The Art of My Little Pony the Movie Book
| The Art of My Little Pony: The Picture | |
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| Published | August 29, 2017 |
| Author | Hasbro, Inc. Meghan McCarthy (foreword) Rebecca Dart (introduction) Jayson Thiessen (afterword) |
| ISBN | 978-ane-421-59648-viii |
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| Allusions • Little, Brown and Company • Hachette Book Group | |
The Art of My Petty Pony: The Movie is a hardcover/digital artbook by Hasbro, Inc. that features behind-the-scenes material used to create the feature moving picture My Little Pony The Movie. Included are concept art and sketches past art managing director Rebecca Dart, a foreword by author/executive producer Meghan McCarthy, an afterword past director Jayson Thiessen, total-color artwork, deleted scenes and content, and commentary from the manager, screenwriters, character/location designers, and animators.
The book is 160 pages long and was published by VIZ Media LLC on Baronial 29, 2017.
Contents
- i Publisher's description
- 2 Contents
- 2.1 Foreword
- 2.2 Introduction
- 2.3 The Mane Six (Plus Spike!)
- ii.4 Equestria
- 2.5 Beyond Equestria
- 2.6 Klugetown
- 2.vii Pirates
- two.8 Mountain Aris
- 2.ix Seaquestria
- two.10 Return to Equestria
- two.11 Afterword
- ii.12 Acknowledgements
- 3 Gallery
- 4 External links
- v References
Publisher's description
"Explore the making of My Piffling Pony: The Motion-picture show with sectional behind-the-scenes textile from the creators of the pic. This gorgeous hardcover book includes concept sketches, notes, character designs, and pages and pages of magical, total-color artwork accompanied by commentary from the director, screenwriter, and character designers. A must-take for all My Little Pony fans."[ane]
Contents
Foreword
Meghan McCarthy, writer and executive producer for My Little Pony: The Movie, delivers the volume's foreword and comments on the procedure of bringing but the well-nigh dedicated writers, artists, and artistic minds together to create the film and how fortunate she was to be a role of that procedure.
Introduction
Rebecca Sprint, fine art director for My Little Pony: The Picture, delivers the book'south introduction and discusses her initial start at DHX Media in 2010, her being appointed as art director on the series in flavour 5, and the transition from using Wink in the series to using Toon Boom Harmony in the film.
The Mane Six (Plus Spike!)
Introductory bios for the film'due south main cast and concept fine art, sketches, and animation references by the film'south fine art and animation departments. Comparisons betwixt how the ponies look in the serial and how they await in the moving picture. Commentary by art and concept designers discusses how the ponies' designs were changed with the new animation software: thinner outlines, more ear depth, more than detailed wings, etc. As well commented on is the blending of 2-D animation with 3-D assets.
Equestria
Concepts and final designs of Canterlot and Ponyville, including how each location was updated for the pic. Influences and inspirations for the designs include Antoni Gaud×particularly the Sagrada FamÃlia—and Indian, Greek, and Russian compages. Introductory bios and concept art for Songbird Serenade, Tempest Shadow, Grubber, and the Storm Rex. Scrapped prologues for the picture show include featuring the Arimaspi King and an aged Scorpan.
Beyond Equestria
Artwork and concept fine art of locations from an originally longer travel montage sequence.
Klugetown
Concept art of Klugetown and its anthropomorphic residents. Commentary discusses how Klugetown was specifically designed to be the "antithesis to Canterlot". Introductory bio and concept art for Capper, who evolved from a fox character named Mendax to his current design. Concept art of Capper's house and the Klugetown aerodrome.
Pirates
Introductory bio and concept art for Captain Celaeno, who evolved from a harpy grapheme named Madame Harpy to her current design, and the pirates, who were originally villains. Concept fine art of the pirates' airship. In a deleted scene, the Mane Six encounter mud trolls subsequently escaping the pirates.
Mount Aris
Artwork and concept art of the Hippogriff Kingdom. Influences and inspirations for the designs include Reynisfjara Embankment in Iceland and the Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland. Concept fine art for the hippogriffs and how their designs transitioned to seapony class.
Seaquestria
Artwork and concept art of the Seapony Kingdom. Introductory bios and concept art for Queen Novo and Princess Skystar. Scrapped concepts include Haven Bay and Salina Blue being sisters of Skystar's instead of background characters, a seapony prison, and Spike turning into a seadragon instead of a pufferfish. Concept art of the Mane Six's seapony forms, and storyboards for the opening seapony sequence.
Render to Equestria
Artwork and concept fine art of the flick's climax. In a deleted scene, the seaponies turn dorsum into hippogriffs and join the Mane Half dozen in the terminal battle against the Tempest King. Storyboards for this scene were drawn in October 2015. Other scrapped concepts include the Mane 6 transforming similarly to Rainbow Power.
Afterword
Jayson Thiessen, director for My Little Pony: The Movie, delivers the volume's afterword and comments on why My Picayune Pony has resonated with audiences worldwide and the difficulty of squeezing everything that the product team wanted into the film's runtime. He as well thanks everyone involved in the movie's cosmos and Lauren Faust for her talent and vision.
Acknowledgements
Special thanks to the teams at Hasbro and DHX Media.
Gallery
External links
- Publisher's page
- Purchase on Amazon (hardcover)
- Purchase on Amazon (digital)
- Purchase at Barnes & Noble (hardcover)
- Buy at Books-A-Million (hardcover)
- Purchase at The Correct Stuf (hardcover)
- Purchase on Google Play (digital)
- Buy on iTunes (digital)
- Buy on Comixology (digital)
- Buy on Indigo (hardcover)
References
- ↑ The Art of My Piffling Pony: The Movie. VIZ. Retrieved on 2017 August 31.
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