The Art of Aardman Hardcover – Import, September 7, 2016

by Peter Lord (Contributor)

4.8 96 ratings

This book celebrates 40 years of the Aardman studio by taking the reader on a tour through its archives. The studio responsible for creating Academy Award(R) winning and nominated movies such as Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, Chicken Run, and The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists shares its creations' evolution with initial outlines where the characters were developed sketch by sketch, beautiful concept art, and the settings that created the background on which these stories played out. With forewords from founders Peter Lord and David Sproxton, extracts from the sketchbooks of creators and directors including Lord, Nick Park and Richard Starzak, this book is the essential guide to the animation studio that brought much-loved characters and unforgettable stories to life.

Print length

128 pages
Language

English
Publisher

Simon & Schuster Ltd
Publication date

September 7, 2016
Dimensions

7.99 x 10 x 1.85 inches
ISBN-10

1471161285
ISBN-13

978-1471161285
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Product details

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Simon & Schuster Ltd; UK ed. edition (September 7, 2016)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 128 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1471161285
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1471161285
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.16 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.99 x 10 x 1.85 inches

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Awesome buying satisfaction and the most truthful avenue to purchase ...

Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2018

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Bought this for my nephew and he freaked . 4 days before Xmas and it came the next day . Awesome
buying satisfaction and the most truthful avenue to purchase a gift . (5 sparklers) ...

Reviewed in the United States on March 23, 2018

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Christmas gift, recipient loves Aardman, so this was big hit.

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Constance Martin

A Birthday Present for a Shaun the Sheep Fan.

Reviewed in the United States on November 13, 2016

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My son is a huge fan of Shaun the Sheep and Wallace and Grommit. This book was on his Birthday Wish List so I ordered it as one of his presents. He is very pleased with it and enjoying looking through it

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Pedro Garre

A pretty recopilation of Aardman art films

Reviewed in the United States on November 8, 2016

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A pretty recopolatory about Aardman productions. It's not the deninitive art and making book about this fantastic company, but it's a decent a economic book. For more animation books pics enter in my account;)

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April Perlowski

I expected more

Reviewed in the United States on November 11, 2017

The Art of Aardman: The Makers of Wallace & Gromit, Chicken Run, and More
By David Sproxton and Peter Lord
2017

A LibraryThing Early Reviewers book.
This is an over-sized, hard back coffee table book filled with images of character studies and production stills. There is very little written information about the images or the processes or steps that went into them. In fact, there is a 4 page intro, and each chapter has a paragraph or two, and that is all the commentary. The art inside is nice, but without much context. Plus, some of the art is a little too small to pick out lots of detail.

I hate rating this so low, since I love Wallace & Gromit and Chicken Run, but I was disappointed in what the book failed to deliver.

2 1/2 stars.

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Brilliant

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 19, 2021

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This is a super book that our grandson really enjoyed as he is a Wallace and Gromit fan.

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The Art of Aardman

Reviewed in Italy on January 4, 2019

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disegni piccoli alieni rozzi illeggibili.

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Kip-Kip W.

Five Stars

Reviewed in Canada on September 14, 2017

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awesome!!

Maude J

Superbe ouvrage pour les fans du studio Aardman

Reviewed in France on January 31, 2017

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Magnifique ouvrage très complet sur les créations formidables des studios aardman, les documents sont similaires à ceux visibles lors de l'exposition au musée des arts ludiques de paris, le livre est en anglais mais pour les plus craintifs, il n'y a pas beaucoup de textes mais surtout beaucoup d'images, de croquis et de dessins d'études des différents personnages et décors.

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Karoljie

Most enjoyable and a well received gift!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 14, 2019

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Bought this for my son who has been an ardent follower of this particular style of cartooning since he was 15!

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