The Art of Avatar: James Cameron's Epic Adventure

by Lisa Fitzpatrick

Academy Award-winning writer/director James Cameron, the maker of Titanic and the creator of the Terminator series, has been crafting Avatar for over four years. The film follows the story of an ex-marine who finds himself thrust into hostilities on a distant planet filled with exotic life forms. As an avatar, a human consciousness in an alien body, he finds himself torn between two worlds, in a desperate fight for his own survival and that of the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810982862
• ISBN13: 9780810982864
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
• Length: 105 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 12.1" x 10.3"
• Age Range: 13 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary

Customer Reviews

The Art of Avatar

Excellent behind-the-scenes look at the conceptualization, visualization and finalization of the world of Pandora as created for this movie. Epilogue by James Cameron; introduction and flowing text are interesting and useful. Beautifully presented and very nicely done.

AvatArt

If you like films, if you liked this one, if you're an artist like me, or not, you're probably going to buy this. Period. I would have liked it to be a few hundred pages longer, but then it would have cost more than my starving artist budget would allow. I read one review which muttered about the roughness of some of the art. Hello! It's pre-production art! The film is fantastic photorealism, the concept art is a whole 'nother style, or set of styles. As in the "Survival Guide", you get a closeup look at many things that go by in a flash in the film. You get insights into the creative process. Like many movie production art books, it would make a good teaching tool in an art class; showing the progression from idea to finished product.

Well, I Got What I Wanted!

We've all read the main complaints: Too short, too costly, yeah, yeah, yeah. But I rather enjoy this book. It may not be the BEST art book, but it is full of amazing artwork. And even though there are only about 100 pages, these pages are freakin' HUGE, with two or three GIANT fold out pages of conceptual artwork. The whole thought process behind creating the creatures of Pandora (including the ever so beautiful Na'vi) is captivating to say the least, and I'm not just saying this because I intend on seeing the movie ten more times. I also suggest the Pandora Activist Guide if you're more prone to smaller carry-with-you books. But, trust me, there are several worse ways to spend twenty bucks.

Avatar Book

Wonderfull book from a great film. As a graphic artist I was really inspired by the amount of work that goes into making this monumental film.

EPIC!!

I found this book to be very informative on how the creatures came to be and how Cameron's vision was achieved. Excellent art work! Not to mention that the world of Pandora is AMAZING..... the concepts behind the world is amazing and anyone who loves Avatar, the movie, will definitely find this book enjoyable as well. and for this price its nothing to hesitate about.