The Hobbit An Unexpected Journey Chronicles Art Design by Daniel Falconer

The Hobbit An Unexpected Journey Chronicles Art Design Reviews

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  Parka

  More pictures on my blogThis is a wonderful companion art book for the movie In some ways I like it better than the ones from LOTRThe cover is beautifully embossed with texture and shine It's 272 pages and big Behind the cover is Thorin's Map that you can tear out from the perforated edges and at the back is a long gatefold of Bilbo's Burglar contract should you want to read the fine prints to see what Bilbo has gotten himself intoThere's a generous amount of concept art included that feature the characters props and environment Yes it's all fantasy art and they are all very beautiful and detailed There are art from Alan Lee John Howe Dan Hennah production designer Richard Taylor and many others from Weta Workshop The book is all art and there aren't a lot of photos so you won't find behind the scenes shots and there are only small thumbnails of the actors in makeupThe majority are mostly character designs and the related such as costumes weapons and other props There are Bilbo and his entourage of dwarves trolls goblins and creatures Each character has many designs variations shown but mostly from the hair and facial hair — probably hairstyles that you can find in a hair saloon brochureThe environment art are mainly of close ups of locations and interiors There are a few of those wide shots as well but could have been printed bigger Many of the nice textured pencil drawings are from John Howe and Alan LeeThose who like production design will enjoy the insightful commentary There's lots to read and often there will be a few designers talking about just one character about the design clothing and their weapons The extra information gives depth to the charactersThe back cover mention something about this book being the first in a series of hardcover books So unless they are referring to the other film companions it means there would be art books for the next two films as wellIt's a fantastic artbook Highly recommended to fans of the film and fantasy art
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  Christine

  Nice look at the design that went into various central characters to the Hobbit movies It includes uotes from the designers
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  Emma Rose Ribbons

  What a gorgeous book Everything is exuisite the art inside is incredible the text so incredibly informative I laughed out loud twice some of the anecdotes are hilarious and the crew interviewed is just amazing I like that very few members of the cast feature here it's all about the people who crafted the sets costumes and makeup and the though process behind it all terrific stuff Excellent volume that really digs deep into An Unexpected Journey in a way that's both engaging and awe inspiring I'm completely in love
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  Susan

  Okay I purchased this book at supanova kinda like comic con but in Australia and Daniel Falconer was there Not only is this book super amazing for us HobbitLOTR nerds but he signed it as well 🎉🎉
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  Nicole

  The Hobbit An Unexpected Journey Chronicles Art Design gives a detailed and fun look at how all of the visuals for the movie were done The artwork is brilliant and sketches seem to fill every available space on the set and character pages Looking at this book and reading the artist uotes you really get a sense of just how involved everything was how invested the artists were in bringing their vision to life It's evident and admirable that shortcuts were rarely taken even the smallest of props were made with real materials As an artist and a fan this book is invaluable to me from a design perspective Incredibly inspiring it's really helping me to better understand how to draw objects and scenery And armor
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  Amy | littledevonnook

  This is one brilliant book for anyone who loves Peter Jackson's adaptation of JRR Tolkien's novel 'The Hobbit' It goes without saying that The Hobbit movie is beautifully filmed and the detail that has gone into making such a film is shown to us through this bookFrom the concept art by John Howe and Alan Lee to how the Trolls were brought to life this book has everything and anything you would want to know about the design and making of such a magnificent filmNeedless to say I gave it a full five out of five and I can't wait to read the next in the series
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  C.J. Bunce

  Originally published online at BORGcomThe latest installment in Weta Workshop’s hardcover series focusing on the art and design of The Hobbit movies provides the most in depth look yet at the developmental stages of bringing JRR Tolkien’s fantastical world to the big screen Through hundreds of pencil sketches detailed accounts of the thoughts behind decisions painted concept art and costume development The Hobbit The Desolation of Smaug Chronicles–Art Design provides a comprehensive account of the mastery in bringing ideas to lifeThe structure of the book follows our heroes’ journey through the film in chapters like “ueer Lodgings” Beorn the Skin Changer’s house “Flies Spiders” “The Woodland Realm” the elves “A Ruined form of Life” the Orcs and “Inside Information” all about Smaug Each chapter provides a focused look at the uniue worldbuilding for each disparate part of the film from set design to backstory to costumes Many chapters offer better looks at details that were only glimpsed briefly in the film like the city of Dale in its heyday seen onscreen only in flashback It’s an opportunity for those parts of the filmmaking–given just as much thought and work as anything in the movie–to be seen and admired in their full gloryA chapter on the Elves of Mirkwood showcases the costumes for King Thranduil Legolas and Tauriel as well as the woodland realm where the dwarves are imprisoned during the film There’s a special focus on the wine cellars where the dwarves make their dramatic barrel escape Much time is given to the development of Tauriel a new character created for the movie Comments from Evangeline Lily Tauriel provide insight into her character “Tauriel had to embody the grace of Galadriel and Arwen while representing the fighting stealth and power of Legolas and Elrond”The most stunning pages of The Hobbit The Desolation of Smaug Chronicles–Art Design reveal the development of the Lake town sets the intricate detail that went into each room each viewpoint from wide angle to inside Bard’s placeThe design of the book itself is up the high standards of the past volumes in the Chronicles series by Weta The Hobbit An Unexpected Journey Chronicles–Art and Design and The Hobbit An Unexpected Journey Chronicles–Creatures Characters Like those volumes this new book features an embossed leather like cover and beautiful end pages An insert features a pull out uad folded print of the portrait of Stephen Fry’s Master of Lake town as seen in the filmThe Hobbit The Desolation of Smaug Chronicles–Art Design is available directly from Weta at their website here An autographed edition signed by four of the Weta creators including writer and Weta artist and designer Dan Falconer is already sold out but may be available in the aftermarket We hope that after the next three volumes Cloaks and Daggers for The Desolation of Smaug and two volumes from next year’s finale in the trilogy There and Back Again are released Weta returns to The Lord of the Rings series to release a similar series of books since those films did not get a similar set of stunning volumes
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  Paolo Aguas

  I thought that the way the book was bonded and the material that they used was extremely good it’s amazing to see what happens behind the scenes of a film as epic as The Hobbit imagine the original Lord of the Rings Trilogy that obviously would be crazy massive I learned a lot about how early they prepare the place they had to plant I think grass and some plants a year early just to get the right length for the filming as well as how they had to use the original trilogy as reference for certain items places and characters just to keep the consistency right This is the first “Movie book” that I have read movie book meaning first book about the behind the scenes of a film and I found this to be very simple yet informative and I enjoyed very much how they included several designs obviously the rejected ones and stories about how they decided on the current designs If there is one part of the book that I did not enjoy was the part wherein they showed the collectibles the fans could buy and where to buy it I know it may sound silly or too simple of a negative big part why I didn’t give this book 5 stars I just feel that you didn’t need to add that part in such a great book I mean at the end of the day people will find out where to buy these items and there are other ways to market these items But overall this was really a great book and I would recommend it to anyone
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  Anita Eckert

  Beautiful sketches and stunning artworks accompanied by fun and insightful commentary from the artists involved I've been following the updates on youtube seen all the behind the movies material and yet there was plenty of new stuff to discover It also gave me the chance to have a closer looks at details of the costumes and setting designs I had fallen in love with in the moviesThe sketches are truly inspiring
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  Racheal Milich

  So this book is amazing and I can't seem to set it down and it always takes me like less than a week to read this in between customers at work It is such a good book It has the uality of being an easy read You want to know what happens next and the suspense is thrilling I would definitely read it again and I have multiple times