The Art of Ice Age
Category: Books,Humor & Entertainment,Movies
The Art of Ice Age Details
About the Author TaraBennett is a New York Times Bestselling author and entertainmentjournalist. As an author, or co-author, she's written more than 20 official movieand TV companion books including Sons of Anarchy: The Official Collector's Edition, Showrunners: The Art of Running a TV Show, The Official Making of Big Trouble in Little China, Fringe: September's Notebook (an Amazon best book of 2014), Lost Encyclopedia, The Art of Ice Age, and many more. Tara is also a contributing writer for SCI FI Magazine, Total Film, Blastr.com and is a U.S. editor for SFX Magazine. She is an adjunct TV writing professor at Rowan University. Read more
Reviews
What I was looking at The Art of Blue Sky Studios, I wondered what there wasn't any dedicated book for the Ice Age films. Well, we finally have one.This 248-page hardcover features a generous amount of concept art and commentary for all the Ice Age films, up to Ice Age: Collision Course, all arrange chronologically.Before getting the book, the only key artist I know who works on the films is Peter de Seve. Now I can see so many other talented artists who have worked behind the scenes and their wonderful artworks.The artworks are beautiful. Most are character designs and some are environment art. There are lots of pencil sketches, digital paintings and the occasional colour script thumbnails. What I really like are the loose caricature style character designs of Peter de Seve. He just makes those characters look so lively, animated. Coloured paintings from other artists also look great. The development art on a whole is just a joy to look at. The colours and the level of detail or roughness is just right.The other highlight of the book is the text that delves into the making of each film, including Scrat's short films. They talk about the brainstorming sessions and where ideas come from, design considerations, the characters, and basically the creative process. It's very insightful and inspiring to read and find out about what happens behind the scenes. The text is by Tara Bennett, author of many other film and TV companion books. Having good text really adds to the depth of the book.For those who already have The Art of Blue Sky Studios, while there is some duplication, it's still a very good buy because there is a lot of artwork included.Overall, it's a fantastic artbook that's well worth the wait and price.(See more pictures of the book on my blog. Just visit my Amazon profile for the link.)