Are there any 'The Art of' DAC books?

[BK]

Any? None?
Where do I find concept art and such then?

I know Pixar has 'Art of' books and I've seen for Pirates of the Caribbean.

[TheSequelOfDisney]

I know that there are "Art Of" books, including: The Lion King, Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Hercules and Mulan. I'm sure there are others, but those are just the ones that my local library have. I used to trace the pictures and hang them up on my wall when I was little.

[The Little Merboy]

I used to trace the pictures and hang them up on my wall when I was little.

That's cute

[Disneykid]

Here's what I'm able to track down:

The Little Mermaid (only in miniature form)
The Lion King
Pocahontas
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Hercules
Mulan
Meet the Robinsons
Bolt
The Princess and the Frog

And while not all-encompassing "Art of..." books, these series do feature concept and production artwork:

The Sketchbook Series
Pinocchio
Bambi
Peter Pan
Lady and the Tramp
Sleeping Beauty
The Little Mermaid

Mary Blair Storybooks
Cinderella
Alice in Wonderland
Peter Pan

The Art of Animation
Beauty and the Beast
Hercules

Walt Disney Animation Studios Archive Series
Story
Animation
Design (Coming soon)

[robster16]

Here's what I'm able to track down:

The Little Mermaid (only in miniature form)
The Lion King
Pocahontas
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Hercules
Mulan
Meet the Robinsons
Bolt
The Princess and the Frog

And while not all-encompassing "Art of..." books, these series do feature concept and production artwork:

The Sketchbook Series
Pinocchio
Bambi
Peter Pan
Lady and the Tramp
Sleeping Beauty
The Little Mermaid

Mary Blair Storybooks
Cinderella
Alice in Wonderland
Peter Pan

The Art of Animation
Beauty and the Beast
Hercules

Walt Disney Animation Studios Archive Series
Story
Animation
Design (Coming soon)

There are also art of books for the following movies:

* Atlantis
* Brother Bear
* Home On The Range

and Disney will be releasing a new Art of book for Beauty and the Beast this year in august... A new art of book is also in development for "Tangled" by Jeff Kurtti, to be released in late 2010

[BK]

Thanks, I was searching for one of Tarzan but that doesn't exist.

I guess there is hope if they are just releasing BATB this year but it's BATB so my hope is still justifiably not very high.

Is it normal for Disney to release 'Art of' books years later?

[drnilescrane]

Thanks, I was searching for one of Tarzan but that doesn't exist.

I guess there is hope if they are just releasing BATB this year but it's BATB so my hope is still justifiably not very high.

Is it normal for Disney to release 'Art of' books years later?

Tarzan does have an Art of - just with a stupid name. Search Amazon for "Tarzan Chronicles".

I personally have TLK, Pocahontas, HonD (these three also came in minuture versions - buyer beware!), Hercules, Treasure Planet (this + Lilo only came in Paperback... 2002 was a crappy year in general for Disney), Bolt and Princess. I have Fantasia 2000 in the mail as we speak.

Beauty is a unique case - they were shitscared the original book wouldn't sell so they did a general animation book "feauturing BatB"). The new book is to rectify it's the only DAC post 1989 (bar Rescuers??) missing a book.

[DisneyJedi]

Well, I have The Art of Bolt and (although this doesn't count, since it's a Dreamworks movie) The Art of Kung Fu Panda. I plan to get The Art of The Princess and the Frog.

[ajmrowland]

Me too.

[Jeremy]

In fact there are several other "The Art of..." books and sorts been published years ago. These are the ones I own that wasn't mentioned in this thread:

- TARZAN (it DOES exist, it's called "The Tarzan Chronicles" and it's just as big and beautiful as books of Pocahontas and THOND for example).
- CHICKEN LITTLE (paperback, A4 size)
- FANTASIA (publishd in the eighties, lots and lots of text compared to others but great amount of great pictures, too)
- DINOSAUR (different size than any other, paperback)

And then there's that book of Beauty and the Beast in the Deluxe Video Edition of Beauty and the Beast, paperback.

I also have all of "The Art of.." books mentioned in this thread exept for Bolt and Meet the Robinsons. I may buy them sometime, but those aren't as important as books of 2D classics.

[robster16]

I have all the art of books, plus some others. I'll make a picture of my Disney art book collection tomorrow What I own so far:

Art of Books:
* The Lion King
* Pocahontas
* The Hunchback of Notre Dame
* Hercules
* Mulan
* Tarzan
* Fantasia 2000
* Atlantis
* Lilo & Stitch
* Treasure Planet
* Brother Bear
* Home On The Range
* Bolt
* Princess and the Frog

Other books I own:
* Sketchbook Series - The Little Mermaid
* The Art of animation - Hercules
* Disney editions making of Mulan
* Archive series - Story
* Archive series - Animation
* Paper Dreams (about the art of storyboards)
* The Illusion of Life
* The Disney That Never Was
* The Disney Villains
* Walt Disney's Nine Old Men and the Art of Animation
* Dream Worlds - by Hans Bacher
* Character Animation Crash Course - by Eric Goldberg
* The Alchemy of Animation: Making an Animated Film in the Modern Age - by Don Hahn
* Disney Lost and Found
* Animation Magic Book: Behind the Scenes Look At How an Animated Film is Made

that's most of it I think, apart from some other general animation books

[robster16]

I think the only modern day Disney animated feature to not get an art of book was "The Emporer's New Groove"

[BK]

I have all the art of books, plus some others. I'll make a picture of my Disney art book collection tomorrow What I own so far:

Thanks!

And it sucks Emperor didn't get one, though my main concern is Tarzan but as people have pointed out it exists!

[robster16]

I have all the art of books, plus some others. I'll make a picture of my Disney art book collection tomorrow What I own so far:

Thanks!

And it sucks Emperor didn't get one, though my main concern is Tarzan but as people have pointed out it exists!

If you want, I can snap some pics of the book or a video so you can see just how gorgeous it is! It's huge, filled with GREAT artwork and a journal style of writing with notes by everyone involved in production.

[Jeremy]

robster16, I've got all those books about classics, too (excluding Atlantis and Bolt) plus Chicken Little and Dinodaur but not all of the other books you mentioned. I think there are some books in my collection also you didn't list but I can't check right now.

[BK]

Thanks!

And it sucks Emperor didn't get one, though my main concern is Tarzan but as people have pointed out it exists!

If you want, I can snap some pics of the book or a video so you can see just how gorgeous it is! It's huge, filled with GREAT artwork and a journal style of writing with notes by everyone involved in production.

That'd be great, if you don't mind! These are still in print, right?
Thanks!

[disneyboy20022]

Well, I have The Art of Bolt and (although this doesn't count, since it's a Dreamworks movie) The Art of Kung Fu Panda. I plan to get The Art of The Princess and the Frog.

You might want to get ontop of getting the art of PATF book because I read in a thread here that it's going OOP...I have my copy reserved at Barnes and noble and when I asked if they were/could order more they said no because it was on backorder which supports this book Is going OOP...

and I just checkeed on its OOP on amazon already..

http://www.amazon.com/Art-Princess-Frog ... 024&sr=1-1


also there are teh Art of the Pixar Movies....one I'm for sure picking up is The Art of Toy Story 3

http://www.amazon.com/Art-Toy-Story-Cha ... 092&sr=1-2


and art of Up has laready gone out of print too

and its used or new price on amazon....yikes.....I'll have to pass on that one...

http://www.amazon.com/Art-Up-Pixar-Anim ... 092&sr=1-5

[ajmrowland]

OOP doesn't always mean its in high demand. In fact, isnt it cheaper that way?

[disneyboy20022]

OOP doesn't always mean its in high demand. In fact, isnt it cheaper that way?

Depends on the title i suppose...sometimes they are cheaper...sometimes not....



The Art of Up is costing from $72 new to 132 used...

http://www.amazon.com/Art-Up-Pixar-Anim ... 092&sr=1-5

[slave2moonlight]

I used to trace the pictures and hang them up on my wall when I was little.

That's cute

It's actually a great way to improve your drawing skills. A lot of how I learned to draw involved tracing Disney coloring book pages and comic book covers when I was little.