The Art of Robots

by Amid Amidi and William Joyce

The team behind the blockbuster animated hit Ice Age --Twentieth Century Fox, Blue Sky Studios, and Academy Awardwinning director Chris Wedge--joined forces with acclaimed children's author William Joyce to create another visually magnificent, animated classic in Robots . Conceptualized by this stellar creative team and voiced by stars such as Ewan McGregor, Halle Berry, Mel Brooks, Stanley Tucci, Greg Kinnear, and Amanda Bynes, Robots is a magical contribution to the art of animation. Here to celebrate the film is The Art of Robots , offering a sneak peek at the early visual developmental stages of the film. Featuring the spectacular concept art created by the team at Blue Sky Studios and by producer and production designer William Joyce, this innovative and imaginative book is an exclusive backstage pass to the hidden animation artistry behind Robots .

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811845494
• ISBN13: 9780811845496
• Release Date: December 2004
• Publisher: Chronicle Books
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 2.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 1.0" x 1.0"

Customer Reviews

Received a copy SIGNED BY THE ARTISTS

I have no words! I got myself this book as a birthday gift to myself and it arrived today. I waited until I got home from work to look at it and when I opened it up I noticed there were a lot of signed, very detailed doodles of the characters inside. Upon closer look I found that they were signatures of the artists when I looked in the back of the book!!! This originally belonged to one of the artists that worked on the movie and his coworkers all signed it! I am floored and could not be a happier being. Not only is the art amazing but there was a wonderful suprise hidden inside.

OH MY GOD!!!

well I just can tell that is the best "the art of... " book I have.... Just Amazing!!!!

great art inside

Has some really nice work inside and it's nice to see the process they went through making the movie.

Fabulous Book

This book is fabulous! It is better than I thought it would be. It has so much wonderful art inside.

Beautiful record of Robots evolution

If you are a fan of the Art of Pixar books, Robots is easily on par. It has some of the most talented, amazing and awe-inspiring pre-vis work I have ever seen in an art book. The entire Robots world is contained inside these pages, its entire evolution plotted out with hundreds of drawings, paintings and sculptures. My biggest problem with "Art of" books is when they show too much finished film imagery. Why would I buy a book with the same images from the movie? I want to know where the film came from, not where it ended up. Art of Robots shines in this respect. In only a few places will you find actual images of the finished CG renders. The rest are raw, traditional works of art that give valuable clues into the films development. I especially like the pages that show a painted character and the photographs used to reference their color and texture for the film. Great information on the film-making process at Blue Sky. Despite the obvious shortcomings in the film's story, this book stands on its own as one of the better "Art of" books I have seen. A real honor for all the artists who poured their talent into this film.