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This is hands down one of the best "Art of" books I've seen. Though it's overflowing with art on every page, it still has a nice ratio of art and commentary. Despite the standardized format of most of the art books today it's layout is easy to read and has a great collection big images. My only complaint is that I wish it was even bigger. Like the art of Tarzan book. And that it had fold out like the incredibles book.

The artists that really stand out in this book are Greg Couch, Michael Knapp, and Dice Tsutsumi. Couch has a keen sense of character and presence parralleled to De Seve, and in the case of his work for Robots, surpasses him. Knapp and Tsutsumi prove themselves as masters in color and atmosphere.

It's also nice to see a lot of William Joyce's work. If your bored with Santa Calls and Dino Bob, this will give you a good Joyce fix.

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-Jake Agent44 - My Art Blog
roboready

I was JUST wondering whether to pick this up.

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Dean Trippe | Butterfly | Project Rooftop | LiveJournal

is BIll Joyce the same person as william Joyce..??

I saw in the book some commentaries done by William Joyce "executive PRoducer.. But on the other hand alot of the art is done by Bill Joyce =p.. im guessing its the same person .. just comfusing =p...

VERY Nice book. I told Kazu to go pick up a copy this morning. My only complaint is that i like to see a variety of materials used for the concept work.. Pastel , watercolour , pencils , digital , charcoal ECTT ECT.. All the work in there seems to either be Pencil or Digital. No real complaints though just somethign i noticed.

Yeah, Bill and william are the same guy.

Your complaint about mediums was pretty much my complaint about the Art of incredibles. Too much collage and guache paintings. I wanted more pencil and digital stuff.

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-Jake Agent44 - My Art Blog
roboready

hey jake, remember when we went to bill joyce's studio?

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-keith
http://www.wonderingart.com

who are you?
do i know you?

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complete2 (needs an update)

what a great book. i picked it up this week and i have to say that it's one of my favorite "art of" books too. the variety in it is fantastic. It gets me even more excited for the movie.


=BoB=

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Le Bistro

i used to work with jake at reelfx. we took a field trip to his studio one day. awesome place. lots of "robots" concept art.

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-keith
http://www.wonderingart.com

yeah, but do i know you?
i've worked with jake too.
i helped with storyboards for Valor vs. Venom.

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complete2 (needs an update)

i was there at the beginning of valor/venom. cmae in on the first joe movie, left on the second. did some prop work with robert on v/v but thats about it. i was hired with danny. im keith.

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-keith
http://www.wonderingart.com

oh, i was getting you confused with Keith Aiken.
ok. cool.
we might have met. im friends with danny too.

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complete2 (needs an update)

im sure i met you, i used to stop by every once in awhile. danny and i used to be room mates in florida when we went to ringling.

are you still at reelfx?

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-keith
http://www.wonderingart.com

haha
we've totally hijacked this thread.
but no,
im in LA now. i work here: www.belief.com

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complete2 (needs an update)

yes we have...its great isnt it?

im in LA as well...i decided to put my ringling degree to more use and im going back to school for toy design. im goin to otis. the combination should have a good outcome. if you have AIM say hi sometime. my name is kamikazestyle101.

i wasnt a fan of reelfx, theres some other people out here as well (lets just say theyre not fans either...but theyre working for disney now...and happy)

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-keith
http://www.wonderingart.com

Oh for pete's sake just private message each other!

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-Jake Agent44 - My Art Blog
roboready