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Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Art of the Animated Series

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Great book a must own for any avatar fan. Lots of beautiful art and concepts too look at, and a great read aswell with behind the scenes info and stories.

This book is a true Treasure. A Gift to the fans of the series. It's a must own for any fan.

I don't usually write reviews but I felt compelled to in this case. The artwork is beautiful, the written entries give you an intimate peek into the creative process behind this inspired work, and the whole book has an elegant, poetic feel. If you like Avatar at all, you must look at this book. Worth every penny.

As an illustrator I recommand it to everyone who was fan of the series.

Just an amazing piece of art.

Beautiful illustrations, and a neat glimpse into the creative process behind this thoughtful series. The book is packed full of colour illustrations and sketches, and insightful comments about the series creation. I am blown away and recommend this book to any Avatar fan.

This art-book is an excellent collectible for any fan of the Avatar series. It's full of gorgeous colour artwork on every page and the behind the scenes tidbits, especially from before the show hit the air, make for a very interesting read. The one strike against this book however, is if you are already very knowledgeable about the show, then the chapters about the actual aired Seasons 1-3 will be very same old same old without much new information or never before seen images. Despite that, this book is a detailed account of the Avatar world as a whole and is a great way to support the creators of the original series.

This book is an amazing book. It is one of the most epic, and best art books i have read partly because it has huge scope on backgrounds. The backgrounds are amazing, and the book is chock full of them. It has alot of stuff in the book based on how they came up with the ideas and drawings, and not so much on the story that everyone knows anyway. So, Mike and Brian, awesome book!

Got in 3 days!!! Super cheap super awesome book!Got in 3 days!!! Super cheap super awesome book!

What everyone else says is true: This is one book you MUST have! AMAZING art. Even if you're not an Airbender fan (how could THAT be??), the art is so fantastic. It's truly stunning.

Length:: 0:57 Mins

This is a wonderful art book for a spellbinding animation series. Making the series took 6 years, hundreds of artists, and hundreds of thousands of drawings. This book showcases a selection of some really beautiful illustrations.

There are loads of character and background designs inside, in sketches and in their finished coloured form. The main characters like Aang and others come with cool animation sequences created with pencils. Also included are many of the discarded concepts which were difficult to animate or doesn't suit the story. Appa had some really awesome spiral horns but were discarded, unfortunately. The character drawings are superb. Just by looking at their different expressions you can pretty much guess their characteristics.

Besides the characters which includes the town folks and soldiers, there are also drawings for many miscellaneous stuff like storyboards, airships, hybrid animals, wanted posters, promotional posters, chibi (or super deformed) style and random doodles from meetings.

Did I mention the background paintings? The world created is so beautiful!

The whole book is annotated heavily by Bryan Konietzko and Michael Dante DiMartino. They talk about everything on production, from creating the pilot episode to Nickelodeon approving the final season. You can see and read about their influences and inspiration everywhere, from Buddhism, Studio Ghibli, Gainax, Chinese martial arts, etc. It's very interesting to see how they apply what they learned from research to their drawings and animation.

This is a fantastic art book for the series and fans, which should appeal to anyone who hasn't watch the series. Good art appeals to all.

Highly recommended!

(There are more pictures of the book on my blog. Just visit my Amazon profile for the link.)