The Art of How to Train Your Dragon

This official illustrated tie-in book showcases over 350 spectacular images from the DreamWorks Animation feature film, based on Cressida Cowell"s popular children"s book.

The Art of How to Train Your Dragon is a spectacularly designed, full-color insider"s guide to the creative process that went into turning Cressida Cowell"s popular book into a feature-length, animated film. Featuring more than 350 pieces of development artwork, including early character designs, story sketches, and concept paintings never before released by the studio, the book provides an in-depth look at the process involved in bringing mythical Dragon and Viking worlds to life.

In addition to the original artwork, The Art of How to Train Your Dragon 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 *exclusive preface by Cressida Cowell and foreword by Craig Ferguson.

THE STORY
How to Train Your Dragon is the story of a scrawny teenaged Viking, Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third, who lives on the island of Berk in the North Sea. Hiccup is a member of a Viking tribe and wants to make his father, the chief, proud of him. Entering dragon training, Hiccup has a chance to prove his worthiness to his tribe and father. But then, in a world where Dragons and Vikings do not coexist peacefully, Hiccup encounters and ultimately befriends an injured dragon, at which point his world is turned upside down. .