This is understandable, but it makes The Art of Cloudy … 2 topheavy with the emphasis on the new, secondary characters.
It is the new, supporting characters who are given several pages each, with a wealth of preliminary design rough sketches. In The Art of Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2, the returning members of the main cast are given just two pages each, showing their final, familiar looks. Most The Art of … books devote several pages to the main characters and their art design, including preliminary designs before each character was finalized. As a sequel, both the movie and its companion art book assume that the reader is familiar with the previous work. The Art and Making of Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009) was also written by Tracey Miller-Zarnecke. Secondly, it is in a sense a sequel, just as the movie is a sequel to Sony Pictures Animation’s 2009 Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. Judging by most of the coffee-table art books, you would think that the realistic look is the only one in CGI animation. It is rare and refreshing to see this look in an “art of” book. Sony Pictures Animation is not alone in this, but it is more exaggerated here. Characters flail their arms in an impossibly exaggerated, “cartoony” manner. Is this a wonderful memento for those who liked the movie? Yes! … but …įirstly, it is about a CGI animated feature that does not strive for the “realistic” look of a Pixar, a DreamWorks, a Blue Sky, or most other studios’ CGI animation.
The Art of Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 is one of the most recent of these – but with a slight difference. Petaluma, CA, Cameron + Company, September 2013, hardcover $39.95 (143 pages).Ĭoffee-table art books on the latest big-budget animated theatrical features have become commonplace in recent years. The Art of Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2, by Tracey Miller-Zarneke.
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