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The Art of Inside Out
The Art of Inside Out provides an exclusive look into the artistic exploration that went into the making of this vibrant film. Featuring concept art—including sketches, collages, color scripts, and much more—and opening with a foreword by actress Amy Poehler and introduction by the film's writer and director Pete Docter, this is the ultimate behind-the-scenes experience of the making of this landmark film.
176 pages, Hardcover
First published May 26, 2015
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October 18, 2024
Una de las películas más creativas de Pixar, con uno de los mensajes más profundos: "Incluso la alegría puede ser tóxica"; fue muy bueno ver su arte.
February 22, 2022
Beautiful book. More than I expected. A real insight into the minds and talents of the creators of this incredible movie.
October 16, 2016
This is an incredibly stunning book. Some images literally took my breath away, and I took pictures of them (yeah, pictures of the pictures - the annotations for art books!) and wished I could put them on my walls. I am not a super visual person, so generally I don't spend a lot of time looking at one specific picture, but I loved searching for the details (everything about the headquarters' design is A++) and I really enjoyed the colors in this.
It would be an easy five stars if it had just a little more text. Clearly, unlike me, the Pixar people are very visual people, and when they decide to let the images "speak for themselves" they probably think they're speaking pretty loudly, but I wanted so much more! The Art Of books are never super chatty, but they generally are at least a little more wordy than a tumblr photoset. Plus this is a movie filled with so much ideas - some of them deserved some text to be explained. (There's no big documentary on the blu-ray, either, so I just want mooooooore.)
Basically, it is a must-have for any fan of the movie, or of animation, or art, or creativity. But I'm docking a star because it could have been even better.
It would be an easy five stars if it had just a little more text. Clearly, unlike me, the Pixar people are very visual people, and when they decide to let the images "speak for themselves" they probably think they're speaking pretty loudly, but I wanted so much more! The Art Of books are never super chatty, but they generally are at least a little more wordy than a tumblr photoset. Plus this is a movie filled with so much ideas - some of them deserved some text to be explained. (There's no big documentary on the blu-ray, either, so I just want mooooooore.)
Basically, it is a must-have for any fan of the movie, or of animation, or art, or creativity. But I'm docking a star because it could have been even better.
May 26, 2015
"The Art of Inside Out" is a fascinating look inside what should be another modern classic from Pixar. As a fan of the animation company, this book was a must-own - and it's instantly one of my favorite art books from their films. Pixar has been doing a lot of sequels lately (and they have more scheduled), so it's nice to see an original concept like "Inside Out" where the team has to start from scratch and build a world.
This book compiles just about every conceivable type of artwork from the film: pencil drawings, ink, marker, digital paintings, and even clay sculpts. You also get a few pages of storyboards and the color script.
See Photo Gallery at www.movieartbook.com/2015/05/the-art-...
Much of the imagery in the book is dedicated to the main characters - Riley (an 11-year old girl), her parents, and most importantly the emotions: Joy, Disgust, Fear, Anger, and Sadness. There are also many pages dedicated to the worlds that these characters inhabit - specifically the world inside Riley's head in which the emotions live.
One of the things that is very cool to see is how the five emotions essentially began as simple shapes and colors. Of course, the final characters are very layered and have a lot of detail - but the fundamental differences in shape and color allow the audience to easily distinguish one emotion from another and gives each character their own unique look to match their personality.
There is almost no text here, other than a foreword by Amy Poehler (who voices Joy) and an introduction by director Pete Docter. Some images do get captions, but they are short. So those looking for insight into the production process may be disappointed; although the artwork itself kind of demonstrates how the film's characters and design evolved over time.
I enjoy all the Pixar films; one of things I like is the way the filmmakers collaborate. The directors are very involved in the art and design process, taking a hands-on approach in a way that many live-action directors don't. Pete Docter is a great director (Up, Monsters Inc.) but he is also a great visual artist - the book shows some of his own sketches.
Link to my Flip-Through Video: https://youtu.be/7fpWbanJr5E
Anyone interested in animation or design in film should consider a purchase. Kids should really enjoy flipping through this one because there is a lot of great character art and colorful imagery. This is one of the nicest art books I've come across in a long time.
This book compiles just about every conceivable type of artwork from the film: pencil drawings, ink, marker, digital paintings, and even clay sculpts. You also get a few pages of storyboards and the color script.
See Photo Gallery at www.movieartbook.com/2015/05/the-art-...
Much of the imagery in the book is dedicated to the main characters - Riley (an 11-year old girl), her parents, and most importantly the emotions: Joy, Disgust, Fear, Anger, and Sadness. There are also many pages dedicated to the worlds that these characters inhabit - specifically the world inside Riley's head in which the emotions live.
One of the things that is very cool to see is how the five emotions essentially began as simple shapes and colors. Of course, the final characters are very layered and have a lot of detail - but the fundamental differences in shape and color allow the audience to easily distinguish one emotion from another and gives each character their own unique look to match their personality.
There is almost no text here, other than a foreword by Amy Poehler (who voices Joy) and an introduction by director Pete Docter. Some images do get captions, but they are short. So those looking for insight into the production process may be disappointed; although the artwork itself kind of demonstrates how the film's characters and design evolved over time.
I enjoy all the Pixar films; one of things I like is the way the filmmakers collaborate. The directors are very involved in the art and design process, taking a hands-on approach in a way that many live-action directors don't. Pete Docter is a great director (Up, Monsters Inc.) but he is also a great visual artist - the book shows some of his own sketches.
Link to my Flip-Through Video: https://youtu.be/7fpWbanJr5E
Anyone interested in animation or design in film should consider a purchase. Kids should really enjoy flipping through this one because there is a lot of great character art and colorful imagery. This is one of the nicest art books I've come across in a long time.
February 18, 2021
Really wish there were more explanations about the process for each aspect of the design, like other Art Of books, still loved all the designs.
December 24, 2019
This book is one of three that I picked up from the library on a lark figuring that they would have beautiful art and would be quick to read, and I was happily right on both counts. It is interesting to see the art for movies that one has not seen, and I suspect that those who enjoyed the movie will enjoy seeing the art even more. In fact, as a reader of this book I was most intrigued by the creative experience that was involved in making an animated film and seeing how it was that ideas were generated, how it was that the characters and story were generated, and how some ideas didn't make the cut, and how it was that a variety of different art mediums helped the artists who made the film create a digital film with a great many different pieces of art being used in order to better understand the plot as well as characters and locations involved. Since this book was perfectly easy to comprehend even without having seen the film I imagine it would be equally pleasant for those who saw the film and liked it.
What is most fascinating about this book is its sheer variety of content. Whether one is reading the foreword or introduction to the book, written by Amy Poehler and Pete Docter, respectively, or one is looking at the variety of artwork that follows these texts, there is a lot to see. And the art included is intensely varied, including digital painting, colored pencil and ink, charcoal, collage, and pen. Some of the shots are particularly detailed, and some are very mere sketches, and a few are even shadows looking at how the film conceives of the spread of sorrow and gloom throughout the mind of the child who forms the main area where the film operates. The book includes some characters in the head of the girl that were judged as just being too poorly developed to work into the film, even though a fair amount of work had been done in fleshing out the characters. That's the way it goes with films sometimes, after all, especially animated films where one has to figure out all of the scenes and draw and render them either digitally or conventionally (all digitally for the most part nowadays at least), and this book does a good job at portraying the range of art that is involved in film design.
What is most fascinating about this book is its sheer variety of content. Whether one is reading the foreword or introduction to the book, written by Amy Poehler and Pete Docter, respectively, or one is looking at the variety of artwork that follows these texts, there is a lot to see. And the art included is intensely varied, including digital painting, colored pencil and ink, charcoal, collage, and pen. Some of the shots are particularly detailed, and some are very mere sketches, and a few are even shadows looking at how the film conceives of the spread of sorrow and gloom throughout the mind of the child who forms the main area where the film operates. The book includes some characters in the head of the girl that were judged as just being too poorly developed to work into the film, even though a fair amount of work had been done in fleshing out the characters. That's the way it goes with films sometimes, after all, especially animated films where one has to figure out all of the scenes and draw and render them either digitally or conventionally (all digitally for the most part nowadays at least), and this book does a good job at portraying the range of art that is involved in film design.
January 2, 2016
Although the artwork in the book is indisputably gorgeous and worth-while, I can't help but be disappointed at the lack of text. With the expected exception of the artist credits under each work, there is nothing. I understand that this decision is intentional, as it deviates from all previous Art of Pixar books, and it does send the message that the art needs no explanation. Nonetheless, I buy these books because I love glimpsing any and every detail I can out of the making of these films. So for me, the texts, however formulaic or repetitive it becomes to some, was dearly missed by me.
I'd recommend this to someone who is familiar with and probably already owns several of the Pixar artbooks, but wouldn't recommend this for a first timer buying an animation artbook.
Again, don't get me wrong--the pictures--the variety of artwork, from concepts, to boards, to final color callouts, as well as mediums and materials used, are amazing and wonderfully documented. The worlds, and characters, and general production design as well. The book itself is wonderful, a bit bigger than typical Pixar artbooks, but same impressive quality binding and paper I've come to expect from Chronicle Books. It's just that, for me, it felt like the removal of the text kind of implied that it wasn't needed, when this film has so many layers and decisions gone into it. If they felt like the text wouldn't contribute to the value and art of this film/book, doesn't that imply that their writing approach needs to improve?
I'd recommend this to someone who is familiar with and probably already owns several of the Pixar artbooks, but wouldn't recommend this for a first timer buying an animation artbook.
Again, don't get me wrong--the pictures--the variety of artwork, from concepts, to boards, to final color callouts, as well as mediums and materials used, are amazing and wonderfully documented. The worlds, and characters, and general production design as well. The book itself is wonderful, a bit bigger than typical Pixar artbooks, but same impressive quality binding and paper I've come to expect from Chronicle Books. It's just that, for me, it felt like the removal of the text kind of implied that it wasn't needed, when this film has so many layers and decisions gone into it. If they felt like the text wouldn't contribute to the value and art of this film/book, doesn't that imply that their writing approach needs to improve?
July 10, 2020
Малко е странно да пиша ревю на арт албум, тъй като вътре почти няма текст, ама имам от какво да се оплача, хаха. :)
Липсата на текст за мен е основният проблем на този много красив иначе албум. За някои снимки има малко обяснение, но за повечето няма нищичко. Оставено е снимките сами за себе си да говорят, ама, докато филмът чудесно говори сам за себе си, отделни снимки от процеса - няма как. Книгата щеше да спечели много от малко допълнителен текст.
Когато я прелистих набързо като пристигна - не реагирах много позитивно. Откровено се почувствах прецакана за парите, които дадох, но сега като по-внимателно се вглеждаш, открих много неща, които наистина ти говорят на ниво на човек, който се интересува от света на визуалните изкуства, обаче това е възможно само като имаш някаква база на знания, иначе са шантава и странна колекция от скици, илюстрации, колажи, схеми, скулптури и абстрактни рисунки.
Текст е решението и не пречи, Бога ми!! Няма нищо страшно в него, особено като става дума за книга. :)
Липсата на текст за мен е основният проблем на този много красив иначе албум. За някои снимки има малко обяснение, но за повечето няма нищичко. Оставено е снимките сами за себе си да говорят, ама, докато филмът чудесно говори сам за себе си, отделни снимки от процеса - няма как. Книгата щеше да спечели много от малко допълнителен текст.
Когато я прелистих набързо като пристигна - не реагирах много позитивно. Откровено се почувствах прецакана за парите, които дадох, но сега като по-внимателно се вглеждаш, открих много неща, които наистина ти говорят на ниво на човек, който се интересува от света на визуалните изкуства, обаче това е възможно само като имаш някаква база на знания, иначе са шантава и странна колекция от скици, илюстрации, колажи, схеми, скулптури и абстрактни рисунки.
Текст е решението и не пречи, Бога ми!! Няма нищо страшно в него, особено като става дума за книга. :)
December 26, 2020
4.5/5
Me encanta la película Del Revés, fui al cine a verla y lloré un montón con la historia de lo realista que es.
Otro maravilloso libro de la colección del Arte de Disney/Pixar. Este es de la película Del Revés y es muy bonito. Está lleno de bocetos iniciales, proceso e ilustraciones finales de los personajes y lugares. Es muy curioso ver la evolución del personaje Asco porque cambia mucho hasta llegar a ser como es.
No se lleva 5 estrellas porque cuentan poco de cómo desarrollaron la historia en sí de la película. Pero a cambio tiene muchos más bocetos que otros.
Me encanta la película Del Revés, fui al cine a verla y lloré un montón con la historia de lo realista que es.
Otro maravilloso libro de la colección del Arte de Disney/Pixar. Este es de la película Del Revés y es muy bonito. Está lleno de bocetos iniciales, proceso e ilustraciones finales de los personajes y lugares. Es muy curioso ver la evolución del personaje Asco porque cambia mucho hasta llegar a ser como es.
No se lleva 5 estrellas porque cuentan poco de cómo desarrollaron la historia en sí de la película. Pero a cambio tiene muchos más bocetos que otros.
October 22, 2017
Inside Out is one my favorite Disney/Pixar movies. The Art Of gives you a look at some early character development, bits of the exploration that never made the movie and a look at some beautiful conceptual art that inspired the final film. It's gorgeous, and I especially loved seeing some of the ideas that didn't make the final cut, but unlike the Tangled Art Of book, it shared very few written insights. I wanted to hear more from Pete Docter about the challenges/research/inspiration/etc. Missed those bits but overall still loved looking through it.
September 22, 2020
589 - 2020
May 21, 2022
This book enables you to see a fraction of the enormous efforts, studies and creativity behind this masterpiece.
Wish there was more details.
Wish there was more details.
January 25, 2021
Es de los libros de arte que tiene menos texto, por no decir el que menos. Aún así contiene una introducción y algún pie de foto que nos pone en el contexto de la ilustración.
Podemos ver como se creó una de las películas más difíciles de animar y diseñar, ya que no sabemos que apariencia tienen las emociones,los recuerdos o incluso los colores.
Podemos ver como se creó una de las películas más difíciles de animar y diseñar, ya que no sabemos que apariencia tienen las emociones,los recuerdos o incluso los colores.
January 23, 2016
The pictures in this were really cool, I just wish it had some more writing and explanations like the other "The Art of" books.
October 15, 2022
Aunque he tenido este libro en mi lista de "currently reading" durante mucho tiempo, no lo he empezado hasta hoy. Por suerte o por desgracia no me ha gustado tanto como esperaba y el motivo es bastante sencillo de explicar: la escasez de texto.
Si esto siempre supone un problema en los libros del arte de Disney, sobre todo si tratamos los más antiguos, la escasez de texto es algo más que claro en esta publicación, el cual se reduce al prólogo de Amy Poehler actriz que le da voz a "Joy/Alegría" y la introducción de Pete Docter. Aunque cabe mencionar que bien es cierto que algunas ilustraciones vienen acompañadas de "aclaraciones", más bien pequeñas marcas como "Asco fue el personaje que más trabajo nos costó realizar" y poco más.
A pesar de esto, creo que es un libro que merece mucho la pena si tan solo te interesa el proceso creativo y como la creación de la cinta comenzó con las ideas iniciales hasta el resultado final. Si estas buscando secretos, detalles, dificultades creativas, narraciones, no lo encontrarás.
Por último me gustaría aclarar que si tuviese que darle una puntuación a este libro valorando únicamente las ilustraciones tendría un 5/5.
Si esto siempre supone un problema en los libros del arte de Disney, sobre todo si tratamos los más antiguos, la escasez de texto es algo más que claro en esta publicación, el cual se reduce al prólogo de Amy Poehler actriz que le da voz a "Joy/Alegría" y la introducción de Pete Docter. Aunque cabe mencionar que bien es cierto que algunas ilustraciones vienen acompañadas de "aclaraciones", más bien pequeñas marcas como "Asco fue el personaje que más trabajo nos costó realizar" y poco más.
A pesar de esto, creo que es un libro que merece mucho la pena si tan solo te interesa el proceso creativo y como la creación de la cinta comenzó con las ideas iniciales hasta el resultado final. Si estas buscando secretos, detalles, dificultades creativas, narraciones, no lo encontrarás.
Por último me gustaría aclarar que si tuviese que darle una puntuación a este libro valorando únicamente las ilustraciones tendría un 5/5.
December 7, 2017
Pixar films are known for being visually stunning and this art of book takes you throughout the film from rough sketches to implementation and digital creation. While it would have been nice to have more written elements, what there is, in addition to the introduction by foreword by Amy Poehler who voiced Joy and the introduction by Pete Docter, who pitched the concept and saw it through to fruition, is well done. Early sketches show how the story developed, from having the protagonist transported into her own mind to scenes showing the fall out of social changes, and why these did not make the final film story, they show the love, exploration, and thought that make Pixar films extend beyond animation and into something deeper. Richly pulling art files showing mediums from watercolors to inks, digital to pencil, this book should please any Disney fan or art aficionado. My only wish is that we who love writing could get something that showed the evolution of the script as readily.
Very well done!
Very well done!
January 26, 2020
Me encanta la película, para mi es una de las mejores de Disney Pixar y con el libro me ha enamorado un poquito más.
No es el primero libro que leo del arte de disney... por lo que en comparación este tiene mucho más dibujos y bocetos y poca letra (os lo recomiendo si os lo compráis en inglés) pero eso no quita que cada boceto y color te llene de emoción y te deje boquiabierta, sin duda te ayuda a valorar todo el trabajo que ha habido detrás de esta película porque no es tan sencillo dibujar ideas abstractas como la mente o la personificacion una emoción.
Lo que más me ha gustado han sido los bocetos de personajes, o ideas iniciales que finalmente no salen la película como la depresión o los paneles iniciales, y lo que más he echado en falta ha sido un poco de texto sobre la investigación de la creación, es decir, conocer la mente y pequeños detalles que son reales.
Este libro me ha servido de inspiración, sus colores, bocetos, lectura sencilla y gráfica ha hecho que yo misma me anime a dibujar y exteriorizar mis emociones o la forma que puede tener mi mente.
No es el primero libro que leo del arte de disney... por lo que en comparación este tiene mucho más dibujos y bocetos y poca letra (os lo recomiendo si os lo compráis en inglés) pero eso no quita que cada boceto y color te llene de emoción y te deje boquiabierta, sin duda te ayuda a valorar todo el trabajo que ha habido detrás de esta película porque no es tan sencillo dibujar ideas abstractas como la mente o la personificacion una emoción.
Lo que más me ha gustado han sido los bocetos de personajes, o ideas iniciales que finalmente no salen la película como la depresión o los paneles iniciales, y lo que más he echado en falta ha sido un poco de texto sobre la investigación de la creación, es decir, conocer la mente y pequeños detalles que son reales.
Este libro me ha servido de inspiración, sus colores, bocetos, lectura sencilla y gráfica ha hecho que yo misma me anime a dibujar y exteriorizar mis emociones o la forma que puede tener mi mente.
June 15, 2020
Este libro de arte es diferente a los otros que he leído. Todo el libro está lleno de ilustraciones y me encanta, ya que hablan por sí mismas.
Está historia es muy especial y muy importante, ya que nos adentra al mundo de las emociones, las cuáles son muy complejas. Me gusta que Disney haya creado esta historia, además es una manera de que los más pequeños aprendan a poner nombre a sus emociones.
Me ha parecido muy interesante ver el proceso de creación de Inside Out y todos los cambios que hubo, aunque no les hubiera pasado nada por escribir un poquillo más.
Está historia es muy especial y muy importante, ya que nos adentra al mundo de las emociones, las cuáles son muy complejas. Me gusta que Disney haya creado esta historia, además es una manera de que los más pequeños aprendan a poner nombre a sus emociones.
Me ha parecido muy interesante ver el proceso de creación de Inside Out y todos los cambios que hubo, aunque no les hubiera pasado nada por escribir un poquillo más.
October 3, 2017
Gorgeous and really in-depth. I love how Pixar artists work in different mediums and that they always include some of those totally off the norm pieces in their art books.
A movie about emotions feeling emotions is a bizarre concept if you think about it, so it makes sense that many changes were made to the story as it was developed. Getting a glimpse of that process is part of what made this book such a great read.
A movie about emotions feeling emotions is a bizarre concept if you think about it, so it makes sense that many changes were made to the story as it was developed. Getting a glimpse of that process is part of what made this book such a great read.
December 20, 2022
I love seeing the artistic evolution of Pixar films. I could barely recognize the actual movie because this collection of abstract art shows how utterly different it could've looked in a variety of angles; from setting, character, to even story. Inside Out went through some massive changes and it really shows in this book. Such a trippy journey into the minds of the storytellers. RIP Ralph Eggleston. His paintings for Inside Out are top notch. The world of animation lost a great talent.
July 2, 2024
A great book with beautiful concept art. It was fascinating to see with how many ideas, of how to portray something abstract as the human mind, they toyed before they settled for the ones shown in the movie we all know and love. I just wish there would be a little more text in the book. A few more captions here and there, some explanations and comments why certain ideas have been chosen or not, some comments from artist or other people who have worked on the film.
July 19, 2019
This book was very different from the other art books I read because there were no words at all. It was quite literally a picture book because that is all there was here. There were some awesome scenes, paintings, and idead presented here but at times, the lack of words made understanding the context difficult.
April 28, 2021
Excellent compendium of process art for this beautifully visualized animated classic, providing all the midcentury modern/retrofuturistic jollies I crave. Several of the pieces featured in this book are worthy of cutting out and framing, or maybe getting a tattoo of. A fine impulse purchase on my part!
December 23, 2020
La verdad sólo vienen los bocetos de la película no viene ninguna explicación de porque quisieron hacer la película, en que se basaron para crearla... directamente no viene nada de letra eso si los bocetos estan súper chulos pero ya está no te explica nada de la peli
June 27, 2024
The art is majestic but would’ve loved more explications on what I was watching 🙃 and more on how did they came up with such unique concepts and visual representations, how these evolved and what others didn’t make it into the film.
November 20, 2025
I love inside out so when I saw this book I had to have it! The details you see in the book show from the whole process of making it. So you'll get to see what didnt make it to the ground floor too! Such a cool book and the color is beautiful!
September 4, 2017
Lots of art, minimal text. I wanted more to read, but the art is fine.
March 13, 2018
found this at half price books for $3 i love it
May 19, 2018
I love the artwork in this book. It is beautiful, very talented artists. I thoroughly enjoyed this book.
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