The Art of · Book Reviews
Honest, in-depth reviews of “The Art of” books — from out-of-print classics to this month's new releases. Discover which artbooks are worth your shelf.
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Funded by its own audience, animated on laptops in Unreal Engine, painted rather than rendered — the book behind the most crowdfunded animated series ever.
Chunky cute, an alpaca hiding inside a red panda, and 300 artists working from their living rooms — the book behind Pixar's most colour-saturated film.
The most beautiful film DreamWorks has ever made, and the book that explains the rule behind it: if you want a painterly bush, paint the bush.
Five emotions got cut before the film's release — Shame, Guilt, Jealousy, Awe and Nostalgia — and this book prints their concept art anyway.
A year of live rats in a studio hallway, a week of research in Paris, and one of the strongest artbooks Pixar has ever put out.
A gorgeous journey through the concept art, creatures and painted worlds behind WondLa — one of the most imaginative artbooks on the shelf.
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A gorgeous journey through the concept art, creatures and painted worlds behind WondLa — one of the most imaginative artbooks on the shelf.
Judy and Nick are back — and so is Zootopia, with a new wetland district and a mystery that digs into corners of the city we never saw before.