The Art Of DreamWorks Turbo

With such titles as “Shrek”, “How to Train Your Dragon” and “Kung Fu Panda”, Dreamworks Animation has become known for their quality and their creativity. “Turbo” is no different — I enjoyed the film, but I was most impressed by the quality of the animation and the design. The characters designs are incredible; in particular, the design of each snail reflects its personality. The environments are very detailed and the color palette of the film is extremely appealing.

This book does a great job detailing the design process, with plenty of concept art and design sketches. Some of the sketches are black & white, while others are in full color. I love both, but in this case you really get a sense of just how important color is when it comes to defining a character as well as impacting the overall tone of the film. This is a must-own book for those looking to work in film or animation.

Bellissimo libro che racconta (in inglese) la costruzione del cartone animato …dalla creazione dei singoli personaggi alle ambientazioni con bellissime tavole illustrate, bozzetti e schizzi in acquerello!
Consiglio a chi ama cimentarsi dietro le quinte dei cartoni animati più amati da grandi e piccini!

I wasn’t expecting much from an art book based on a movie whose main character is a snail. Surprisingly, the art book is quite good. Dreamworks is the company putting out the film Turbo after all.

The snails’ character designs are cute. The artists have removed the slime and drawn them in different colours and shapes. They have lots of interesting shells too. The best and funny ones are from the racing snails who have racing engine shells. Glossy shells with exhaust pipes that discharge flames. Another one carries around a dead bumble bee. Nice. There are a few simple human character designs as well. Character designers are Shannon Tindle, Sylvian Deboissy, Takao Noguchi among others.

The scene paintings are beautiful. The composition and the colours are really nice. Some of them are painted by Dominique R. Louis and Mike Hernandez. They are great with light and colours.

The storyboards from Macros Mateu-Mestre look fantastic. Just simple grayscale but effective storyboards with good composition that you can blow them up to any size and they will still look great.

I love the Tacos shop designs also. While heavily stylised, they still look so believable like customers have been eating there for a long time. Then there are the designs for the race track and some of the F1-like racing cars.

There’s plenty of commentary from the staff, and a funny foreword by Ryan Renolds who presented himself as an animation noob in front of Jeffrey Katzenberg.

Like I said, surprisingly good art book with a snail on the cover.

(There are more pictures of the book on my blog. Just visit my Amazon profile for the link.)

Beau livre. Il prends tout son sens en voyant le film afin de réaliser le travail effectué par les équipes de Dreamworks. Excelent!

This book turned out to be a bit of a dark horse for me: I hadn’t seen or even heard of the movie, hadn’t watched any book flip-through videos, but I was drawn to the character’s determination on the cover and the book price. So, I found a former library book , took a chance and… didn’t regret it.

★★★★★ The introduction by Ryan Reynolds is really funny and engaging. Sometimes publishers use big names just for show, but that’s not the case here.
★★★★★ The characters and the concept of racing snails are fantastic. Each racer even has a unique, cool logo, which adds to their charm.
★★★☆☆ The environments, locations, and props are fine, but nothing particularly striking. What did stand out for me was the technique used to depict the massive, unique crowds at the racing stadium, as well as the technology that allowed the artists to stretch the snails for animation.
★★★☆☆ The text is readable and not too long, but it’s not especially interesting or captivating.
★★★★☆ The book’s design, layout, jacket, and format follow the classic art-of-book style, which works well.
★★★★☆ Price-quality ratio: really good for what you get. The current price options make it a great value.

No need for lengthy conclusions: just count up the stars, check out the artwork, compare the price, and decide whether you’re ready to speed off with these turbo snails or take a pit stop.

I never disappoint this art of Dreamwork’s book compare to pixar. reveal many useful information not only character’s but also environment, lighting and so on..always trust book’s qaulity this makes me looking forward to watch movie soon.