The Art of Big Hero 6 (Disney)

This is an awesome art book for those into not only digital and traditional art mediums but for designers and graphic artists/designers and architects also! This book not only delves into the process behind making the movie but style changes in drawing and development of characters and sets as well. This book includes the sketches from even the brainstorming/thumbnail stage where nothing was hashed out just a small idea on paper sketched out in a matter of seconds. Then the evolution from there is defined and explained at each step all the way up to CGI modeled finished product images. It shows a ton of art from behind the scenes which some books well "art of" books have neglected over the last few years. This book surpasses the art of the guardians of the Galaxy ( a book that I loved btw) and is almost on par with the first art of iron man movie book (which to me is top 5 in art of movie books due to the depth of information and photos and most important production art the makers included in their book). This book is absolutely amazing and I highly recommend it. As an artist myself it is very inspiring to see processes of development such as was included in this book because you can see areas which show the inner workings of the artist mind, the hurdles they face in creating art for a big company like Disney and this part is key, the way that even the upper echelon professional artists still have to work out kinks in their work by going back to basics and working on fundamental art skills to get perfect work. This book shows that it is a long arduous process no matter what stage artist or what kind of artist you are. Five stars all the way.

This movie in itself was fantastic--the animation was of very high quality and the concept art was well worth the money. It focuses quite a bit on the landscape and the creation of san fransokyo, which i loves to flip through, while giving brief descriptions of some of the scrapped ideas and methods used to create effects, such as cgi art. they even slid in some information about stylization vs realism, which i was surprised but happy to find. each character had a 2-3 pages of character design and their scrapped/developed designs. very fun to look through and, as an animation student, i was just in love.

I was concerned at first when I bought this book because I didn't think it could measure up to how much I loved the movie, but it exceeded my expectations. There's tons of useful and fascinating information!! The cityscapes and environmental art works are absolutely stunning!! I love looking through this book again and again and it's also really useful to study from! 10/10 would recommend!!

My first Disney artbook ever, and what a great book! I bough one for a friend of mine as a birthday present, and another one for me. She couldn't tear her eyes away from the great art, and I loved the insight provided by the animation team. Some of these artists have become my new favorite animators and artists to follow. Love this movie, I think it deserves even more hype than it's getting.

Proudly displayed on a bookshelf along with other books on the same topics. Genuinely made me smile reading through, the art is particuarly stunning

My family loves this movie! My son is really excited over this book. It allows you to dive deep into the details of the movie's environments and how the director arrived at his decisions that ultimately became the final movie. It is a great book for anyone interested in the movie or just as a reference to gain insight and inspiration for your own concept art.

The book arrived in perfect condition. It's really beautiful and filled with amazing drawings, concepts and process. The backgrounds, buildings, environment and interior design were covered very well. However, it could have been improved with some more pages for character designs. There are also some spelling mistakes, so it seems a bit rushed. The price including shipping was quite expensive.. but Amazon was the only place I could buy it from. I loved the movie and had to have this book in my collection! For fans of Big Hero 6 or even fans of the art style, I would definitely recommend it!

Great to understand the amount of research and visual documentation that takes place behind an animated project like this. Great visuals and reference materials! 100% recommended

This is my first art book that I have purchased and read, so I am not a professional reviewer for these kinda books. First of all, the packaging and delivery was spot on, Thanking amazon for that as always. Now coming back to the book, I read it as soon as I received the package, as this is one of my favorite movies in the animation genre. After going through the book in a flash, one could see many images which could easily fascinate anyone with an interest in animation, character designing, concept art or any kind of artistic approach one may have. Although, being a fan of animated films and character designing or concept art myself, after going through the book thoroughly, I found it incredibly fascinating and helpful, not just as a fan, but as a student of architecture. This may derail the review from the book to the movie slightly, but this book contained some of the most amazing concept art of the city of Big Hero 6, i.e., San Fransokyo - a mix of San Francisco and Tokyo. It actually helped a lot in one of my projects in college and I really appreciate the fact that I bought this book. An amazing journey of production, this book is a must for everybody, be it a reader or not, an animator or any fan of the movie, looking for inspiration about art and stuff, I totally recommend the book to purchase.

O livro é muito bonito, tem ilustrções de todos os personagens e das artes conceituais. É realmente muito legal. Recomendo.

Beautiful artbook for Disney's Big Hero 6 I find this to be an interesting artbook particularly because of the environment designs. About half the book is dedicated to the environment designs which includes the city San Fransokyo, Hiro's house, the cafe, San Fransokyo Institute of Technology, Fred's mansion and the portal. The San Fransokyo is like a character by itself with its blend of architecture and aesthetics from west and east. It's fun to see how the artists create a populated city inspired by San Francisco and Tokyo. Cited by art director Scott Watanabe, there are also influences from anime films such as Tekkonkinkreet, Ghost in the Shell and Akira. Indeed when I look at some of the environment sketches, they remind me of sketches from the Tekkon Kinkreet anime artbook. The vibe is certainly present. Looking at the city's environment concept art, you'll be able to spot Japanese elements such as the tapered rooftops, Koinobori (carp-shaped wind socks), a Golden Gate Bridge lookalike with Torii design elements, signboards with Japanese typography, wooden curved bridges, cherry-blossom trees, etc. There are also major characteristic San Francisco elements such as the roads with very recognisable cable cars, sloping hills, Victorian-style houses, etc. There's an emphasis on function and a sense of feeling lived-in for the environments, so buildings aren't just designed to look cool. For example, city streets or Hiro's rooms are made to look a bit more messy or wonky. The second half of the book features the character designs for the heroes, villains and side characters. Again, there's noticeable Japanese influence in the designs. Early designs for Hiro shows off costumes that look like ninjas or even Patlabor. There are more pages for Baymax because he's has a big role. Go Go's hero suit reminded me of Tron and some Japanese toy/game/anime that I can't remember. The characters in their non-hero forms are pretty standard and do not stand out, but their hero costumes look quite good. Finally the last part of the book talks briefly about the cinematography used, such as lighting, the new Disney Hyperion renderer and colour script. There's a good amount of text included in the form of introductions for each environment and character, and quotes from the staff talking about the designs. It's a book solely on the designs, with nothing being mentioned about the movie's plot. Overall a nice film companion. 4.5 out of 5 stars. (See more pictures of the book on my blog. Just visit my Amazon profile for the link.)

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Volume molto bello, ben fatto, interessante e ricco di commenti sull'intera realizzazione di questo magnifico film. Contiene una marea di sketch preliminari e studi di ambienti e personaggi; sono molto soddisfatta:)