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The Art of Big Hero 6 (Disney) Hardcover – October 28, 2014

by Jessica Julius (Author), John Lasseter (Preface), Chris Williams (Introduction),
4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars 763 ratings
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Walt Disney Animation Studios' Big Hero 6 is the story of Hiro Hamada, a brilliant robotics prodigy who must foil a criminal plot that threatens to destroy the fast-paced, high-tech city of San Fransokyo. This new title in our popular The Art of series, published to coincide with the movie's U.S. release, features concept art from the film's creation—including sketches, storyboards, maquette sculpts, colorscripts, and much more—illuminated by quotes and interviews with the film's creators. Fans will love the behind-the-scenes insights into Disney's newest action comedy adventure.

Copyright ©2014 Disney Enterprises, Inc. All rights reserved.
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  1. Part of series
    The Art of
  2. Print length
    168 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Publisher
    Chronicle Books
  5. Publication date
    October 28, 2014
  6. Dimensions
    9.25 x 0.88 x 9.63 inches
  7. ISBN-10
    9781452122212
  8. ISBN-13
    978-1452122212
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"Disney’s Big Hero 6 feature is a major favorite of the public, so The Art of Big Hero 6 should have a bigger demand than usual for these coffee-table art books, and should be a more prominent one on your shelves. Whether or not you collect these animated-feature art books, don’t miss this one."
-Animation World Network

"5 stars out of 5 This is a fun, informative book for both diehard fans of the movie or anyone with any interest in animation."
- ICv2

About the Author


Chris Williams is the director of Big Hero 6. Williams directed and co-wrote Bolt as well as the short Glago's Guest for which he earned an Annie Award for his storyboarding. He was nominated for an Annie Award for writing on The Emperor's New Groove. Williams has worked in the story department on several Disney animated features including Mulan, Lilo & Stitch, and Frozen. He lives in Los Angeles.

Don Hall is the director of Big Hero 6. He previously served as the director of 2011's Winnie the Pooh for which he was nominated for an Annie Award. For many years, Hall worked within the story department and was the head of story on The Princess and the Frog and Meet the Robinsons. He currently lives in Los Angeles.

Jessica Julius is a creative executive at Walt Disney Animation Studios, where she has worked on such films as Frozen, Tangled, Wreck-It Ralph, The Princess and the Frog, and Bolt. She lives in Los Angeles.

Product details

  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 1452122210
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Chronicle Books; 1st edition (October 28, 2014)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 168 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9781452122212
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1452122212
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.6 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9.25 x 0.88 x 9.63 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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Customers find the artwork stunning, wonderful, and nice. They appreciate the depth of information, saying it's full of detail and insight provided by the animation team. Readers describe the book as a must-have art book and perfect for art students. They also mention it's worth the money.

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Customers find the book has depth of information. They mention it contains great concept art, allows them to dive deep into the details of the movie's environments, and provides insight from the animation team. Readers also say the art is interactive and the book is comprehensive.

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"This movie in itself was fantastic--the animation was of very high quality and the concept art was well worth the money...." Read more

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Customers find the book colorful, insightful, and perfect for an art student or Big Hero 6 fan. They also say it's inspiring and good for animators.

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Customers appreciate the concept art and character artwork.

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Génesis Barboza
5.0 out of 5 stars Lovely read :)
Reviewed in the United States on September 25, 2024
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Proudly displayed on a bookshelf along with other books on the same topics. Genuinely made me smile reading through, the art is particuarly stunning
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Korey Brooks
5.0 out of 5 stars A tome not to be missed!!
Reviewed in the United States on November 13, 2014
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This is an awesome art book for those into not only digital and traditional art mediums but for designers and graphic artists/designers and architects also! This book not only delves into the process behind making the movie but style changes in drawing and development of characters and sets as well. This book includes the sketches from even the brainstorming/thumbnail stage where nothing was hashed out just a small idea on paper sketched out in a matter of seconds. Then the evolution from there is defined and explained at each step all the way up to CGI modeled finished product images. It shows a ton of art from behind the scenes which some books well "art of" books have neglected over the last few years. This book surpasses the art of the guardians of the Galaxy ( a book that I loved btw) and is almost on par with the first art of iron man movie book (which to me is top 5 in art of movie books due to the depth of information and photos and most important production art the makers included in their book). This book is absolutely amazing and I highly recommend it. As an artist myself it is very inspiring to see processes of development such as was included in this book because you can see areas which show the inner workings of the artist mind, the hurdles they face in creating art for a big company like Disney and this part is key, the way that even the upper echelon professional artists still have to work out kinks in their work by going back to basics and working on fundamental art skills to get perfect work. This book shows that it is a long arduous process no matter what stage artist or what kind of artist you are. Five stars all the way.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great art book!
Reviewed in the United States on January 13, 2022
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Great to understand the amount of research and visual documentation that takes place behind an animated project like this. Great visuals and reference materials! 100% recommended
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LyddieMarie
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful Concept Art!!
Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2019
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I was concerned at first when I bought this book because I didn't think it could measure up to how much I loved the movie, but it exceeded my expectations. There's tons of useful and fascinating information!!
The cityscapes and environmental art works are absolutely stunning!!
I love looking through this book again and again and it's also really useful to study from!
10/10 would recommend!!
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Valerie Esposito
5.0 out of 5 stars which i was surprised but happy to find
Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2014
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This movie in itself was fantastic--the animation was of very high quality and the concept art was well worth the money. It focuses quite a bit on the landscape and the creation of san fransokyo, which i loves to flip through, while giving brief descriptions of some of the scrapped ideas and methods used to create effects, such as cgi art. they even slid in some information about stylization vs realism, which i was surprised but happy to find. each character had a 2-3 pages of character design and their scrapped/developed designs. very fun to look through and, as an animation student, i was just in love.
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Ashley H.
5.0 out of 5 stars A must have for artist that love background art!
Reviewed in the United States on May 17, 2020
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It's a must have for fans of Big Hero 6 and fans of background art. It has concept art, character art, etc but the real gem is how they created the world with beautiful background art and scenic art!
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Kelly Brock
4.0 out of 5 stars The book arrived in perfect condition. It's really beautiful and filled with amazing ...
Reviewed in the United States on March 8, 2015
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The book arrived in perfect condition. It's really beautiful and filled with amazing drawings, concepts and process. The backgrounds, buildings, environment and interior design were covered very well. However, it could have been improved with some more pages for character designs. There are also some spelling mistakes, so it seems a bit rushed. The price including shipping was quite expensive.. but Amazon was the only place I could buy it from. I loved the movie and had to have this book in my collection! For fans of Big Hero 6 or even fans of the art style, I would definitely recommend it!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely Gorgeous
Reviewed in the United States on December 13, 2014
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'The Art of Big Hero 6' is an absolutely beautiful book. I love this movie and knew I had to have the art book from the first bit of concept art I found. The book is full of illustration on every page and process talk. The information about the creation of the movie is just as interesting as the concept and finished artworks and really shows all of the love that went into this beautiful movie.
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Andrea Miranda
5.0 out of 5 stars Es más que un regalo.
Reviewed in Mexico on January 7, 2023
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Fue un regalo, para ver el arte creativo, pero también para recordar las escenas. Perfecto para quien se adentra en la animación.
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Andrea Miranda
5.0 out of 5 stars Es más que un regalo.
Reviewed in Mexico on January 7, 2023
Fue un regalo, para ver el arte creativo, pero también para recordar las escenas. Perfecto para quien se adentra en la animación.
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Carol Ann
5.0 out of 5 stars Big Hero Six Art book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 24, 2024
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My daughter loves Big Hero Six. This book was perfect for her, as she enjoys the art work. Lovely
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Zoe.
5.0 out of 5 stars Completo
Reviewed in Spain on February 17, 2022
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Te enseñan de todo, me dejó más que satisfecha.
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Teoría de la luz, diseño de personajes, historia, landscapes... Es una obra de arte!!
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Jen
5.0 out of 5 stars Super Buch
Reviewed in Germany on January 25, 2022
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Ich liebe den Film, deswegen habe ich diesen Artbook gekauft. Das Buch enthält auch viel Concept und Ideen zur Entstehung des Films und gibt Einblicke in die Entwicklung der Charaktere und der Welt von Big Hero 6. Es ist sehr empfehlenswert.
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Giulia
5.0 out of 5 stars Bellissimo
Reviewed in Italy on January 3, 2018
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Volume molto bello, ben fatto, interessante e ricco di commenti sull'intera realizzazione di questo magnifico film. Contiene una marea di sketch preliminari e studi di ambienti e personaggi; sono molto soddisfatta:)
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