The art books They are the perfect complements for any movie or series, offering the possibility of knowing how they were created and, if that is the case, how each of the characters were designed in their early and late stages. The downside is almost all that we can find in stores arrive in complete English, although the important thing, which is the images, have an exceptional quality. On Amazon we have found a large number of art books; some from ‘He-Man’, from Star Wars or even from ‘ET, the extraterrestrial’, and the best thing is that they are on sale.
‘He Man’
Those born in the 90s and in previous years were able to enjoy a more classic ‘He-Man’ than we can find today, at least in design. There are many battles against Skeletor that that distant animation series offered, and that his wonderful art book collects behind his pages. On Amazon we can find the book of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe in hardcover and with a total of 320 pages for 34.17 euros instead of the usual 39.75 euros, and on the other hand we have also found the art book Master of the Universe: Revelation in hardcover and with a total of 184 pages for 35.75 euros compared to the recommended price of 46.01 euros.
Art of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
Star Wars
Gone are those shoots where each director had to figure out how to reproduce huge scenes with few resources, since with technological evolution a large part of the elements go through the computer. For this reason, the first Star Wars trilogy managed to carve out the recognition of one of the best films of the time, and its art book Star Wars Storyboards: the Original Trilogy collect each of the scenarios and characters before a total of 352 pages in an edition of Hard cover, where we can also see unpublished images. Its price usually remains at 48.90 euros, but with the Amazon offer it stays at 39.24 euros.
Star Wars Storyboards: The Original Trilogy
‘ET the alien’
Like the first Star Wars trilogy, ‘ET the Extra-Terrestrial’ was shot at a time when technology was not very advanced, so the process of animation and design of the curious character resulted in a great film of the hand of Spielberg. The art book is also on sale on Amazon ET, the extra terrestrial: the ultimate visual historya good book that collects each of the stories and designs of the film, with a total of 257 pagesin hardcover and for 54.98 euros instead of 63.38 euros.
ET: THE EXTRA TERRESTRIAL: THE ULTIMATE VISUAL HISTORY
pixar
If we refer to the big movie companies, pixar It is one of the most beloved for its enormous quality in its 27 feature films. The Color of Pixar is an art book that was launched in 2017 and that has a large number of unpublished images from his films, reviewing all the color range of every one of them. It comes in hardcover format and its price, cheaper than the previous books, stays at 28.22 euros compared to the usual 32.25 euros.
The Color Of Pixar: (History of Pixar, Book about Movies, Art of Pixar) (Disney Pixar X Chronicle Books)
other art books
There are quite a few art books on sale on Amazon, and although these are the ones that can attract the most attention, we can also find many others about ‘Jurassic World’, also ‘Captain Marvel’ or even one of the most recent Marvel series. : ‘Falcon and the Winter Soldier’.
Image: Amazon
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