The Art of Cars Hardcover – May 4, 2006

This book as so much artwork that you have never seen before and for any big fan it is worth buying.

Pixar's most recent animation is fully revealed in this wonderful art book. All the research, ideas, and concepts are printed gorgeously in this book. You see how the ideas are captured on paper to guide the production teams to make one of the best animation in years. Conceptual ideas of characters from the beginning to the final rendered CGI model on screen are all there. The landscape is captured in with colorful pastel paintings. Even all the details from neon signs to the Southwest vegetation are drawn out for you to see. Everything in the book is traditional artwork techniques from pastels, blue pencil, to gray scale markers. Only a few pages have any 3D images for you to see, but in an age where everything is computerized... its really nice to see that old fashioned techniques being used.Its a quality book I highly recommend for the Pixar fan, 3D animation enthusiast, and art students.

First I must say that I love Pixar animated movies. With that said, this is a great addition to your possible collection of Pixar art books or a great way to start one. It is filled with artwork used in the movie with awesome, full colored pages of the work in the movie. This completely covers the movie and shows some artwork used to create the final products in the movie and others that were never used. It is a must buy for any fan!

I purchased this originally, because as well as being a fan of the movie, "Cars", I am an up and coming animator and am very interested in all aspects of animation. In the description it told me the book tells of how the original idea was made into a film and the steps and research taken to do so, so I bought it.I am very pleased with this book, it is wonderfully illustrated with production sketches, storyboards, landscape and building drawings and detailed character drawings. I also found the information very interesting too, not too much writing but just enough to keep it informative. It is a sturdy hard back edition so it will last far longer than a soft cover and perfect for a coffee table book. I found out a lot I didn't know about the film and I highly reccommend this book for people who are interested in animation as well as fans of the film!

The Art of Cars may not be the best book from the Pixar film collection, but it absolutely provides a lot fo great concept art and insight into the creative process that is Pixar Studios. As a professional illustrator, having a library of titles which includes most of the "Art of" books is vital to keeping the mind fresh and clear of rubble. Having a large collection of books such as The Art of Cars allows me to explore the creative minds of hundreds of artists and makes it easier for me to think creatively. I would recommend this book to anyone who works as a professional story teller.

The media could not be loaded. From John Lasseter's foreword:It also became a journey with its own reward, one we wanted to share with you in this book. -end-With that, the book brings you onto a fantastic journey on the creative process of creating Cars, the movie close to John Lasseter's heart.The few pages of stories separating the art let you understand how research was done, what the artists learn and ideas they want to bring across to the audience.This book is filled with plenty of concept art drawings. Pixar artists draw hundreds of drawings each day but only selected ones were included into the book due to the limited number of pages. Every page is packed with art.Also included are storyboards, architectural drawings, landscape drawings, lighting studies, car decor sketches, photos from their road trips.This is a wonderful selection of drawings pulled off directly from the drawing board.(More pictures are available on my blog. Just visit my Amazon profile for the link.)

Quality pastel renders par usual with this art of something Pixar. The color theory alone in this book is worth every penny. Great stuff to continue to inspire us fellow artists. One regret, they need to start putting some of the 3-D stills in the book since their work is unlike anything else out there. Overall, a must buy for the artist reference library.

This book met all of my expectations. Well worth the money. The illustrations are great and the story of how Cars was created if fascinating.

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Its not as forward as other books of this kind, because it is still of the firt one made, but its still cool, full of experience of the team in de CG pipeline, which is a whole lot of knowledge worth in price.

The Art of Cars ist eines der schönsten Artbooks von Disney / Pixar!Ein absolutes Muss für alle Cars-Fans!Großartig!Kaufempfehlung!

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Non essendo un fan del film ho snobbato questo artbook per diversi anni, sbagliando di grosso! Uno dei migliori artbook di sempre, ricchissimo di studi e disegni come poche altre volte mi è capitato di vedere.