John LasseterThe Art of the Good Dinosaur (Disney)

The good dinosaur is one of the most beautiful films that I have seen, and this book is just like the movie. It is very neat because they lay the art in order from the movie. You will feel like you're watching the movie again. The art pieces are so photo-realistic that it will blow your mind. They have everything from drawings, character designs, colorscript, concept art, etc. I have used it for several days now and I can't stop looking at it. If you like Pixar and The good dinosaur, you are going to love this book. I highly recommend it!

So excited about this movie, mostly because it's probably gonna be one of Pixar's most beautiful movies in terms of environment design. Cars gave you a stunning view of west coast along route 66. And good dino is set based on landscape along Rocky mountains in Wyoming and Idaho.Lots of lighting studies from Sharon Calahan!!!

This is a pretty good book "IF" you approach it correctly and with tempered expectations. This "art of" book is not a detailed chronicle of the movie. Nor is it laden with anecdotal musings of the artists and the rumored arduous production drama, but rather it's simply a very sparsely annotated book of beautiful landscapes, curious characters, settings and great color that reflect well on the movie visuals as a whole. I believe it to be a bargain as an basic inspirational reference for some artists as well as those who simply liked the movie. That said, even if you are a die-hard details fan (as I tend to be a times ;) or simply prefer more focus on narrative descriptions in accompaniment to your art consumption, you may want to look elsewhere. That said, you may, like myself, still find this book enjoyable as an unpretentious and beautiful exploration of simple and enjoyable elements of the movie and its production. And with that proviso, it's a pretty good book worth experiencing. Did I mention it's a "bargain?" ;)

I love this book!

I honestly liked this book a lot better than I expected. I ordered it used for $10 despite seeing many negative reviews and I'm glad I did. There are almost no words in it so if you want it for the sake of reading it, think twice. I almost never read the long, drawn out paragraphs & usually look at The Art of books soley for the character concept art and storyboards so I quite enjoyed it. TONS of character design and lighting/landscape concept art. I would buy again in a heartbeat!! :)

A VERY good art book. I didn't like the movie so much but it was beautiful and so is this art book. It has a good amount of storyboards and a lot of emotional art which is the type I like.

The media could not be loaded. I just feel that Pixar artbooks are getting less fun to read. Maybe perhaps it's because there isn't anything in this book to read except for foreword by John Lasseter and director Peter Sohn.First up, I've to say that I enjoy the artworks, the sketches, character designs, lighting studies, scene paintings and environment art. Enjoyed them more than I did for the Inside Out artbook. Sharon Calahan's lighting studies are terrific and eye catching, definitely the highlight for me in this book. The approach to the character design I feel, at least for Arlo and Spot, is quite close to comic characters you see in newspaper comic strips. Other dinosaurs have more detail.My lack of enthusiasm for this book has got to do with the new way of presenting the artworks without any commentary, use of more than necessary white space and have simple sketches blown up huge. It started with The Art of Inside Out and now with The Art of Good Dinosaur.Commentary provides more depth to the artworks, and not including them makes the book feel slightly hollow. When the drawings are interesting and you want understand the context behind them, there is nothing to read. The use of unnecessary white space does not help. They could have used better page layout to add significantly more artworks, at least to make up for the lack of commentary. While it's a pleasure to look at artworks that are printed huge, of which many in the book satisfyingly so, it would be better to enlarge detailed paintings rather than artworks without much detail. That would have given more impact to pieces that deserves more attention.I like the artworks but this new presentation style is just not working for me and I'm a Pixar fan. I don't like the hollow feeling I get after going through the book.It's a difficult book to rate. Maybe 3.5 out of 5 stars.(See more pictures of the book on my blog. Just visit my Amazon profile for the link.)

Cool book.

Che dire, il libro è ben tenuto. Mi hanno colpito molto la dedica e l'introduzione del regista del film.I disegni all'interno sono davvero meravigliosi ed è curioso andare a vedere la progressione della creazione di varie scene tramite abbozzi, concept art e altro.Non ho notato difetti di trasporto o di produzione. Davvero un bellissimo libro!!!Se avessi potuto, avrei votato 10 stelle.

One of the best art book

Wanted this art book and really glad I was able to grab a copy. I love the visual look of the film and the character designs.

No sé porque será pero la película de Arlo paso bastante inadvertida comparado con otras películas de Pixar, en mi opinión inmerecidamente. En cualquier caso el libro hace justicia al magnífico trabajo de arte que hay detrás de la película. Un montón de bocetos muy bien enmaquetados como es de obligado cumplimiento en esta colección de Artbooks de Pixar.

Este fue el primer libro de arte conceptual de Pixar que compré y es digno admitir que fue una muy buena adquisición. Si bien la película carece de una buena narrativa, el arte y diseño de la misma es uno de los mejores de Pixar, y esto se refleja de manera digna en el libro, cada pieza es mejor que la anterior y ayuda a conectar más con la película.No debe pasar de noche para los amantes de los libros de Disney.