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Author: John Culhane Subject: From story development to casting problems, from the breathtaking new computerized effects to that moement of magic when a character comes to together and comes to life, this wonderful book provides a fascinating look at the animation process from the inside in the course of making an extraordinary feature film. This book has been out of print for a couple of years and is difficult to find, email now for a copy. Limited supply! 124 pages.
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Authors: Jeff Lotman and Jonathon Smith Subject: Animation art is among the most popular contemporary art forms. It captivates the imagination and awakens the child in us. With nearly 6800 pieces of animation art illustrated in this exciting book, most in color, Jeff Lotman covers the early period of animation, from the founding of the Winsor McKay Studio in 1911 to 1954 (a future volume will continue to the present). The art illustrated was offered at auction, which means that it is in the marketplace, an important fact for collectors. In addition to the 6800 illustrated pieces, there is a listing of sales for several thousand additional pieces for which illustrations were unavailable. The book contains prices paid for the pieces at auction, making it a wonderful tool for assigning value.  |
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Authors: Jeff Lotman and Jonathon Smith Subject: This new volume takes the reader from Disney's 1954 feature Lady and the Tramp up to the antics of The Simpsons. The book is illustrated with over 6500 photographs, most in color, of cels and other animation art that have been offered at auction, along with the prices they brought. In addition, thousands of other animation art auction offerings are listed, making this a comprehensive source for the collector. Accompanying the wealth of illustrated art, the text provides historical sketches of the studios and other primary information about the artists. This is a necessary volume for all all who are interested in this wonderful art form. |
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Authors: Jeff Lotman Subject: The latest book for fans and collectors of animation art delivers up-to-date and fascinating information about what to buy, where to buy it, and what the cost might be. Jeff Lotman has done it again! With over 1500+ photographs and more than 5,000 concise textual entries, almost every studio that produced animation art for shorts, features, or commercials has work included. And all these pieces have been sold at auction since 1994. |
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Author: Don Hahn Subject: Highlighting Disney's animated classics, Hahn describes why the story is the bottom line of the filmmaking process and the significance of each creative element used to form the finished film. Captivating facts--how computers assisted animators in The Lion King, why a Beauty and the Beast animator asked to get in a cage with a gorilla--add color and detail to this comprehensive, full-color book. 96 pages.
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Foreward: Walt Disney Subject: This 26 page booklet was available to guests of Disneyland in the late 1950's to showcase the animation process as presented in Sleeping Beauty's Castle and to highlight Disney's latest release Sleeping Beauty. This informative booklet with foreward written by Walt Disney discusses the making of the animated feature as only Disney can create.
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Authors: Bob Thomas Subject: This hardbound book presenting the art and techniques of Disney animated film-making during the late 1950's when Sleeping Beauty was in production. Illustrated throughout in color and black & white with scenes from Disney films, art and behind-the-scenes photographs. An excellent book that every collector should try to find. Hard to find and rare. 188 pages.
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Authors: Robert D. Feild Subject: A serious study of Disney's filmmaking art, etailing all aspects of the process from story and layout to character development, animation and camera. This hardbound book is illustrated throughout in its 290 pages. Long out of print and very difficult to find.
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Authors: Christopher Finch Subject: The Art of Walt Disney is an enduring classic-a book that has sold nearly 600,000 copies in two lavish hardcover editions. Now, for the first time, Abrams is proud to announce an affordable condensed paperback version of this remarkable book. Drawing on unfettered access to Disney artists and archives, Christopher Finch chronicles every facet of Disney art-animation, live-action, and theme parks-from Mickey's 1928 debut in Steamboat Willie to the forthcoming Fantasia 2000.
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Authors: Dave Smith Subject: This hardback book written by Disney's archivist is a wonderful reference that indexed in the same way as an encylopedia. It contains everything from short bios of actors who starred in Disney films to general trivia in an organized and easy to find manner.
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Author: John Canemaker Subject: For the first time ever, noted animation historian and animator John Canemaker documents the lives and works of Disney's "inspirational sketch artists" from the 1930s to the present. These are the people who visualize all the details surrounding each character in the initial creative period before the grueling labor of animation begins. "Through daydreams and doodles, they attempt to 'find' the film." The happy result of these flights of fancy are dancing ostriches and personality-rich broomsticks. Drawings and paintings of Disney characters leap right off the pages of this lush book, where you'll find pastels from Fantasia, faux wood-cuts of the Seven Dwarfs, paintings of Alice in Wonderland, and hundreds of other delightful, rarely seen images.
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Editors: Jeff Kurtti Subject: This hardbound book describes the process for the wonderful story told by Pixar and Disney Feature Animation. This book similar in the tradition of the "Art of" books provides an inside look at the production process with fine examples of production and concept art, storyboards, interviews and more. 128 pages.
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Editors: Jim Fanning Subject: This hardbound book describes the history and the making of this animated film that helped to save the Disney company in the early 1950's. This book came with the deluxe CAV version of the laserdics release in the mid 1990's and has colorful pictures and information on the making of this very successful film. It is a succinct book similar to the title accompanying the laserdisc release of Snow White. 43 pages.
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Dinosaur : The Evolution of an Animated Feature
, 2000 Authors: Jeff Kurtti Subject: This is book is offered in the a similar tradition of the recent Disney "Art of" books focusing on their latest all digital feature, Dinosaur. This books provides you an inside look at this groundbreaking film which not even possible to produce just a few short years back. This book provides an extensive look at character sketches, storyboards, and color keys and offers interviews with the animators and other crewmembers that are somewhat more comprehensive than usual. In addition, it covers the entire history of the production. 128 pages.
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Author: Jim Fanning Subject: This hardbound book showcases with beautiful full color illustrations the posters that were created to advertise the theatrically released animated films and shorts. From Snow White to Aladdin, this book shows the magic of this completely separate collecting hobby. This book is also available in a small miniature edition (ISBN: 0786861851 ). 96 pages.
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Authors: Charles Soloman Subject: The Disney That Never Was: The Stories and Art from Five Decades of Unproduced Animation is a celebration of drawings from uncompleted films that were "simply too beautiful to leave in their folders." Some of the ideas and projects were abandoned for obvious reasons--a lack of time, money, or resources--but certainly not for lack of ingenuity. Charles Solomon, internationally respected critic and historian of animation, has gleaned the best of these unused animation drawings, storyboards, gags, and concept art, all of which make their first public appearances in this book. From Mickey, Donald, and Goofy sketches to Hans Christian Andersen roughs to wartime propaganda films to early versions of Fantasia, this book allows a delightful inside glimpse into the world of Disney. 214 pages.
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author: Richard Taylor Subject: This hardbound book is a comprehensive, step-by-step, directory of animation techniques. Loaded with information for the person who would like to learn more about various animation processes, this books presents the subject in a straight forward and fun approach. It also includes an inspirational gallery of finished works.
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Authors: John Grant Subject: From Mickey Mouse to Timon, Roger Rabbit to Hades, and Aladdin to Sebastian--the famous, the infamous, and the obscure--every character of the Disney honor roll is present and accounted for in this comprehensive volume that every true Disney fan and animation enthusiast will treasure. This hardbound book provides an additional reference for all of the characters and films in Disney's animation vault. Wonderful pictures and information if found throughout.
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Authors: John Culhane Subject: Reprinted on the eve of the long-awaited sequel Fantasia 2000, this is the definitive book on the Walt Disney Studio's most ambitious masterpiece. Noted film historian John Culhane tells the story behind the creation of Fantasia, using never-before-published material and a wealth of memorable illustrations, including actual frames from the classic film. 280 illustrations, 130 in full color. 
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Authors: John Culhane Subject: More than 50 years in the making, the release of "Fantasia 2000" will fulfill one of Walt Disney's most cherished dreams. Featuring six new animation sequences set to classical masterpieces -- Beethoven's "Fifth Symphony," Respighi's "Pines of Rome," and Elgar's "Pomp and Circumstance" -- as well as your old favorites such as Dukas' "The Sorcerer's Apprentice," this elegant treasury is a Disney collector's dream. Stunning artwork from all nine sequences is showcased in a lavishly illustrated volume that brings together the entire creative process, from concept painting and character sketches to the spectacular full-color final images Walt Disney dreamed of. In keeping with Walt's optimisitc view of the future, John Culhane's text delves into the theme of hope and resurrection, making this volume the perfect book to launch the new millennium. |
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Editted: Jerry Beck Subject: This hardbound book lists the top 50 cartoons as selected by 1000 animation professionals. Information on each of the 50 cartoons is presented in an organized manner with a brief synopsis of the animated film and other relevant information. Did you your favorite make the list? 192 pages.
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Authors: Stephen Rebello Subject: In the tradition of the bestselling fine-art companions to Pocahontas and The Hunchback of Notre Dame, beautiful animation art showcases the chaos of creation from which Disney's Hercules was born in this full-color, large format book. A special signature section features the work of renowned artist Gerald Scarfe, best known as the genius behind the animated film-rock opera The Wall, whose brilliant line drawings led to a breakthrough in divining a style for Hercules.
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Authors: Stephen Rebello Subject: In the tradition of the previous "Art of" books by Disney (Lion King & Pocahontas), this large sized hardbound book showcases the artwork created during the production of the film. Illustrated throughout with character drawings, concept art and more, this book reveals the internal makings for famous French story. If you are a true disney animation fan you must read this book. This book was also published as a miniature edition (ISBN: 078686334X).
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Authors: Ollie Johnston and Frank Thomas Subject: This hardback book written by two of Disney nine old men details the making of animated feature in the Disney way. This is a "must have" book for any true animation art fanatic.
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Authors: The Imagineers, Foreward Michael Eisner, Wendy Efken, Editor Subject: How can you make dreams come true? Or transform a fantasy into a colorful, exciting world that visitors can move through, touch, and enjoy? Such fabulous work is the daily business of Walt Disney's Imagineers, a core group of creative and highly skilled professional wizards. This attractive, imagination-expanding book tells the entire behind-the-scenes story of the world's favorite dream factory.
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Editted: Disney Subject: A beautifully illustrated book that tells the ancient Chinese legend of Mulan, 48 pages.
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Authors: Christopher Finch Subject: This large-sized hardbound book beautifully describes the efforts of Disney Feature Animation's work to create one the greatest animated classics of all time. Lavishly illustrated with artwork throughout its 191 pages, this book is definitely one to have in your library. This book was also published as a miniature edition (ISBN: 0786831723).
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Authors: Julie Taymoor, Alexis Greene and Tim Rice Subject: Here is a wonderful book that tells how they transformed Disney most popular animated feature to the Broadway stage. You saw the animated film, you bought the video, you couldn't get tickets to the stage show--here's the coffee-table book. But wait: what keeps The Lion King: Pride Rock on Broadway from being just another commercial Disney tie-in is the iconoclastic voice of director/designer Julie Taymor. She uses the text of this book as a diary for her personal struggle to merge her off-off-Broadway avant-garde sensibility with Disney's unabashedly bigtime commercial one. Her chronicle lends context to the already lush and abundant illustrations, photographs, and sketches of Taymor and her collaborators at work.
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Authors: Disney Store Subject: This 19 page booklet was given out to customers who attended the art of the Little Mermaid event that was hosted at the select Disney stores in August 1991. This full color booklet shows the various types of production art that was released by the studio for sale to the public.
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Authors: Disney Store Subject: In June of 1993, the Disney store held another Little Mermaid art event for which this booklet was published. Nicely illustrated production art in 18 pages and displaying the type of producton art released by the studio for sale to the public, this booklet was given out to customers who attended the event.
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Author: Applewood Books, Disney Subject: The wonderful art of the Little Mermaid as only Disney can create is offered in this book from the viewpoint of the animator's drawing. Illustrated throughout the 112 pages are drawings that convey the very heart of this modern Disney classic. Limited edtion release.
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Author: Allen Mencken & Howard Ashman Subject: The wonderful music that made the Little Mermaid convey its story so well is presented in this compilation of all the songs from the film. Illustrated with colorful scenes from throughout the film, any music fan will be happy to have this book to play and sing along at the piano.
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Author: Charles Santore (Illustrator), Hans Christian Andersen Subject: Here is the classic fairy tale that comes to life with the wonderful illustrations of Charles Santore. Written with some modern language that is slightly jarring (when the little mermaid saves the prince from drowning, she dodges falling planks and beams from the sinking ship, "forgetting that they might crush her to atoms"), this version will not deter readers attracted by the lush, sentimental visuals in a tale of mermaids, shipwrecks, and unrequited love. The stylish and appealing format will appeal older children and adults alike.
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Editors: N.E. Thing Enterprises Subject: Utilizing the technology to create three dimensional images from pictures, this hardbound books presents famous Disney images for your eyes to see. A pretty interesting book, if you can get your mind to see them! 32 pages.
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Author: Pierre Lambert Subject: This wonderful hardbound coffee table book references the art of Mickey Mouse from Steamboat Willie all the way to Runaway Brain. Printed in the same tradition as his previous book, Pinocchio Pierre Lambert display wonderful art pieces from personal collectors around the world and the Disney archives. Includes foreward written by Roy Disney, 240 pages. This book should be in every animation art collector's library!
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Author: Russell Schroeder Subject: The long-awaited, fully illustrated memoirs of international icon Mickey Mouse ranges from the production of his first short film to his monumental roles in cinematic history, merchandising, and politics. A first-person narrative yMickey Mouse takes a decade-by-decade look at Disney's most famous creation, born in 1928 and still going strong. The glib text is subordinate to the many photos, comic strips, and film stills that fill the 64 pages.
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Author: Jeff Kurtti Subject: With Mulan, its latest animated feature, Disney deviates ever so cautiously from its rigid formula for other recent animated releases. Based on a Chinese legend of a girl who disguises herself as a soldier to take her father's place in the army, Mulan plays down the love interest prominent in newer Disney animated features and plays up the heroine's brains, courage, and skill. The coffee-table commemoration of the film, however, adheres to its predecessors' format. It details the movie's history and production and presents more than 350 beautifully produced illustrations that include early conceptual drawings and character designs, background paintings (many evocative of classic Chinese watercolors), and production stills. The text discusses the animators' visit to China to research the story's setting and the film's overall visual design, which stresses elements and simplifications that are common to both traditional Chinese art and effective animation. Any library possessing a shelf of the handsome volumes chronicling Disney's animation renaissance of the past decade shouldn't hesitate to add this one to it. -Gordon Flagg
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Editted: Disney Subject: Here are 64 postcards featuring animation artwork or scenes from this latest Disney release based upon the famous Chinese legend of Mulan.
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Editted: Katheleen Zoehfield, Judi Clarke and Brent Ford Subject: Based on a Chinese folktale, a young girl dresses up like a boy and goes off to battle in order to keep her elderly father safe at home. Along the way she meets a cast of unforgettable characters who teach her all about acceptance and self-respect. This full color edition is the childrens' storybook published by the Disney Press and was the book from which artwork was sold at auction by Sotheby's in March of 1999.
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Author: Russell Schroeder Subject: Disney's Mulan is nicely illustrated with animation art from the film in this version by Russell Schroeder. The real bonus is the extra chapter on teh making of this classic animated film complete with storyboard sequences, drawings and other backgrounds not previously published in Jeff Kurtti's book. It makes a nice addition to any collectors library on this film.
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Authors: David Fisher Subject: This paperback was originally sold with the three volume set of CD or tapes as a special set highlighting the music of Disney. This booklet highlights the magical moments of music from Disney's earliest beginnings to it latest contemporary works.
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Author: Frank Thompson Subject: This softbound book showcases the pioneering work of Tim Burton with stop motion animation during the creation this cult classic film. It is very nicely written and organized from the inspirational poem to the colorful photography depicting the actual filming process. Foreward written by Tim Burton, 192 pages. (This is one of my favorite films! A great book...but then I am not biased!)
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Author: Leonard Matlin Subject: Well known movie critic, Leonard Matlin provides an indepth study of the animated film from its earliest beginnings to the renaissance of Disney in the 1990's. A wonderful feature of this book is the well organized filmography that provides a year by year filmography of all animated films. This is one book you need just for reference if anything else!
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Authors: John Canemaker Subject: This is a wonderful coffee table book that shows the true art of storyboards from Disney feature animation. Highlighting the artists of that created some of the most memorable moments in animation, this book present rarely seen artwork from Fantasia all the way through to Mulan.
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Authors: Pierre Lambert and Jeanine Herman Subject: This beautiful hardback book describes the making of this animated classic and features original production artwork from a number collections around the world. This is a work of art itself with it glorious reproduction that truly recreates the artwork as though you were staring at the original piece. This is a "must have" for any animation fan of Pinocchio and the genre in general. Books includes an inbound sericel of Jiminy Cricket set against its reprinted original production.
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Editted: Disney Subject: This softbound booklet came with the deluxe CAV version of the laserdisc release in the mid 90's and discusses the making of this classic tale by Collodi. Illustrated with color photos from the film and other references, this 26 page booklet briefly describes the history of the film and includes a nice background foldout of the wishing start.
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Author: Stephen Rebello Subject: This beautifully produced companion to the Disney animated feature celebrates and chronicles the creation of the film with pre-production and concept art, storyboards, an in-depth look at the design and refinement of the character of Pocahontas, layouts and backgrounds, and a history of Stephen Schwartz's wonderful musical score. Over 200 color and black-and-white illustrations. This book should be in every collectors library, however it is out of print and hard to locate.
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Editted: Disney Subject: This large-sized booklet was available for sale to those attendees lucky enough to get tickets to the premiere of Disney's Pocahontas in New York's Central Park on June 10, 1995. This 18 page program is filled with character decriptions, scenes from the movie and special foldouts that reveal aspects about the film. This booklet is hard to find and is no longer published.
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Authors: Jeff Kurtti Subject: In celebration of Walt Disney World's twenty-fifth anniversary, a lavish history of Walt Disney's dreams offers the original concept drawings, photographs of the park's construction, environmental awareness programs, and the state-of-the-art technology that helps create the magical environment. Original.
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Authors: Walt Disney Staff Subject: Here is the classic children's book, Sleeping Beauty beautifully illustrated by Walt Disney in 96 pages.
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Editted: Applewood Books Subject: This cloth sided hardbound book displays animation drawings that were created during the production of the film. Throughout its pages, special pages showcase the film through the wonderful color key paintings by the well know stylist for the film, Eyvind Earle. This book is limited to an edition of 2,500 and comes numbered and signe by Eyvind Earle and the late Marc Davis. The unique feature of this books is its beautiful presentation of the art, there is no text. A book every Sleeping Beauty fan should have (which in my opinion is the finest animated feature artisitically ever created!).
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Authors: Bob Thomas Subject: Spectacular storybook of Walt Disney's first animated feature, illustrated through with story art plus four bound-in serigraph cels. Published in a limited edition of 9,500, it is bounnd in white leather with gold stamping on the cover and gilt edge pages. It normally comes in a sturdy gold stamped slip-case. 224 pages. Hard to find!
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Authors: Linda Witkowski and Martin Krause Subject: This hardback book describing the making of this animated classics features the collection of Stephen Ison who possesses the largest art of Snow White artwork outside the Disney Archives.
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Authors: Kevin Neary and Dave Smith Subject: The third entry into the magic kingdom of trivia promises to delight and astound the millions of Disney watchers across the globe. Kevin Neary and Disney Archives founder Dave Smith take readers behind the scenes of the Magic Kingdom to provide a fun-filled and exhilarating voyage that encompasses the global scope of Disney's worlds, from Anaheim to Paris to Tokyo.
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Author: Howard Green Subject: This large hardbound book showcases the efforts and artwork that was utilized to create Disney version of the story by American author, Edgar Rice Burroughs. Illustrated with all types of production art, this book reveals the process artist took to create another Disney animated classic. Foreward by Phil Collins.
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Author: Russell Schroeder and Victoria Saxon Subject: This hardbound collector's edition offers the Tarzan story illustrated with scenes from the film and a second section that showcases the art from the film. This book offers a more abbreviated version and a different persepective from the Tarzan Chronicles regarding the making of this successful film. 72 pages.
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Author: John Canemaker Subject: Well known animation art author John Canemaker presents in this large size coffee table book, a collection of artwork that includes production drawings, background paintings, cel art and more. This book reproduces the artwork presented in such a large format you almost feel as though you are holding it! This is a book any animation art collector would love to own. 319 pages.
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Authors: Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston Subject: Since launching its Hyperion book division two years ago, the Disney Company has been practicing synergism by mining its archives for material suitable for compiling into lavish gift books. The latest such project is an oversize volume spotlighting memorable villains from more than six decades of the studio's animated films. The rogues' roll call begins well before the wicked queen in Snow White (1937), reaching all the way back to Mickey Mouse's early nemesis Peg Leg Pete, who actually antedated Mickey, and extending through The Three Little Pigs' Big Bad Wolf down to The Little Mermaid's Ursula and Aladdin's Jafar. All are depicted in hundreds of illustrations that include plenty of full-color frame enlargements and animators' sketches. Veteran animators Johnston and Thomas, there at the creation of most of the studio's masterworks, describe the characters' development and provide fascinating insights into the making of the films and the changes in Disney's approach over the years. The resulting volume is sure to appeal to audiences' fascination with villainy--especially when it's presented as frighteningly as Sleeping Beauty's Maleficent or as humorously as 101 Dalmatians' Cruella de Vil. --Gordon Flagg 232 pages.
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Mickey Mouse and other related images Copyright, Walt Disney Company |
is proud to offer other collector's a listing of recommended books that any disney production art fan
should have in their personal library. Part of the fun is researching and learning about the artistry
that goes into making a disney animated film. Over the years that I have collected, I have discovered
numerous books and other resources that have educated and expanded my interest in feature animation.
This page presents my collective efforts to offer other collector's a single resource for finding books
on this subject.
