The Art of Cars

by Suzanne Fitzgerald Wallis, Michael Wallis, John Lasseter (Foreword)

In the tradition of the Toy Story films; A Bug's Life; Monsters, Inc.; Finding Nemo; and The Incredibles comes the newest film from Pixar, Cars, the story of a race car who learns that it's not all about the fast lane. In fact, life begins at the off-ramp. The Art of Cars invites you on an illustrated road trip with the most successful animation studio at work today. Ride with Pixar's exceptionally talented artists, writers, and designers to uncover the origins of their charming and clever automobile-based world. Gathered in this overflowing scrapbook are hundreads of pieces of concept art that helped to convert real-life imagery and stories from the back roads into rich, memorable characters and colorful backdrops. Including a forward by director John Lasseter , insights from the artists and production team, and lively text by Route 66 experts Michael and Suzanne Wallis, The Art of Cars is a spirited ride in the fast lane of a masterful animated feature film.

Genres: Art, Film, Nonfiction, Media Tie In

160 pages, Hardcover

First published May 4, 2006

Reviews

[Gretel Hernández · Rating 5 out of 5]

Una película que nos da un importante mensaje sobre la humildad; me gustó mucho ver su arte.

[Galy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Otro libro fantástico de esta colección.

Este trata de la película Cars. Incluye muchísimos bocetos de los coches, de Radiador Springs y mucho más en los que trabajaron durante la creación de la película.

Me ha parecido muy interesante, sobre todo la investigación que llevaron a cabo en la ruta 66 y todos los viajes de carretera que hicieron.

Aquí cuenta bastante desde el inicio de la idea de Cars y lo que se les fue ocurriendo.

La cantidad de bocetos me ha encantado y también lo bien estudiados que están. Vienen hasta bocetos detallados explicando cómo funciona Bessie.

En general me ha gustado un montón.

[Ant Tellez · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.4/5.0

The conceptualization of creating an entire universe that caters to the everyday functionality of vehicles is a new and refreshing take on animated films that wasn't quite as appreciated as it may have been before this film's release. From the cultural salutes to American vehicular history to the innovative art styles presented in this project, Cars proves to be one of the brighter early points of Pixar animation.

[Wesley Coburn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Everyone knows that the folks at Pixar are geniuses when it comes to storytelling. Everyone also knows how amazing the art is. This book goes behind the scenes in reproducing sketches from the drawing board, random gag ideas which weren't used, and reference photos and stories about the research process. It was amazing to study.

[Oppossum24 · Rating 5 out of 5]

My favorite pixar and disney movie. I HAD to have this book. The reason i love this movie so much is my brother would watch it over and over again. Little did i know id become my favorite movie.

[Indah Threez Lestari · Rating 4 out of 5]

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[Ale Tosti · Rating 4 out of 5]

I’m a big fan of the movie and this art book doesn’t disappoint at all. It really goes deep into the creative process of the movie and all the research they had to do. The book also has a lot of amazing backgrounds made with pastels and amazing sketches of all the characters.
Without a doubt it has become one of my favorites due to the amount of concepts it has and all the details and curiosities they tell you about how how Cars was made.
Well and also I’m a HUGE fan of pastels, and they use them amazingly in this book.

[Parka · Rating 5 out of 5]

(More pictures at parkablogs.com)

With that, the book brings you onto a fantastic journey on the creative process of creating Cars, the movie close to John Lasseter's heart.

The few pages of stories separating the art let you understand how research was done, what the artists learn and ideas they want to bring across to the audience.

This book is filled with plenty of concept art drawings. Pixar artists draw hundreds of drawings each day but only selected ones were included into the book due to the limited number of pages. Every page is packed with art.

Also included are storyboards, architectural drawings, landscape drawings, lighting studies, car decor sketches, photos from their road trips.

This is a wonderful selection of drawings pulled off directly from the drawing board.

This review was first published on parkablogs.com. There are more pictures and videos on my blog.

[τλιϓλ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Though I'm not big fan of this movie but I decide to buy the book for my youngest bro, I guess it will be a treasure for him when he grew because he likes this movie a lot.
Surprisingly I find my self enjoying the book, pictures and everything about it ^_^

[Griff · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book!!!

[Pat · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great art!

[Asna · Rating 4 out of 5]

so many concepts and sketches of the places.

[William · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another fantastic Pixar book!

[Ilia Kole · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'd like to give it 5 stars for Bill Cone's work, but I'm biased and as far as art books go it is a bit superficial and 'pr-talky'. Those pastels though..

[Matias Sepulveda · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is excelent

[D Roberts · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great book of concept art :)