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The Art of Soul
The Art of Soul presents the story behind this thrilling feature film from Pixar.
This companion book features stunning artwork from the film's creation, along with character explorations, storyboards, color scripts, and much more from the creative team.
• A comprehensive volume to accompany Pixar's feature film, Soul
• Reveals the behind-the-scenes story of this unique film
• Filled with exclusive interviews from the creative team behind it all
The Art of Soul showcases concept art details that bring this epic story to life in a brand new way.
• Part of the fan-favorite, collectible Art of series—books that explore production art and exclusive making-of details
• A perfect gift for Pixar fans, animation and filmmaking students, film buffs, and more
• Add it to the shelf with other books like The Art of Zootopia by Jessica Julius, The Art of Pixar: The Complete Color Scripts and Select Art from 25 Years of Feature Films (Revised and Expanded), and Find Your Spark: A Journal of Gratitude and Self-Discovery Inspried by Disney and Pixar's Soul
Copyright © 2020 Disney Enterprises, Inc. and Pixar. All rights reserved.
This companion book features stunning artwork from the film's creation, along with character explorations, storyboards, color scripts, and much more from the creative team.
• A comprehensive volume to accompany Pixar's feature film, Soul
• Reveals the behind-the-scenes story of this unique film
• Filled with exclusive interviews from the creative team behind it all
The Art of Soul showcases concept art details that bring this epic story to life in a brand new way.
• Part of the fan-favorite, collectible Art of series—books that explore production art and exclusive making-of details
• A perfect gift for Pixar fans, animation and filmmaking students, film buffs, and more
• Add it to the shelf with other books like The Art of Zootopia by Jessica Julius, The Art of Pixar: The Complete Color Scripts and Select Art from 25 Years of Feature Films (Revised and Expanded), and Find Your Spark: A Journal of Gratitude and Self-Discovery Inspried by Disney and Pixar's Soul
Copyright © 2020 Disney Enterprises, Inc. and Pixar. All rights reserved.
168 pages, Hardcover
First published October 20, 2020
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October 21, 2024
Una de las películas más profundas y maduras de Pixar; me encantó ver su arte.
December 29, 2020
The pictures in this book are beautiful, but there's no text with them. One of the things I enjoy about the 'Art of...' books is getting a peak into the design process. There was none of that in this book.
My recommendation would be to get this fro a library and not spend your money on it.
My recommendation would be to get this fro a library and not spend your money on it.
December 22, 2020
*Thank you to Chronicle Books for providing a copy for me to review.*
The Art of Soul begins with a lovely forward by Tina Fey who explains why she chose to participate in the movie. Referencing the movie Up, she says that the movies are similar in the way it makes you feel something. Getting down to the basics, SOUL is about finding your passion but also practicing gratitude. The Art of Soul focuses on the animation and art creation process with pages filled with beautiful illustrations that are both pencil sketches and digital renderings.
The book devotes several pages on the development of the Souls in the Great Before. In the Introduction, director Pete Doctor mentions how the researchers spoke with religious experts to develop the look. The book adds notes to some of the illustrations including how the goal was to capture the essence of a person. The final look of the Souls was the designers interpretation of light as it passes through a prism.
The Art of Soul has a beautiful cover which mimics the cotton candy colors of the Great Before. The images are printed on thick paper and they are all very crisp and clear. My only minor criticism is that I would have loved to see some behind the scenes photos of maybe the art process or the musicians creating the soundtrack but those missing things don’t take away from this beautiful book. The Art of Soul would be an interesting and unique gift for the Pixar fan!
The Art of Soul begins with a lovely forward by Tina Fey who explains why she chose to participate in the movie. Referencing the movie Up, she says that the movies are similar in the way it makes you feel something. Getting down to the basics, SOUL is about finding your passion but also practicing gratitude. The Art of Soul focuses on the animation and art creation process with pages filled with beautiful illustrations that are both pencil sketches and digital renderings.
The book devotes several pages on the development of the Souls in the Great Before. In the Introduction, director Pete Doctor mentions how the researchers spoke with religious experts to develop the look. The book adds notes to some of the illustrations including how the goal was to capture the essence of a person. The final look of the Souls was the designers interpretation of light as it passes through a prism.
The Art of Soul has a beautiful cover which mimics the cotton candy colors of the Great Before. The images are printed on thick paper and they are all very crisp and clear. My only minor criticism is that I would have loved to see some behind the scenes photos of maybe the art process or the musicians creating the soundtrack but those missing things don’t take away from this beautiful book. The Art of Soul would be an interesting and unique gift for the Pixar fan!
January 19, 2021
I enjoyed this artbook because of all the concept art they included and the thoughts of the actors and artists. It seems that Pixar took an unconventional approach to make this film and I really appreciate that. For example, I loved seeing the wire sculptures for the Jerry and Terry characters. The book includes a lot of concept ideas for immaterial concepts and spiritual ideas.
I wish it had more storyboards! But I know that these US animation art books typically don't include many boards. Just a lil' gripe from a storyboard artist.
I wouldn't recommend this book to everyone. I think if you are looking for inspiration to create a cityscape like New York, Soul doesn't really have anything unique to offer. However, if you are interested in exploring visual depictions of the metaphysical then I think this book would serve you well for inspiration.
I wish it had more storyboards! But I know that these US animation art books typically don't include many boards. Just a lil' gripe from a storyboard artist.
I wouldn't recommend this book to everyone. I think if you are looking for inspiration to create a cityscape like New York, Soul doesn't really have anything unique to offer. However, if you are interested in exploring visual depictions of the metaphysical then I think this book would serve you well for inspiration.
March 5, 2022
Curiosamente de mis libros favoritos de Disney. Siempre disfruto mucho con estos libros de arte, porque sacan a la luz ya no sólo bocetos increíbles sino que deja ver mucho más del proceso de producción e investigación para cada una de las cintas.
Aunque esta película posee un toque más maduro y díficil de entender que otras cintas de Disney, a traves del libro deja ver el gran trabajo que se realizó para diferenciar el mundo terrenal del mundo de las almas.
El mundo de humano: es un homenaje a la cultura afroamericana, una banda sonora magnífica con música del jazz, loca, ruidosa y por supuesto peligrosa.
El mundo de las almas: es una creación volatil y onírica, con recuerdos y señales a otras películas de Pixar, personajes históricos y por su puesto, los consejeros de las almas que bien recuerdan a als pinturas Picassianas, sin embargo, esto no se menciona en ningún momento en el libro (Ya que aclaración: estos estarían ambientados en un diseño monolineo para crear una figura tridimensional).
Lo mejor de libro: las escenas explicadas, cuál era el mensaje y prioridad a la hora de plasmarlas.
El gran mensaje: aprende a vivir y difrutar de las pequeñas cosas.
Mi personaje preferido: 22, sin duda alguna.
Aunque esta película posee un toque más maduro y díficil de entender que otras cintas de Disney, a traves del libro deja ver el gran trabajo que se realizó para diferenciar el mundo terrenal del mundo de las almas.
El mundo de humano: es un homenaje a la cultura afroamericana, una banda sonora magnífica con música del jazz, loca, ruidosa y por supuesto peligrosa.
El mundo de las almas: es una creación volatil y onírica, con recuerdos y señales a otras películas de Pixar, personajes históricos y por su puesto, los consejeros de las almas que bien recuerdan a als pinturas Picassianas, sin embargo, esto no se menciona en ningún momento en el libro (Ya que aclaración: estos estarían ambientados en un diseño monolineo para crear una figura tridimensional).
Lo mejor de libro: las escenas explicadas, cuál era el mensaje y prioridad a la hora de plasmarlas.
El gran mensaje: aprende a vivir y difrutar de las pequeñas cosas.
Mi personaje preferido: 22, sin duda alguna.
May 10, 2021
A beautiful book package to present art from a very beautiful movie. As with The Art of Inside Out, I'd love to frame some of these pages and put them on my wall - of course they get around this a lot of the time by posting the juiciest art as a spread over 1.5 pages, so that a simple extraction is impossible. Classic Disney.
January 19, 2021
Una gran película merece un gran libro de su diseño de producción.
April 23, 2021
An inside look at the animation Soul. Love the digital portraits of jazz legends Fitzgerald, Holiday, and Armstrong.
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December 20, 2021
Stunning book with amazing illustrations.
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