The Art of Ice Age Hardcover – 15 July 2016

Ice age is one of my favourite movies and I love seeing the work that goes into the things I love, amazing purchase

Lots of concept art and great value as it covers the first four films. Arrived in excellent condition - thanks.

This book has all the ice age movies including the shorts I didn't know this when I bought it and it was a lovely surprise 10/10 purchase absolutely amazing

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The media could not be loaded. 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.

The book was colourful and well presented with stunning preliminary sketches of the characters through each of the ice age films.

Art book described as used in "Very Good" condition yet arrived well packaged and was quite clearly a damaged book with a detached spine. Condition could be described as "Acceptable" as the book is readable with care but the spine being detached from the case of the book is a major flaw for a book. (I did leave direct feedback to the seller at the time of my purchase before Amazon prompted me to review)

Me encantó la curaduría de este libro, como fan del Diseño de Personajes, este libro me dejó gratamente complacido.

Sensacional! Este livro para estudos de concept art.

Amazing book and arrived before due date

Precioso libro, incluye todas las pelis y además el corto de Navidad. Envío rápido y buenas condiciones en el libro. Si te gustan este tipo de libro debes hacerte con este

The media could not be loaded. 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.)