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| The Art of WALL.E | 
 enlarge | Author: Tim Hauser
Creator: Andrew Stanton
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Category: Book
List Price: $40.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  16 reviews
Sales Rank: 5959
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 160
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.6
Dimensions (in): 11.3 x 9.1 x 0.9
ISBN: 0811862356
Dewey Decimal Number: 791.4372
EAN: 9780811862356
ASIN: 0811862356
Publication Date: April 30, 2008
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| Customer Reviews:
 A Lucky Guess... July 5, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I pre-ordered this book as soon as it became available, a few months before I even saw "WALLE"...as the film got closer I started having second doubts "what if I HATE it?" and "it can't POSSIBLY live up to the expectations I have"...do I really want to own a book all about artwork for a movie I didn't like? But I did like it (LOVED it, in fact), and it did live up to my expectations. It lived up to everything I was hoping for (and more) and I am SO happy that I own this book...aside from the two collectors "toys" I have (of WALLE and EVE) sitting on my computer desk, this is something I am really happy to own from what has been my favorite film of 2008 thus far. Now I know, when it comes to Pixar, I really shouldn't be concerned about them coming through and delivering quality product like I'd expected when I first pre-ordered this...next step, WALLE BluRay!
P.S. I got this book for the awesome Amazon sale price of $25 or so bucks...it's worth the whole damn $40 that coverprice lists!
Perfect Companion to this remarkable film July 11, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
When I saw the previews for WALL*E, I actually got a lump in my throat and misty-eyed. I *knew* this was going to be a Kleenex movie. It turned out that I only had to use my tissues a few times, but I was so impressed by how Pixar could tug at my heart with a little robot who had virtually no dialog. This book tells exactly how the Pixar team went about creating an endearing character with some tough "limitations", meaning that other studios would have flagged under the challenge.
This book is packed with compelling concept and final art. Tim Hauser digs deep to get the story behind the story and will inspire you with the process of bringing WALL*E to life.
If you saw the film and wondered, "How did they do that?" then this is the book for you.
On another note, Animation Magazine said of the book, "the generously illustrated book is another one of those friggin' amazing collections whose pages we wish we could wrap around ourselves each and every day....Buy it. Read it. Touch the pages. Look at the immaculate illustrations. Find a home for it on your coffee table..." And I think they should know!
magical July 7, 2008
I think this book is out there with the rest of the Pixar marvel books.
Great visuals and detailed digital paintings. I highly recommend it.
a beautiful book but I do miss the earlier 'Art of' editions.... July 16, 2008
Ever since I was a kid, I'd buy an animation art book almost yearly. The Art of The Lion King was probably the first art book of this type I ever had given to me and it kindled my love of animation art all the more, finally in these pages were beautiful concept illustrations, story board art works, inspirational paintings and final prints from the film, all of which were bound up in beautifully presented cloth covered large scale folio editions (originally printed by Hyperion). Books like these emphasised the storytelling process the Disney studios believed in and presented imagery which spoke volumes above the text, since the key to all great artistic works be it in animation, illustration, theatre design or film is the artists ability to simply draw from life, observe it, relish it and understand it -- and from that process you have great storytelling, you need imagination naturally and that's the art part, how you see marks you out ........... these books just need to show us more art when the film was evolving as that is inspirational and they could be designed better.
This is a fine book but doesn't really live up to my expectations when compared to what came before. It is smaller, I can't see the point in printing images which are the size of postage stamps on these pages and I want to see more final, well chosen film prints and pencil, painterly, illustrations than these digital smooth works which lack texture. The Monsters Inc. art book is a better example of Pixars ability to portray wonderful characters and displays more traditional means of creating concept illustrations for these films.
Great Art of Wall-E July 16, 2008
If you take a look in this book, and actually carefully go through every page, you'll see that Pixar puts an incredible amount of work and effort to make sure its animation looks ideal and stunning for every scene. The rough sketches and digital animation look amazing and the book explains many nuances in the whole making of the movie.
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