5 Best art books like Before the Animation Begins: The Art and Lives of Disney's Inspirational Sketch Artists by John Canemaker

Cover of Before the Animation Begins: The Art and Lives of Disney's Inspirational Sketch Artists by John Canemaker

Before the Animation Begins: The Art and Lives of Disney's Inspirational Sketch Artists

By: John Canemaker

4.31

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Born from daydreams, meditations on color, character and form, and sheer inventiveness, Disney's pi…

If you liked the art plot in Before the Animation Begins: The Art and Lives of Disney's Inspirational Sketch Artists by John Canemaker , here is a list of 5 books like this:

Cover of Pinocchio by John Boyne, Unknown, Monteiro Lobato, Carlo Collodi

1. Pinocchio

By: John Boyne , Unknown , Monteiro Lobato , Carlo Collodi

3.85

Format: 262 pages, Paperback

A timeless classic to be read over and over. This is the story of Pinocchio, filled with harrowi… read more

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"Hunger is the best cook."

-John Boyne, Pinocchio

"A conscience is that still small voice that people won't listen to."

-John Boyne, Pinocchio

"Would it be possible to find a more ungrateful boy, or one with less heart than I have!"

-John Boyne, Pinocchio

"Laziness is a serious illness and one must cure it immediately; yes, even from early childhood. If not, it will kill you in the end."

-John Boyne, Pinocchio

Cover of Dream Worlds: Production Design for Animation by Hans Bacher

2. Dream Worlds: Production Design for Animation

By: Hans Bacher

3.66

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A truly unique visual delight offering insight into the development of animation classics like Bamb… read more

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  • art
  • nonfiction
Cover of Lovely: Ladies of Animation: The Art of Lorelay Bove, Brittney Lee, Claire Keane, Lisa Keene, Victoria Ying and Helen Chen by Helen Chen, Claire Keane, Victoria Ying, Lorelay Bove, Brittany Lee, None

3. Lovely: Ladies of Animation: The Art of Lorelay Bove, Brittney Lee, Claire Keane, Lisa Keene, Victoria Ying and Helen Chen

By: Helen Chen , Claire Keane , Victoria Ying , Lorelay Bove , Brittany Lee , None

4.16

Format: 84 pages, Hardcover

The beautiful minds of six extremely successful women artists in the entertainment industry present… read more

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  • art
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales by Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, Joseph Campbell, James Stern, Padraic Colum, Josef Scharl, Margaret Raine Hunt

4. The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales

By: Jacob Grimm , Wilhelm Grimm , Joseph Campbell , James Stern , Padraic Colum , Josef Scharl , Margaret Raine Hunt

3.67

Format: 244 pages, Paperback

For almost two centuries, the stories of magic and myth gathered by the Brothers Grimm have been pa… read more

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5. The Alchemy of Animation: Making an Animated Film in the Modern Age

By: Walt Disney Company , Don Hahn

4.36

Format: None pages, Paperback

The Alchemy of Animation: Making an Animated Film in the Modern Age is a step-by-step introduction … read more

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6. The Art of Rise of the Guardians

By: William Joyce , Alec Baldwin , Ramin Zahed

3.96

Format: 289 pages, Hardcover

In Rise of the Guardians, North, Bunny, Tooth, and Sandman recruit the mysterious Jack Frost to hel… read more

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7. Pinocchio: The Making of the Disney Epic

By: Russell Merritt , J.B. Kaufman

3.89

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In 1940, Walt Disney released his second feature film: Pinocchio , based on Carlo Collodi’s 1… read more

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8. They Drew as They Pleased: The Hidden Art of Disney's Golden Age (The 1930s)

By: Pete Docter , Didier Ghez

3.89

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

As the Walt Disney Studio entered its first decade and embarked on some of the most ambitious anima… read more

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9. Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas: The Film, the Art, the Vision

By: Tim Burton , Frank T. Thompson

3.37

Format: 204 pages, Paperback

On-screen, Jack Skellington leaps with joy, singing with wonder at his discovery of Christmas Town.… read more

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Cover of The Art of Encanto by Juan Pablo Reyes Lancaster Jones

10. The Art of Encanto

By: Juan Pablo Reyes Lancaster Jones

4.51

Format: 178 pages, Hardcover

MEET THE MADRIGALS: A magically gifted family who live hidden in the mountains of Colombia in a mir… read more

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  • art
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Disney Revolt: The Great Labor War of Animation's Golden Age by Jake S. Friedman

11. The Disney Revolt: The Great Labor War of Animation's Golden Age

By: Jake S. Friedman

4.09

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

An essential piece of Disney history has been largely unreported for eighty years. Soon after the … read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Somewhere Out There: My Animated Life by Don Bluth

12. Somewhere Out There: My Animated Life

By: Don Bluth

4.09

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

After more than five decades in Hollywood, Don Bluth, the man behind some of the most iconic animat… read more

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  • art
  • nonfiction
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13. Before the Animation Begins: The Art and Lives of Disney's Inspirational Sketch Artists

By: John Canemaker

4.31

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Born from daydreams, meditations on color, character and form, and sheer inventiveness, Disney's pi… read more

Similar categories in John Canemaker's Before the Animation Begins: The Art and Lives of Disney's Inspirational Sketch Artists book and John Canemaker's Before the Animation Begins: The Art and Lives of Disney's Inspirational Sketch Artists

  • art
  • nonfiction

6 must-read nonfiction books like Before the Animation Begins: The Art and Lives of Disney's Inspirational Sketch Artists by John Canemaker

Transform Your Habits

Dream Worlds: Production Design for Animation

Hans Bacher

3.66

Transform Your Habits

Lovely: Ladies of Animation: The Art of Lorelay Bove, Brittney Lee, Claire Keane, Lisa Keene, Victoria Ying and Helen Chen

Helen Chen , Claire Keane , Victoria Ying , Lorelay Bove , Brittany Lee , None

4.16

Transform Your Habits

The Art of Encanto

Juan Pablo Reyes Lancaster Jones

4.51

Transform Your Habits

The Disney Revolt: The Great Labor War of Animation's Golden Age

Jake S. Friedman

4.09

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13 Best audiobook books like Somewhere Out There: My Animated Life by Don Bluth

Transform Your Habits

The Kid Stays in the Picture

Robert Evans

3.95

Transform Your Habits

Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood

Ed Zwick

4.03

Transform Your Habits

The Backyard Bird Chronicles

Amy Tan

4.14

Transform Your Habits

The Last Action Heroes: The Triumphs, Flops, and Feuds of Hollywood's Kings of Carnage

Nick de Semlyen

4.12

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