Product Description

This Fall, The Walt Disney Animation Studios returns to its timeless art form of hand-drawn animation. From the creative minds of directors John Musker and Ron Clements (The Little Mermaid and Aladdin) comes an American fairy tale and musical set in the heart of New Orleans during the Jazz Age. This unforgettable tale of love, enchantment, and discovery features Tiana, a young girl with big dreams who is working hard to achieve them amid the elegance and grandeur of the fabled French Quarter. The Art of The Princess and the Frog showcases the lush concept art of this sure-to-be-classic movie, including sketches, character designs, lighting studies and storyboards, alongside inspiring quotes from the directors, producers, artists and designers, including veteran hand drawn animators that brought you many of Disney's most classic and unforgettable characters.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1951 in Books
• Published on: 2009-12-16
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 160 pages

About the Author
Jeff Kurtti is the author of more than 20 books including A Bug's Life: The Art and Making of an Epic of Miniature Proportions. He is an author, writer, and consultant in the motion picture, theater, and themed-entertainment industries.

Ron Clements and John Musker have produced award-winning films together for over 25 years, including some of Disney's most memorable features, like The Little Mermaid and Aladdin.

John Lasseter is a two-time Academy Award winning director and the chief creative officer at Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios.

Customer Reviews

Old school still has its distinct charm
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R1M2FD8UYLMCPP Looking through the art in this book, one would not have guessed that Disney actually decided to phase out traditional animation in 2004. The Princess and the Frog essentially marks a comeback, a representation of what Disney used to be. That's good news for all fans of traditional animation.

The Art of The Princess and the Frog is filled character designs, background art and storyboards. The art is unmistakeably Disney-style -- the caricature style of characters, stylized set designs and lush colours. The story is set in New Orleans and there are plenty of background paintings in different moods. The characters are lively and backgrounds beautiful.

The team of contributing artists is impressive. There are new artists as well as familiar names. It's impossible to name all but those whose name keep appearing are Rik Maki, Armand Baltazar, Bill Schwab, James Aaron Finch (production designer), Ian Gooding (art director), Sue Nichols, Mark Henn, Chris Appelhans, Kevin Gollaher and many more.

The artists and staff contribute numerous interesting quotes. They talk about the creative process, characters, the set and a bit on the story. There are stuff like what they did or where they went for research, inspiration and influence from older classic animated films. All interesting and insightful to read.

This book a refreshing and welcome look back at traditional art, after being exposed to so much digital animation. Old school still has its distinct charm.

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Welcome back Disney!
Welcome back Disney!


The book is a great companion to the new 2D flick "The Princess and the Frog". The book is full of character designs and preproduction artwork with comments from the essential creative people. My only gripe is that for a reboot of 2d animation I was expecting more artwork and more material ie model sheets of the characters and voice artist write ups. minus this, I still found the book enjoyable and a keeper to anyone who is a fan of animation or art in general.