The Art of Incredibles 2 by John Lasseter

The Art of Incredibles 2 Reviews

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  Nathan Albright

  I have actually seen Incredibles 2, but I saw it almost by accident, in viewing it on the screens of someone else while traveling in a plane and being somewhat bored because I had not brought enough books to read.  That is perhaps not the best way to go about and see a movie, but so it is.  Since this film is a sequel, a great deal of the work that other films have in creating characters and imagining how they work together has been done already, and one can simply do what this film does and subvert the original a bit by switching things around and adding touches to minor characters to expand the complexity of the story a bit.  The end result, as is the case here, is an accomplished book that manages to show the detailed sort of art work that is necessary to develop a story before the filming is done.  In many cases the artwork is meant to communicate what someone is trying to do and help inspire a great many others as to what one wants to do with the film, which obviously worked out well for them.
  
  In contrast to some of the other books in this series, the drawings here are generally well-developed.  There are a lot of digital paintings that appear to approximate pen and pencil drawings when it comes to new locations for some of the characters in the film, especially the villains, and where there is more rough drawings it is for places and characters that were not in the original film.  This book is pretty straightforward but it is organized, in contrast to some of the volumes in this series, with a foreword and introduction and then four chapters that discuss the film's characters (including the Parr Family and Edna that ought to be familiar to those who saw the first film), environments, vehicles, and outtakes.  At least for this reader, the outtakes were quite interesting as they demonstrated that as is the case with live-action films, so too with animated films that a lot more is done than ends up being a part of the finished film.  It is hard to know exactly where a story is going to go, I suppose, regardless of what medium one uses to make a film, and the editing process is hard for anything.
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  Steve Davala

  Awesome. The art style for the Incredible movies have a cool 50s/60s feel, with a modern edge. This book is filled with this design in character, set, and vehicles. Some of the digital set pieces are outstanding, like the new Parr house. That place is sick. I want to live there.
  
  That being said, there were a lot of pictures with only artist name details. I would like to have a caption like, "This is character X" or "this is the scene where Y happens." I felt out of context from the movie. Maybe they didn't do this so there wouldn't be spoilers when this book was released? It feels like it is missing that extra piece.
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  Roos

  3.5 stars (a whole star off because of the most uncreative cover - for an art book - I have ever seen in my life).
  Obviously LOVED Incredibles 2, but I felt like the artbook was lacking. It was mostly (unused/unseen) architecture or vehicle designs, which I don't find incredibly interesting.
  
  I was looking forward to some before/afters of Incredibles 1 + 2, to see and read how they upped their art game in 14 years. I was also missing the visualisation of all of Jack Jack's powers and overall character design of all the characters.
  
  Overall a good addition to the artbook collection!
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  Dana

  Not as much character design as I like considering there was a lot of new supers, but this book was chock full of some cool pictures. I especially likes the small outtakes section where they showed characters that didn’t make it in (like a rival for Edna and Honey!)
  
  For being a big book, there was not too much reading to be done. Got through it in about 2 hours.
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  Rubi

  Lots of neat art behind the movie (obviously lol). I liked how they explained how they came to decide which sequences to use and i loved the "bloopers" at the end. I liked this one more than The Art of The Incredibles tbh. The house designs and urban layouts and colors just popped more. Great read for any Incredible fans😁
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  Atraveller

  It has some good sections on modernist interior decor and profiling of characters we know and love, but not enough for both. The book also contained art from discarded story pitches but didn't dwell on them. I just want more.
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  Zachary

  Another strong entry into the Art of Pixar/Disney series. This volume is lighter on the commentary and heavier on the concept art, making it ideal for younger readers.
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  Charlie

  I always want more background and more art than is given in these books! The more background information should be easy.
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  Melissa

  The art of up has definitely been the best of these.
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  Felicia

  Decent amount of character work examples, expression sheets, fashion concepts and large amount of mid-century inspired architecture drawings as well.
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  Lauren

  AMAZING.
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  mia

  *4.25
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  Justin Irabor

  Oh my heart.