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The Art of Cars | 
 enlarge | Authors: Suzanne Fitzgerald Wallis, Michael Wallis
Creator: John Lasseter
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Category: Book
Buy New: $62.54
New (1) Collectible (1) from $40.00
Avg. Customer Rating:  18 reviews
Sales Rank: 46788
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 160
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.5
Dimensions (in): 11.3 x 9 x 1.1
ISBN: 0811849007
Dewey Decimal Number: 791.4372
EAN: 9780811849005
ASIN: 0811849007
Publication Date: May 4, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
In the tradition of the smash hits Toy Story, A Bug's Life, Toy Story 2, Monsters, Inc., Finding Nemo, and The Incredibles comes the newest film from Pixar Animation Studios, Cars, the story of a race car who learns that it's not all about the fast lane. (In fact, life begins at the off-ramp.) Offering an insider's view into the artistic development of Cars, this gorgeously illustrated book celebrates the whimsical yet painstaking research that fueled Pixar's directors, production designers, and artists. Fascinating storyboards, full-color pastels, on-the-road snapshots, and hundreds of character sketches reveal the origins of Pixar's charming and clever automobile-based world. Gleaned from the team's trips to racetracks and down the famed Route 66, The Art of Cars is as colorful as its memorable story and characters, making this book the only movie tie-in for adults a spirited ride down the road of a masterful animated feature film. Cars is a Walt Disney Pictures presentation of a Pixar Animation Studios film. 2006 by Disney Enterprises, Inc./Pixar Animation Studios. All rights reserved.
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Wonderful Journey Through Research and Art August 11, 2008
From John Lasseter's foreword:
It also became a journey with its own reward, one we wanted to share with you in this book. -end-
With that, the book brings you onto a fantastic journey on the creative process of creating Cars, the movie close to John Lasseter's heart.
The few pages of stories separating the art let you understand how research was done, what the artists learn and ideas they want to bring across to the audience.
This book is filled with plenty of concept art drawings. Pixar artists draw hundreds of drawings each day but only selected ones were included into the book due to the limited number of pages. Every page is packed with art.
Also included are storyboards, architectural drawings, landscape drawings, lighting studies, car decor sketches, photos from their road trips.
This is a wonderful selection of drawings pulled off directly from the drawing board.
There are some pictures of the book on my blog. Just do a search on "parka blogs cars art"
Tha Art of Cars November 17, 2007
I was pleased to have this book be in prime condition when it arrived. The price was excellent. The order came in a timely fashion.
The Art of books by Pixar are wonderful. For the artist these books give a great background into how the art brought the story alive.
I highly recommend these books, especially for those who love Pixar.
Beautifully compiled book of the art and animation process October 17, 2007
If you enjoy learning the behind the scenes process that goes into many of the animated and computer animated films of today, you will love this book.
It shows step by step the drawings and thoughts that went into each character in Radiator Springs and also the creation of all the backdrops. From the smallest signs and orange cones to the racetrack and beyond, you can see how it all evolved.
It's nicely bound with a great jacket cover. Definitely a nice coffee table book your guests will enjoy leafing through or the perfect addition to the library of any art and animation lover.
must have item July 20, 2007
I purchased this art of book recently and found it one of the best art of books I now own. The illustrations are very helpful to my concept art assignments. Great reading
Wonderful art book for a great movie. February 12, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Pixar's most recent animation is fully revealed in this wonderful art book. All the research, ideas, and concepts are printed gorgeously in this book. You see how the ideas are captured on paper to guide the production teams to make one of the best animation in years. Conceptual ideas of characters from the beginning to the final rendered CGI model on screen are all there. The landscape is captured in with colorful pastel paintings. Even all the details from neon signs to the Southwest vegetation are drawn out for you to see. Everything in the book is traditional artwork techniques from pastels, blue pencil, to gray scale markers. Only a few pages have any 3D images for you to see, but in an age where everything is computerized... its really nice to see that old fashioned techniques being used.
Its a quality book I highly recommend for the Pixar fan, 3D animation enthusiast, and art students.
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