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A review by yapxinyi
Avatar The Last Airbender: The Art of the Animated Series by Bryan Konietzko, Michael Dante DiMartino
5.0
A great book, honestly.
I loved the way the artists talked about their process of making Avatar, and all the crazy ideas that went behind it.
Not only is the artwork process and drafts included, I appreciate that they mentioned some of the difficulty they faced while making Avatar.
And the artwork is stunning. The range of work! Storyboards, character sketches, background layouts, coloured scenes...they were all so pretty. I kinda wished they talked more about individual characters (my personal favourite being Azula) but the artists did make comments on characters, like artists Bryan Konietzko saying how he felt Azula was "by far the most complex, interesting, and dangerous villain in the series", and Mike DiMartino saying "she quickly became my favourite villain in the series".
And I loved the fact that they arranged this book by episodes so you actually get to see the different works out in for every different aired series! <3
Avatar was my childhood and so it's an awesome feeling of revisiting my childhood when I flipped through the amazing artwork. I felt that this series had more heart and depth than most other cartoons do.
It is definitely worth a read, and even worth more than a read. You can't look at the amazing art and say they aren't worth admiring at!
I loved the way the artists talked about their process of making Avatar, and all the crazy ideas that went behind it.
Not only is the artwork process and drafts included, I appreciate that they mentioned some of the difficulty they faced while making Avatar.
And the artwork is stunning. The range of work! Storyboards, character sketches, background layouts, coloured scenes...they were all so pretty. I kinda wished they talked more about individual characters (my personal favourite being Azula) but the artists did make comments on characters, like artists Bryan Konietzko saying how he felt Azula was "by far the most complex, interesting, and dangerous villain in the series", and Mike DiMartino saying "she quickly became my favourite villain in the series".
And I loved the fact that they arranged this book by episodes so you actually get to see the different works out in for every different aired series! <3
Avatar was my childhood and so it's an awesome feeling of revisiting my childhood when I flipped through the amazing artwork. I felt that this series had more heart and depth than most other cartoons do.
It is definitely worth a read, and even worth more than a read. You can't look at the amazing art and say they aren't worth admiring at!