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The Art of Coco   has a whole mix of artwork for both living and the dead characters from the film.  With 162 pages I would say about 1/3 is filled with some great character design.  I like that there is hardly any text, but loads of artwork.  This book introduced me to some great artist that I would like to point out, and I will now put them on my watch list of artists to follow, and hopefully we will see more of their work in the future too.  They are - Daniel Arriaga,  Zaruhi Galstyan, and Manny Hernandez.  There is also some wonderful art scattered throughout from Tony Fucile (an artist /animator that was came over with Brad Bird), I wish they would show more of his work, but maybe he is hard working on the new Incredibles 2, who knows maybe theuy will show more work in the next Art Of Book. I really liked this book, so I am giving it a...  4 out of 5

The Art of Aardman is a really fun book that I am really happy to review. It has tons of production artwork and loads of behind the scenes sculptures and set pieces that have tons of character and detail. My favorite chapter is "An eye for every detail", which shows the amazing detail they put into every environment. Each prop and accessories tells a story and the amount or research they do to make those things have so much character and believability is astounding and makes the films have much more depth and enhances the story telling. The only thing I wish is that it had a lot more pages because I wanted more.  I do understand that not to long ago the Aardman Studios actually burned down so maybe what we have here in this book is all that was left to show, who knows...  Here's hoping they make an " Art of Early Man" Aardman's next stop motion film due out next year which look awesome. I give the books an awesome 4.7 out of 5

The Art of Coco   has a whole mix of artwork for both living and the dead characters from the film.  With 162 pages I would say about 1/3 is filled with some great character design.  I like that there is hardly any text, but loads of artwork.  This book introduced me to some great artist that I would like to point out, and I will now put them on my watch list of artists to follow, and hopefully we will see more of their work in the future too.  They are - Daniel Arriaga,  Zaruhi Galstyan, and Manny Hernandez.  There is also some wonderful art scattered throughout from Tony Fucile (an artist /animator that was came over with Brad Bird), I wish they would show more of his work, but maybe he is hard working on the new Incredibles 2, who knows maybe theuy will show more work in the next Art Of Book. I really liked this book, so I am giving it a...  4 out of 5

The Art of Cars 3 is big on storyboards and light on character designs, which is to be expected due to most of the characters being fleshed out except a few new characters that appear in the show.  This book is great for those who are into storyboarding and seeing a behind look at how much work goes into it.  They even take time to discuss different camera angles and staging that should be usedin their storyboards. All in all I was a bit disappointed in this book because of the lack of artwork.  It felt like they were running out of  the type of artwork that I love to see. I give the books a fun 2.5 out of 5

The Art of Moana has lots of great, from some well know artists. I really enjoy this book because it has lots of designs and expression sheets of most of the main characters. Out 0f the 160 pages there are a good 54 pages of hand drawn character designs from some of my favorite artists like Borja Montoro, Bill Schwab, Jin Kim, Bobby Pontillas, and many more.  The rest of the pages have mostly layouts and pre-production artwork for the environment and props as well as a few pages of storyboards.  Overall I am pretty happy with this book. I give the books a fun 4.5 out of 5

Here is hoping Sergio continues to produce these amazing videos... If I were you I would subscribe to there YouTube channel so you don't miss a future video.

Designing with Pixar: 45 Activities to Create Your Own Characters, Worlds, and Stories other than it having one of the longest titles of a book I have reviewed, it is a perfect book for any child wanting to become a character designer.  It leads the artist by the hand with fun activities using color, shapes, characters,worlds, and your own stories. It gives examples of the how Pixar uses these subjects to create unforgettable characters.  It has many pictures to inspire artist before it asks youexplore their own imagination in creating characters based on the subject matter that is being discussed in each chapter. I give the books a fun 4.3 out of 5