THE ART OF HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON

The Art of How to Train Your Dragon is a designed, insiders guide to the creative process that went into turning Cressida Cowells book into a feature - length, animated film. Featuring pieces of development artwork, including early character designs, story sketches, and concept paintings never before released by the studio, the book provides a look at the process involved in bringing mythical Dragon and Viking worlds to life. In addition to the original artwork, the book includes - insight on developing the story; script and characters; descriptions of the visual and character development; lighting; and special effects; extended captions; pull quotes and sidebars on the challenges of working in Ultimate 3-D; preface by Cressida Cowell and foreword by Craig Ferguson.