, and color scripts. This title features quotes from the director, artists, animators, and production team.
"Brave" is Pixar's first fairy tale: a lush, animated adventure through the forests and highlands of medieval Scotland. Featuring behind-the-scenes interviews with the film's many artists, this book showcases the gorgeous concept art that went into the creation of the movie.
A companion book to "Avatar" (directed by James Cameron), a 3-D action adventure that explores the developmental and conceptual art used by the creative team - art directors, visual effects designers, animators, costume designers and creature makers - to bring Cameron's vision to life.
This book by Ed Hooks bridges the gap between acting theory and animation by teaching artists how to translate human emotion and thought into believable character movement. It focuses on the "acting from the inside out" approach, emphasizing that movement must be driven by a character's intent and psychological state rather than just physical action. The fifth edition updates these timeless pri…
Written by legendary animators Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston, this book details the history and development of Disney’s signature style, focusing on the refined techniques of character-driven storytelling. It introduces the 12 basic principles of animation, such as squash and stretch, which transformed cartoons from simple moving drawings into emotionally resonant performances. Often referr…