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The Art of WALL•E
Pixar Animation Studios, the innovators behind Toy Story, Finding Nemo, and Ratatouille, created its latest genre-defying film with an intriguing and unorthodox question in mind: What if mankind had to leave Earth, and somebody forgot to turn off the last robot? WALL•E (Waste Allocation Load Lifter – Earth Class) is this last, soulful robot. When his lonely work is interrupted by the arrival of the sleek probe-droid EVE, a rollicking adventure across the galaxy ensues.
The Art of WALL•E features the myriad pieces of concept art on which this fantastic, futuristic film was built, including storyboards, full-color pastels, digital and pencil sketches, character studies, color scripts, and more. Astute text—featuring quotes from the director, artists, animators, and production team—unearths the filmmakers’ historical inspirations and recounts the creative process in intimate detail. This richly illustrated portal into the artistic spirit of Pixar reveals a studio confidently pushing the limits of animation.
The Art of WALL•E features the myriad pieces of concept art on which this fantastic, futuristic film was built, including storyboards, full-color pastels, digital and pencil sketches, character studies, color scripts, and more. Astute text—featuring quotes from the director, artists, animators, and production team—unearths the filmmakers’ historical inspirations and recounts the creative process in intimate detail. This richly illustrated portal into the artistic spirit of Pixar reveals a studio confidently pushing the limits of animation.
160 pages, Hardcover
First published April 30, 2008
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September 16, 2024
Otro libro de arte maravilloso de una película increíble.
March 14, 2017
Wall-E tells the tale of the last robot trash compactor living in an abandoned Earth several decades from our future.
Introduced by director and writer Andrew Stanton, The Art of Wall-E is immediately more text based than some of the other books in the series. The first few pages of the book have only a few illustrations accompanying the long paragraphs of information about the film.
While this isn’t perhaps what is expected of a book focusing on animation, it is more in depth than other volumes in the Art of book series. It discusses the process of creating Wall-E in depth, providing a genuine inside look at the problems the artists faced and their use of storyboards and colour scripts.
This continues throughout the entire book. While other editions of the Art of series that are mostly filled with images, paintings and photography are simply punctuated by a few key quotes, The Art of Wall-E takes its time as it explains the reasoning behind some of the decisions made throughout the film-making process.
However, some of these decisions are overlooked. Wall-E is the first Disney Pixar film to incorporate live action, which isn’t even mentioned in the art book. The Art of Wall-E places its focus instead on the film’s two main characters, Wall-E and Eve.
Tim Hauser’s look at the Academy Award winning film explores the inspirations behind the design of these characters alongside their development. What makes the titular character of Wall-E so compelling is that despite his limited vocabulary, the robot is nonetheless hugely expressive. The Art of Wall-E features several artists from the Pixar team explaining how they managed to do this.
The book illustrates the points it makes with beautiful sketches and paintings. Like other Art of books, every page in The Art of Wall-E is a work of art in itself. Storyboards of some of the film’s most memorable scenes are sure to remind readers of the joy they felt when watching Stanton’s blockbuster and reignite their love of its characters.
Introduced by director and writer Andrew Stanton, The Art of Wall-E is immediately more text based than some of the other books in the series. The first few pages of the book have only a few illustrations accompanying the long paragraphs of information about the film.
While this isn’t perhaps what is expected of a book focusing on animation, it is more in depth than other volumes in the Art of book series. It discusses the process of creating Wall-E in depth, providing a genuine inside look at the problems the artists faced and their use of storyboards and colour scripts.
This continues throughout the entire book. While other editions of the Art of series that are mostly filled with images, paintings and photography are simply punctuated by a few key quotes, The Art of Wall-E takes its time as it explains the reasoning behind some of the decisions made throughout the film-making process.
However, some of these decisions are overlooked. Wall-E is the first Disney Pixar film to incorporate live action, which isn’t even mentioned in the art book. The Art of Wall-E places its focus instead on the film’s two main characters, Wall-E and Eve.
Tim Hauser’s look at the Academy Award winning film explores the inspirations behind the design of these characters alongside their development. What makes the titular character of Wall-E so compelling is that despite his limited vocabulary, the robot is nonetheless hugely expressive. The Art of Wall-E features several artists from the Pixar team explaining how they managed to do this.
The book illustrates the points it makes with beautiful sketches and paintings. Like other Art of books, every page in The Art of Wall-E is a work of art in itself. Storyboards of some of the film’s most memorable scenes are sure to remind readers of the joy they felt when watching Stanton’s blockbuster and reignite their love of its characters.
July 22, 2024
4.7/5.0
This is a special collection of work that expresses the complexity and beauty behind creating Pixar's adorable and charismatic robot. Understanding the strategies of expressing real human emotion with very little to no verbalization, along with an artificial establishment for the main characters is where this story really finds it's true success.
This is a special collection of work that expresses the complexity and beauty behind creating Pixar's adorable and charismatic robot. Understanding the strategies of expressing real human emotion with very little to no verbalization, along with an artificial establishment for the main characters is where this story really finds it's true success.
March 16, 2018
A beautiful collection of artwork from one of the best films ever made - Wall-E! I love reading about how they came up with the idea for the film, the reasoning behind different choices and how they wanted characters to look and act. It's so interesting seeing the story evolve from a drawing to digital to the big screen and seeing the story change with it.
Wall-E is a love story but not just between Wall-E and Eve, but between humans and the Earth. This story shows us what can happen if we don't love it enough to save it from us, to care for our planet. And that's why I love Wall-E so much. It's a visually spectacular film, but also a subtle warning woven into a dream.
The concept art is stunning and the things the team that worked on this film went through to come up with ideas - they even had someone from NASA visit to talk about the effect of gravity and how it changes people! I love how much research, thought and care goes into making Pixar films, and that's why these films are always amazing. I just wish they had included more art of space in this book, particularly the scene where Wall-E travels through space because it's so stunning! Amazing.
Wall-E is a love story but not just between Wall-E and Eve, but between humans and the Earth. This story shows us what can happen if we don't love it enough to save it from us, to care for our planet. And that's why I love Wall-E so much. It's a visually spectacular film, but also a subtle warning woven into a dream.
The concept art is stunning and the things the team that worked on this film went through to come up with ideas - they even had someone from NASA visit to talk about the effect of gravity and how it changes people! I love how much research, thought and care goes into making Pixar films, and that's why these films are always amazing. I just wish they had included more art of space in this book, particularly the scene where Wall-E travels through space because it's so stunning! Amazing.
November 6, 2014
The Art of WALL.E is pretty self explanatory. A beautiful table book full of art from every stage imaginable of Pixar's WALL.E.
When I first watched the movie, I was blown away. This is the type of book that will satisfy the curiosity of anyone who is interested in a more in-depth look at it's creation. Also, there are a lot of pretty pictures. If this wasn't a library book I'd be taking some of these pages and putting them up on my wall. Such a beautiful book!
When I first watched the movie, I was blown away. This is the type of book that will satisfy the curiosity of anyone who is interested in a more in-depth look at it's creation. Also, there are a lot of pretty pictures. If this wasn't a library book I'd be taking some of these pages and putting them up on my wall. Such a beautiful book!
October 3, 2020
The smallest art book I've read so far, but with important lessons for art and life in general. You can feel the struggle of bringing a non-dialogue dystopian sci-fi idea to life and you can clearly observe the effect classic sci-fi films had on the making of WALL-E (Star Wars, Space Odyssey).
March 24, 2020
Of course I loved the peek into the concept art, but the written portions were just a little too self-congratulatory.
November 4, 2020
636 - 2020
April 4, 2018
It was nice to read something else for a change. It was a very easy and d exciting book.
August 13, 2025
I actually don't think this worked very well for me as an art book, especially because I think it's missing so much which I KNOW is missing because I owned the 3-disc DVD set as a child and watched those special features constantly. I think there is some great commentary on non-verbal filmmaking, but that isn't really displayed in the artwork chosen for this book. Don't get me wrong, there is great artistic talent displayed in here, but it feels really weak as a supplement to the film compared to, say, the Ratatouille artbook. In fact, it very much so Feels like it was written very early in development considering how much it talks about The Blobs and how little it talks about The Axiom, the human characters, and BNL
September 25, 2024
L'art conceptual i l'estètica de Wall·e sempre m'ha cridat molt l'atenció, aixina que tindre tots els esbossos, conceptes i dissenys de la pel·lícula en un mateix lloc que puc analitzar fins al més mínim detall ha sigut una experiència meravellosa.
He de destacar tota la filosofia de disseny i producció de la pel·lícula que s'explica en el llibre, una cosa que no esperava trobar i que m'ha sorprès per a molt bé per la profunditat amb què te fa conèixer el film. També m'ha resultat molt interessant vore com esta filosofia banya totes les decisions de disseny que es van mostrant al llarg del tom i com l'autor ho explica.
He de destacar tota la filosofia de disseny i producció de la pel·lícula que s'explica en el llibre, una cosa que no esperava trobar i que m'ha sorprès per a molt bé per la profunditat amb què te fa conèixer el film. També m'ha resultat molt interessant vore com esta filosofia banya totes les decisions de disseny que es van mostrant al llarg del tom i com l'autor ho explica.
April 2, 2021
This had a LOT more writing than some other Art Of books but....in a way that told me more about their goals while making the film. Just found it ironic that for a group that insisted they wanted to show a story with few words said.....they used a lot of words in this book lol
Again, though, Pixar did some great artwork and though its no HTTYD or Raya, the simplicity and thought process behind Wall-E's world was just as an amazing feat. I enjoyed this one😊
Again, though, Pixar did some great artwork and though its no HTTYD or Raya, the simplicity and thought process behind Wall-E's world was just as an amazing feat. I enjoyed this one😊
December 4, 2025
I loved the book; it's like the movie—very visual, very intuitive, very expressive with minimal text that doesn't interfere with the narrative.
WALL-E, a movie released 20 years ago, remains relevant. It shows the consequences of today's predatory, voracious, and deceitful capitalism, led by mentally unstable individuals. Let's never forget this film.
WALL-E, a movie released 20 years ago, remains relevant. It shows the consequences of today's predatory, voracious, and deceitful capitalism, led by mentally unstable individuals. Let's never forget this film.
December 18, 2017
Great stuff it is always a nice contrast to the finished pieces, seeing the very rough early concepts.
Funny how the final ideas come from unexpected sources, like the eyes of Wall-E from handling a binocular and figuring out lots of 'emotion' expression can come out of it.
Funny how the final ideas come from unexpected sources, like the eyes of Wall-E from handling a binocular and figuring out lots of 'emotion' expression can come out of it.
April 10, 2020
Los libros de esta colección son todos preciosos y este no es menos. Para amantes de disney y conocer todo el trabajo detrás de la película. wall.e es una película que me encantó y este libro es un tesoro
December 4, 2017
An educational view into the development of one of my favorite animations.
August 28, 2019
My favorite Art Of book I've read so far. Great insight and interviews into the process of story development and artistic design.
November 22, 2020
Nice artwork and some cool behind the scenes info
December 21, 2023
If you have watched the movie WALL-E, you should definitely try to read this book where the all of the artworks represent not only hope for Earth's regeneration but also the renaissance of the human spirit. You will soon realize how patient it needs to wait for the character to blossom in full performance. There's magic happening through the numerous pieces of drawings, storyboards, colorscripts and more. On top of that, the process of world building is fantastic, giving me goosebumps! Highly recommended.
October 13, 2017
Pixar's The Art of.... books tend to be wildly uneven in their quality. Some of them contain great insight into the creative process and clearly establish an artistic narrative that takes you from early sketchwork to final product. Othes seem almost slapdash, as if the authors had only minimal access to artwork -- and even then, only to a few artists.
The Art of WALL*E is one of the better ones. The text is excellent. Wall*E was a film whose genesis was as much in Charlie Chaplin silent films of the 1920s as it was in the ideas of Pixar's directors and producers. Unlike some films, where story drove the art, Wall*E -- by its heavy reliance on mime -- required art and story to go hand-in-hand from the very first. The text clearly brings this out, and provides real insight into how the artwork developed the way it did.
Subsequently, the artwork you get in this book is top-notch. The reader gets everything from character sketches to storyboards to unused plot lines and never-seen major characters. Seeing how art drove story, and story drove art, is the real key to Wall*E, and this book brings that out wonderfully.
My one criticism is that I wish the book wasn't as repetitive. While readers clearly are interested in Wall*E and Eve, and want to see how these characters developed over time into their final forms, I wish that there had been more about how the film developed in other ways. How did they come up with the character of Moe, and how did that character develop? How were the interiors of the Axiom conceived and reworked? How did they come to integrate live-action into the film? You won't get much of this in the book, and I think that's a shortcoming.
The Art of WALL*E is one of the better ones. The text is excellent. Wall*E was a film whose genesis was as much in Charlie Chaplin silent films of the 1920s as it was in the ideas of Pixar's directors and producers. Unlike some films, where story drove the art, Wall*E -- by its heavy reliance on mime -- required art and story to go hand-in-hand from the very first. The text clearly brings this out, and provides real insight into how the artwork developed the way it did.
Subsequently, the artwork you get in this book is top-notch. The reader gets everything from character sketches to storyboards to unused plot lines and never-seen major characters. Seeing how art drove story, and story drove art, is the real key to Wall*E, and this book brings that out wonderfully.
My one criticism is that I wish the book wasn't as repetitive. While readers clearly are interested in Wall*E and Eve, and want to see how these characters developed over time into their final forms, I wish that there had been more about how the film developed in other ways. How did they come up with the character of Moe, and how did that character develop? How were the interiors of the Axiom conceived and reworked? How did they come to integrate live-action into the film? You won't get much of this in the book, and I think that's a shortcoming.
May 15, 2014
Great collection of artwork and thoughts behind making this wonderful film. Loved to learn about how they studied silent film for the interactions and the takeaway from that era that contrary to standard story practices, Wall•E as our hero doesn't have to change in this story - He is simply so unique that we watch everyone else change around him simply by him being there.
Every single page is an artistic gem for anyone interested in visual development & design.
Every single page is an artistic gem for anyone interested in visual development & design.
December 22, 2013
This artbook focused on the development of the landscapes and environmental considerations of the movie. It's a valuable book for any animator, as there are wonderful side notes from the creative team about the emotional life of the film. There isn't much about character development of the robots, but there is quite a bit about the human "gels".
November 6, 2014
I'm definitely going to be reading more of these art books on Disney movies. This was such an interesting book to see how this wonderful movie came to life. How Wall-e was inspired from R2-D2 and Eve from Apple products as well as other ideas that they had before arriving at the finale. I can't wait to read more of these!!
January 16, 2020
Well worth a look over. This book reveals the depth and detail Pixar brings to their films, from the careful selection of each scene's color palette to the multitude of sketches depicting the thought process behind minor characters. A beautiful book perfect for the coffee table.
September 5, 2014
Very little text, yet, more than I expected. You get exactly what you need, and perhaps even more. This collection of visual treasures from the making of Wall.E truly is worth reading. The words are few, but they're gold worth.
July 7, 2008
amazing! I love art of books, esp. by Pixar.
July 2, 2009
The best of the Pixar "Art of" books. I saw that Hauser was kept on for the Up book. That's a good idea, because his writing and art selection is a big boost over some of the earlier books.
July 29, 2008
I LOVED THIS MOVIE! I've seen it three times already and cried every time. I really enjoyed reading the interviews with the Pixar guys and seeing the art from the movie.
March 2, 2016
The included artwork is very cool but I want more! Also, it is worth reading just for the insight into how the production worked so hard on the silent portions of the film.
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