Nearly a century before the ground-breaking phenomenon Toy Story, Little Nemo appeared in the New York Herald and ushered in a major new art form. The thrilling journey from such humble origins to the blockbuster movies of today's CGI extravaganzas like Shrek had begun, capturing the imagination of successive generations and embracing the onslaught of an accelerated technological revolution. Covering every aspect of animation (from the movies to MTV) from every part of the world, Animation Art r...
As the Walt Disney Studio entered its first decade and embarked on some of the most ambitious animated films of the time, Disney hired a group of “concept artists” whose sole mission was to explore ideas and inspire their fellow animators. They Drew as They Pleased showcases four of these early pioneers and features artwork developed by them for the Disney shorts from the 1930s, including many unproduced projects, as well as for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Pinocchio, and some early work for...
When Continental movie-makers combined horror with sex, they unleashed a tidal wave of celluloid strangeness that lasted nearly 30 years. From sexy thrillers to pulp surrealism, from decadent erotica to blood-soaked vampire epics, this work tells the story of the cinema in Europe from 1956 to 1984. It covers the maverick directors and outrageous films and includes rare stills, interviews, features on directors, the starlets and other key personalities.
Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Art of the Animated Series
by Bryan Konietzko
Everything you ever wanted to know about your favourite Star Wars The Clone Wars characters! If your child loves Star Wars The Clone Wars then let them meet the characters from their favourite TV series. From Anakin Skywalker to Ziro the Hutt, they'll learn the ins and outs, ups and downs and secret info on all their favourite characters. Focused entirely on the characters from the Star Wars The Clone Wars series, this chunky, chock-full-of-info encyclopedia will take them from A to Z in The...
Crafting just got a whole lot cuter. Like Hello Kitty herself, the twelve patterns in this fun, accessible, cross-stitch kit are all simply adorable. Cross Stitch Creations: Hello Kitty includes a fully illustrated book with step-by-step instructions and photographs of the finished projects, plus fun notes and details about the characters of Hello Kitty's world. A needle, embroidery floss, a six-inch hoop, and cloth for completing two projects comes with the kit, so there's no waiting to get st...
"Animators Unearthed" is an introduction to some of the world's top animation filmmakers, whose faces and voices remain largely unseen and unappreciated outside of the animation community. Chris Robinson discusses why it's been neglected and where you can find the work. He aims to bring this art form, and its creators, to the forefront by tracing the history of this personal and artistic animation. Throughout its history, animation has been primarily defined as cartoons that make people laugh, a...
This open access collection brings together an international group of practitioners and scholars to examine Coraline’s place in animation history and culture, dissect its politics, and unpack its role in the technological and aesthetic development of its medium. Coraline (Henry Selick, 2009) is stop-motion studio LAIKA's feature-length debut based on the popular children's novel by British author Neil Gaiman. Heralding a revival in global interest in stop-motion animation, the film is both an in...
In its rich history, cinematic animation has developed from silent monochrome images to sound-filled shorts that ran theatrically with newsreels and aventure serials, and ultimately to prestigious feature films like Disney's Fantasia. This expanded update of Graham Webb's The Animated Film Encyclopedia: 1900-1979 (McFarland, 2000) is a compehensive listing of theatrical animated cartoons throughout the 20th Century, as well as significant animated sequences in live-action films. New to the secon...
How to Animate Advancing Your Animation Beyond The Basics (How to Animate, #1)
by Chris Derochie
El primer ganador del Premio Rius al Género del Libro-Historieta cuenta en este libro la historia de los dibujos animados, desde las cavernas y hasta la primera mitad del siglo XX. ¿Cuáles fueron los primeros dibujos animados? ¿Quiénes son los héroes desconocidos que sentaron las bases de este arte popular? ¿Qué le permitió a Walt Disney trascender sobre sus competidores? ¿Qué innovaciones y transformaciones han sufrido las caricaturas desde su creación? ¿Cuáles son los personajes más icónico...
Compiled with unlimited access to Disney's archives the Visual Guide will chart the development of the company from its early days in the 1920s right into the 21st Century. Focussing on the best-loved aspect of Disney its animated feature films, theguide will reveal how characters such as Mickey Mouse, Bambi and Dumbo were created, how classics such as Snow White and Cinderella were re-invented and the ground breaking developments they've achieved in the field of animation. Other aspects of the...
Princess Mononoke (Animation: Key Films/Filmmakers)
This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com.Princess Mononoke (1997) is one of anime’s most important films. Hayao Miyazaki’s epic fantasy broke domestic box office records when it came out in Japan, keeping pace with the success of Hollywood films like Titanic (1997). Princess Mononoke was also the first of Studio Ghibli’s films to be distributed outside Japan as part of a new deal with Disney subsidiary Bu...
This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com.Toy Story (John Lasseter, 1995), Pixar’s first feature-length production and Hollywood’s first completely computer-generated animated film, is an international cultural phenomenon. This collection brings together a diverse range of scholars and practitioners who together explore the themes, compositional techniques, cultural significance and industry legacy of this...
In the second edition of The Idea of Nature in Disney Animation, David Whitley updates his 2008 book to reflect recent developments in Disney and Disney-Pixar animation such as the apocalyptic tale of earth's failed ecosystem, WALL-E. As Whitley has shown, and Disney's newest films continue to demonstrate, the messages animated films convey about the natural world are of crucial importance to their child viewers. Beginning with Snow White, Whitley examines a wide range of Disney's feature animat...
Join Dennis, Minnie and the Bash Street Kids in this Epic Comic Collection for the ages. Featuring an awesome assortment of favourite comic strips and a brand new time traveling tale, Time for Trouble. Packed with over 40 comics full of mischief and mayhem from the weekly comics, this collection is filled with rib-tickling tales for every reader.