Don Bluth's Art of Storyboard

From Don Bluth - master animator, artist and director of such cartoon classics as The Secret of N.I.M.H., An American Tail, The Land Before Time, All Dogs Go to Heaven, Anastasia and Titan A.E. - comes Don Bluth's The Art of Storyboard, a one-of-a-kind textbook that describes in detail the technical and artistic processes involved in crafting storyboards for animated films, the visual blueprints that lay the foundation for the animators magic. Don Bluth takes readers on a journey as only an artist of such vast skills and filmmaking experience can, going from the breakdown of a script, through story conferences with Don Bluth Films collaborators Gary Goldman and John Pomeroy, and onto the finished boards. Loaded with technical tips and insights into the tapping of the creative imagination, The Art of Storyboard also features page after page of Bluth's beautiful storyboard illustrations, many in full color. Whether used as an inspiring tool for professional and aspiring animators or just for the sheer joy of seeing how the written word is channeled through the animator's mindscape on its way to the screen, Don Bluth's The Art of Storyboard is a fascinating peek behind the curtain of film's most creative storytelling medium.

In this gorgeously illustrated book, Bluth uses pages of beautiful storyboard images from his classic films to describe in detail the technical and artistic processes involved in crafting the visual blueprints of animated films.

This gorgeously illustrated book by the animator, artist, and director of The Secret of N.I.M.H. and All Dogs Go to Heaven describes in detail the technical and artistic processes involved in crafting storyboards, the visual blueprints of animated films. Using pages of beautiful storyboard images from his classic films, Don Bluth takes readers from the breakdown of a script to the finished boards. Loaded with technical tips and insights into the creative imagination, Don Bluth's Art of Storyboard will satisfy anyone interested in animation.