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The ill Jedi

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As many of you know I am a fan of art, I mostly follow pin-up type artists such as J Scott Campbell, Adam Hughes, Mark Brooks and collect art prints from these and many other artists.

But, I also collect art and 'making of' books from movies, cartoons and video games. I love to see how things go from concept to finished design and rough sketches that artists come up with throughout the process.

I have a ton of books, too many to list here, but I'll start with some that I recently received...

The Art of How To Train Your Dragon

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Trick 'r Treat: Tales of Mayhem, Mystery, and Mischief

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Clint Eastwood Icon: The Ultimate Film Art Collection

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The Making of Fantastic Mr. Fox: A Film by Wes Anderson Based on the Book by Roald Dahl

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Alice in Wonderland: A Visual Companion

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...and some of my most recent pre-orders...

Art of Toy Story 3

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Cover Run: The DC Comics Art of Adam Hughes

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Art Of Red Sonja

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The Art of Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

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...anybody else into art books?
 
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:wave

How to Train Your Dragon is my first, but it certainly won't be my last.

I blame you for getting me into these. :lol
 
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I have the Hughes and Sonja ones on order...

Ill Hooked me up with the Campbell one from SDCC last year...
 
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I love Movie Art books!
I have the Art of Star Wars series, Art of Lord of the Rings,
Superman Returns, Indiana Jones series, even the AVP movies ones! :lol
I'd love to see an Apocalypto one... but there's none :monkey2
I want to get the Art of Avatar too!
 
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I blame you for getting me into these. :lol
Hey, at least it was this and not my other two vices (drugs & hookers) right? :D

I have the Hughes and Sonja ones on order...

Ill Hooked me up with the Campbell one from SDCC last year...
Better save up some cash for this year!

Took you long enough :lecture :D
Shut. Up.

I wish. :monkey2
 
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Hey, at least it was this and not my other two vices (drugs & hookers) right? :D

That's true. :lol

I got bored the other day at work and came up with this list by browsing Amazon's listings. Keep in mind, this is only animated features and only those from the last 10 years. :google

A Bug's Life: The Art and Making of an Epic of Miniature Proportions
Art and Making of Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
Art and Making of Monster House
Art and Making of Surf's Up
Art of Bee Movie
Art of Bolt
Art of Cars
Art of Finding Nemo
Art of How to Train Your Dragon
Art of Kung-Fu Panda
Art of Madagascar 2: Escape 2 Africa
Art of Meet the Robinsons
Art of Monsters Inc.
Art of Monsters vs. Aliens
Art of Pixar Short Films
Art of Planet 51
Art of Ratatouille
Art of Robots
Art of the Incredibles
Art of The Princess and the Frog
Art of Toy Story 3
Art of Up
Art of Wall-E
Shrek: The Art of the Quest
Toy Story The Art and Making of the Animated Film
 
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I love Movie Art books!
I have the Art of Star Wars series, Art of Lord of the Rings,
Superman Returns, Indiana Jones series, even the AVP movies ones! :lol
I'd love to see an Apocalypto one... but there's none :monkey2
I want to get the Art of Avatar too!
I have the Making Of Star Wars and Indiana Jones, still need to get the SW and LotR art books though.

You may want to check the reviews for the Avatar book before you buy it though.
 
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I also love the "art of" books. I have all the SW and Indy books, all the Pixar books (except for Bug's Life--I'll try and track it down), some Ashley Wood books, and have the Adam Hughes, Toy Story 3 and Art of Iron Man 1 and 2 books on pre-order.
 
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That's true. :lol

I got bored the other day at work and came up with this list by browsing Amazon's listings. Keep in mind, this is only animated features and only those from the last 10 years. :google


Art and Making of Surf's Up
Art of Bee Movie
Art of Bolt
Art of Madagascar 2: Escape 2 Africa
Art of Meet the Robinsons
Art of Planet 51
Art of Robots
Art of The Princess and the Frog
That's quite a list! Out of all those these (above) are the only ones I don't have. Some i may try to track down a few other I'd don't want. :D

Princess and the Frog keeps eluding me though :(

I also love the "art of" books. I have all the SW and Indy books, all the Pixar books (except for Bug's Life--I'll try and track it down), some Ashley Wood books, and have the Adam Hughes, Toy Story 3 and Art of Iron Man 1 and 2 books on pre-order.
I was lucky enough to track down all of the Pixar books. They are awesome.

That Clint Eastwood book looks very interesting. The only art book I have is the Stan Winston one. Badass.
You wanna hear something funny?

I gave Ironfingaz the Clint Eastwood book as a gift and he have me the Stan Winston book as a gift. :D
 
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