Are you a Pixar Studios mega fan? An aspiring artist? A future Pixar animator? Maybe all of the above? Then this is for you. Released October 15th 2015 by Chronicle Books publishing (the ones behind the brilliant "Art of" books), here we have The Disney·Pixar Animator's Sketchbook! Though I'm not an artist by any means (I mean gosh, my drawings still look third grade level), I do have a passion for strong storytelling and filmmaking. This is an amazing journal style book for jotting down any creative ideas—whether you're going into the animation field or not.
As a Pixar fan myself, I had been eyeing this for a while until I had eventually forgotten its existence. However recently (for Christmas), thanks to my thoughtful friend and fellow co-castmember Gabby, I now have this awesome book in my collection. A huge thanks to her!
This book has so much going for it. It's inspiring, practical and a lot of fun. Inside you'll find five tabbed sections based on crucial early pre-production stages: Concept, story, color script, characters and worlds. Along with with brief introductions to each stage of development, there are also a plethora of inspiring quotes from Pixar filmmakers and great examples of some of the work Pixar artists have done throughout the years in these areas. Other than that, it's pretty much blank (with templates) for YOU to fill with your own original content!
Story...
Below is an example of some of the blank storyboard pages you'll find in the "story" section of the book.
Color scripts...
Characters...
Worlds...
For me, this is just a really cool book to have as part of my ever expanding collection of Pixar merch; but what's interesting is that this book is actually helping prepare the next generation of animators, filmmakers and storytellers. There are young Pixar fans out there right now writing down/drawing their ideas in this journal who will someday work at the famed studio in some capacity.
Find this on Amazon using the link below or at Barnes & Noble (online link HERE). Original retail was $18.95, but it has since gone on sale.
Here's to the very talented future of Pixar!
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