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Book Review: The Art of Finding Nemo
August 11, 2008 by Parka
This book will only enhance that feel-good feeling you have after you watch the movie, probably several times if you have kids.
There are a lot of pastel storyboards drawn for lighting studies. They are incredibly beautiful and you can almost feel the texture to them. The colour theory used for the movie is explained to you by Ralph Eggleston.
The pages are filled with character studies, set designs and lighting studies. Most of the panels were captioned to explain the art direction behind. You'll feel as if you're going on a tour at the Pixar studio, looking at art with artists talking to you.
This book gives you the movie.
This is almost a required purchase if you like Finding Nemo or just beautiful art.
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Hi, I'm working on doing a
smita (not verified)
October 30, 2009,
20 weeks 2 days ago
Comment id: 837
Hi,
I'm working on doing a mural of finding nemo for a friend's baby room - she wants an underwater scene from the movie - with coral and fish but she wants it to look like the movie. From what I see in your pictures, it looks like the art in the book is more painting like and not digital looking as in the movie. I wanted to buy the book, but I can't really tell from the pictures, and was hoping you could help me with that. It wouldn't make sense to buy it unless it looks like the movie art, because she's very particular that it looks exactly like the movie. I'd be grateful if you could help.
Thank you!
@smita There are no film
Parka
October 30, 2009,
20 weeks 2 days ago
Comment id: 838
@smita
There are no film stills in this book. I do not know of any movie picture book for the movie as well.
You might want to get the Finding Nemo DVD for reference if you don't already have it.
Is this book still on
dung-o (not verified)
January 7, 2010,
10 weeks 3 days ago
Comment id: 1205
Is this book still on sale??
If yes, how much is it?
@dung-o It's still selling.
Parka
January 7, 2010,
10 weeks 3 days ago
Comment id: 1207
@dung-o
It's still selling. You can find it on Amazon.
There's even a bargain price version for The Art of Finding Nemo at the moment, at 60% off (normally it's only 34% off).
Hi there, thanks for the
Amber (not verified)
January 10, 2010,
10 weeks 1 day ago
Comment id: 1225
Hi there, thanks for the great review! I just bought this book and it's really beautiful, I really love it ,the pastel drawings are amazing. I was wondering what other Pixar art books you would recommend the most? I've just order Toy Story since it's available again, and unfortunately Monsters Inc. is just too expensive, so excluding those, which do you think are the best? Thanks! x
@Amber You might want to
Parka
January 10, 2010,
10 weeks 18 hours ago
Comment id: 1228
@Amber
You might want to check out The Art of Ratatouille, and if you like to know more about Pixar, To Infinity and Beyond!.
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