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The Animation Artshop offering original Disney production artwork at reasonable prices. is proud to offer other collector's a listing of recommended books that any disney production art fan should have in their personal library. Part of the fun is researching and learning about the artistry that goes into making a disney animated film. Over the years that I have collected, I have discovered numerous books and other resources that have educated and expanded my interest in feature animation. This page presents my collective efforts to offer other collector's a single resource for finding books on this subject.

Through my partnership with Amazon.com, you will be able find some of these available for sale. Just check out the alphabetized selection below. Some of the books listed will require a little more effort in finding as they have gone out of print. But just send me an e-mail I might have a helpful suggestion on where you can get it. Watch this page for future releases, as new books become available you will be able to purchase them right from this listing. Enjoy!


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Paper Dreams: The Art And Artists Of Disney Storyboards , 1999
Author: John Canemaker
Subject: This is a wonderful coffee table book that shows the true art of storyboards from Disney feature animation. Highlighting the artists that created some of the most memorable moments in animation, this book present rarely seen artwork from Fantasia all the way through to Mulan.



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    Paper Dreams: The Art And Artists Of Disney Storyboards , 1999
    Author: John Canemaker
    Subject: This is a wonderful coffee table book that shows the true art of storyboards from Disney feature animation. Highlighting the artists of that created some of the most memorable moments in animation, this book present rarely seen artwork from Fantasia all the way through to Mulan.



    Peter Pan - Sketchbook Series, No. 5 , 1998
    Authors: Walt Disney and Frank Thomas
    Subject: The fifth book in this sketchbook series features the preliminary sketches used to create the Disney animated classic Peter Pan (1953) and contains more than 150 black-and-white sketches done by such Disney greats as Milt Kahl, Frank Thomas, and Ollie Johnston. In addition, this sketchbook contains 12 color reproductions of original background studies done by David Hall and Mary Blair used in styling the film. The book is limited to 2,500 copies, with each book containing a numbered certificate of authenticity. 112 pages.

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    Pinocchio - Pierre Lambert , 1997
    Authors: Pierre Lambert and Jeanine Herman
    Subject: This beautiful hardback book describes the making of this animated classic and features original production artwork from a number collections around the world. This is a work of art itself with it glorious reproduction that truly recreates the artwork as though you were staring at the original piece. This is a "must have" for any animation fan of Pinocchio and the genre in general. Books includes an inbound sericel of Jiminy Cricket set against its reprinted original production.


    Pinocchio - The Making of a Masterpiece , 1990's
    Editted: Disney
    Subject: This softbound booklet came with the deluxe CAV version of the laserdisc release in the mid 90's and discusses the making of this classic tale by Collodi. Illustrated with color photos from the film and other references, this 26 page booklet briefly describes the history of the film and includes a nice background foldout of the wishing start.



    Art of Pocahontas , 1995.
    Author: Stephen Rebello
    Subject: This beautifully produced companion to the Disney animated feature celebrates and chronicles the creation of the film with pre-production and concept art, storyboards, an in-depth look at the design and refinement of the character of Pocahontas, layouts and backgrounds, and a history of Stephen Schwartz's wonderful musical score. Over 200 color and black-and-white illustrations. This book should be in every collectors library, however it is out of print and hard to locate.



    Pocahontas - Movie Premiere in the Park , 1995
    Editted: Disney
    Subject: This large-sized booklet was available for sale to those attendees lucky enough to get tickets to the premiere of Disney's Pocahontas in New York's Central Park on June 10, 1995. This 18 page program is filled with character decriptions, scenes from the movie and special foldouts that reveal aspects about the film. This booklet is hard to find and is no longer published.



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