The Art of Finding Nemo Hardcover – April 1, 2003

The media could not be loaded.  I'm one of the 5 people out there that didn't like Finding Nemo. Nothing about it pulled me in, I didn't care about any of the characters, a lot of the jokes had me rolling my eyes, and...well, I'll just stop at that. But even with that view on the movie, I can't deny that it looked gorgeous and still looks great today. When I first saw a few pages from The Art of Finding Nemo, I couldn't believe what I was seeing. Practically everything looked stunning, and there weren't huge sections of text like in other Art Of books by Disney. The artwork did the talking, and I appreciated that. A few other of Pixar's own art books left a lot to be desired (The Art of The Incredibles, I'm lookin' at you), but The Art of Finding Nemo is easily one of the best books I've seen.There's not a lot I can say to convince you to buy the book, aside from stressing how beautiful it is. So hopefully the video portion helps. This book is very much worth tracking down, and while I'd suggest waiting until the blu-ray release of Finding Nemo to see if it gets a reprint, if you end up paying the original retail price, you won't feel ripped off. Everything in the movie is covered here in-depth. The dentist's office, the aquarium, the submarine surrounded by active mines, the wall of jellyfish...if you saw it in the movie, it's included here. All of the characters are featured as well, and it was interesting to find out that one of the fish in the aquarium, who has just a few lines of dialogue, was the hardest character to design. There are some nice jokes too, like in a collection of drawings of the angler fish, it shows him looking menacing, but then another sketch shows his light burn out, he changes it, then goes back to being menacing.I can't say anything bad about this book at all. The presentation is perfect, pictures are just the right size and never pixelated, and the short stories from the crew were all interesting to read. What really won me over, though, were the breathtaking charcoal pictures by Simon Varela. You can tell which ones they are in my video, since I spend a little extra time on them, but my god are they a sight to behold. This guy needs to get signed on for more movies so we can get more work like this in other art books. I can't recommend spending a ton of money on this book, since prices are stupidly high at the moment, but it's such a fantastic art book that it should be in everyone's collection. If you needed a little nudge, I'd consider this one of the top 5 animated art books, joining the likes of The Art of Kung Fu Panda. Yeah, that's right.

Cover was a little torn at the bottom but girlfriend didn't mind, she loved it

This book does a beautiful job of showcasing the concept art behind the movie. The majority of the art uses pastels as a medium, but there are also examples of pen and ink, pencil sketches, sculpture, digital wire frames, and more. But, if you're looking for actual frames of the finished movie, this is not the product you want.The thing that sets this title apart from the other "Art of" Pixar books is the quality of the narrative text. All the "Art of" books have wonderful imagery. But, in this book, the text truly immerses the reader into the world of concept art. Conversely, the text in The Incredibles book often goes off on tangents about the director's personal life and events at Pixar. I like how this book keeps the focus on the art.

I love the Pixar 'Art Of' books, they are a great source of inspiration and insight into the creative process and journey these fabulous people go through in creating yet another master piece. I especially wanted Finding Nemo because not only was it such a beautiful and colourful movie but because I am Australian!Why wouldn't I!!!Highly recommend as gift for anyone remotely interesting in animation, character design and or Pixar. But be careful, it can become extremely addictive. You'll want to collect them all once you start...

I bought it as a birthday gift for my fiancée. She absolutely loved it. The drawings are so rich in detail, and the testimonials given by the crew, all the work we missed when watching it. It is awesome! You can get a glimpse of how deep those guys went, and then you understand why they were able to make instant classics.

We LOVED this. Arrived quickly. It’s a great item.

arrival time, 2 weeks early, conditions, the book presented a little cut in the cover, exactly in the paper that cover the book, maybe that happened in the post office or in Customs office in USA or Mexico, I don't know, but anyway, the book is safe and the content is great. Thanks a lot

I will have all his books are like having story boards in my home office. Paper Artwork Enjoyed seeing them only exposed. Another book that I have of Mark.Good work, I must have this book .

O livro é incrível e trabalha bastante com técnicas tradicionais à lápis e giz de cera, o que é tanto encantador quanto diferente de artbooks em geral

Que artbook fantástico... cheio de ilustras de estudos tanto de personagens quanto de cenários... podem comprar que é lindão demais... O serviço de entrega do Amazon é algo impressionante, nunca vi coisa igual, sério mesmo!!!!

Compared to the later books, Tangled and Brave, this one does not provide that much background for the movie. Considering the vast amount of work that goes into pre-production, this is only the tip of iceberg for sketches and descriptions. I bought it to compliment my case studies of the film, mainly underwater environment studies. I found 2 quotes which I could use. It acted a bit like a teaser, for example it would be written the character was hard to work out, but would not explain why, with only a couple of sketches to compliment the paragraph. Overall, it is a gorgeous book, full of sketches, but not as informative as I would have liked it to be.

Mark Cotta ci guida attraverso gli abissi alla scoperta di un fantastico e coloratissimo mondo sommerso; quello del pesciolino pagliaccio Nemo e della variegata fauna ittica che lo popola. Bellisimi pastelli e formidabili studi a matita ci raccontano l'elaborata e sofferta fase della pre-produzione del quarto film Pixar (2003). Prima ancora di passare alle tastiere di un computer l'accuratissimo lavoro di studio di ambienti, personaggi, animali, piante, oggetti, ecc., mantiene nel tempo il suo aspetto puramente artigianale. Questo è ciò che si vede in tutti gli artbook della Pixar, una selezione di lavori manuali su carta che preparano il terreno ai talentuosi tecnici della computergrafica.

I bought this book purely for the images within although I have had a read of a few of the pages now too which help to explain processes and ideas for development of the story, characters and whole look of the film.This book contains a lot of the preliminary stages of the artwork so there isn't any final digital images in it. This does not detract from the book at all though. It's full of beautiful atmospheric pastel,pencil, charcoal drawings by a host of brilliant illustrators. A feast for the eyes :0)