Art of How To Train Your Dragon 2 (Pictorial Moviebook)

It’s beautiful with ALL concept art of the characters and designs, a must get if you’re a httyd fan

Its How to Train your Dragon! What's not to love?? The art is beautiful and its interesting to see how each character evolved from the first film as well as all the different designs for each individual dragon and the design choices . You can clearly see the effort that went into these amazing films, which is why they are as good as they are.

My son, who is 8, is bringing this book to school tomorrow as part of a presentation about his most treasured possessions. He got it for his birthday and *loves* it. Sometimes I will find it next to him on his bed after he's gone to sleep. Beautifully produced and perfect for any fans of the film aged 8+ I would say

five stars ..... if u love the films and are curious as to the art work behind them then this book is the one for u , i love all the extra art you get in this book and all the rough designs for the characters ,the book is awesome i highly recommend buying it , although the price was a little high

i love art books and this book looks great and it arrived very quickly, however I'm going to have to only give it 4 stars because when it arrived the books dust jacket was covered in a weird sticky substance. I'm very annoyed because this is going to be a birthday present for one of my friends but luckily I was able to get most of it off without damaging the dust jacket by gently dapping water onto it.

Very interesting

My 9 yr old loves the films and the TV series. She read it from cover to cover and now uses this book to draw the characters. A budding graphic designer

Great book with interesting art. Gives gives insightful look into the concepts behind the movie

Awesome

Me llegó a tiempo y en buenas condiciones aunque el libro no trae ningún protector o plástico que lo conserve mientras lo traen en el transporte, por ello, se arrugó un poco la covertura de papel con el diseño de Hipo levantabdo su espada, ese lo trae trae para proteger la portada real, ppr así decirlo. El libro es una maravilla, explica cada personaje y su evolución de la película uno a la dos y viene también información sobre los paisajes, el crew de animación, el director, etc. Visualmente es una maravilla, incluso para las personas que sólo sienten curiosidad de verlo, y para alguien que se dedica al arte o la animación es una herramienta perfecta y fuente de inspiración. Lo recomiendo muchísimo!

Molto, molto bello. Ho sia questo, sia il primo della serie e nonostante in HTTD dessero un discreto spazio a tutti i personaggi e agli ambienti più importanti sono riusciti a superarsi. Per ognuno ci sono un sacco di schizzi e disegni finiti, con tanto di paragoni con il risultato finale, idem per gli ambienti. Nico Marlet non manca, ma ho avuto modo di scoprire anche un Iuri Lioi e un Peter Chan - loro sono quelli che mi sono rimasti più impressi, ma è pieno di lavori di artisti magnifici. Per chi, come me, non ha ancora avuto modo di vedere il film, avviso che sono presenti dei leggeri spoiler, ma niente che possa rovinarvelo. In generale, non delude le aspettative, anzi, e lo consiglio con tutto il cuore.

たくさんあるので 買って損はない

This book is as good as the artbook for the first film, The Art of How to Train Your Dragon . In other words, it's a beautiful artbook. The concept art is split between designs for the characters, dragons, environment and props. Hiccup and company from Berk are five years older now, and they are redesigned slightly to reflect their age. Nicolas Marlet is still the main character designer and a lot of his drawings are included. He still uses traditional media to draw in similar style the expressive and almost cartoon-like characters. Artist Zhaoping Wei provides the more finished look to the characters. Both the viking and dragon designs are a joy to look at, and of course there new characters and dragons. There's Stoick's Skullcrusher, blacksmith Gobber's Grump, Valka's Cloudjumper, the two gigantic Bewilderbeast and of course other miscellaneous dragons. Designs for the props and sets are also wonderful. I love the whimsical look and feel. There are many interesting creations, to name a few, such as the dragon wind vane, dragon feeding stations, houses and buildings, traps and war machines. Environment paintings are really beautiful and scenic. There aren't many of those but when they appear, they are breathtaking. Alright, some downsides. There's a good amount of text talking about the story and art, but the lengthy passages are not easy to read because of the small font size. My other complaint is the paper feels thinner and softer than the first book. If they make the paper any thinner, it would be magazine paper. Note that there are two publishers for this book, Newmarket Press and Titan Books. My edition is Newmarket Press. I read another reviewer comment about the paper stock from Titan Books being thin as well. So these are my two quibbles. Overall, it feels like they've packed more artworks than the earlier book. Despite the minor downsides, I would still highly recommend this book, as well as the first artbook. 4.5 out of 5 stars. (See more pictures of the book on my blog. Just visit my Amazon profile for the link.)