Adventure Time: The Art of Ooo

I own many art books. I'm an artist and an animator by trade, so I favor those sorts of art books. There will be days where I sit in my living room, a stack of them all around me, and I'll read through them for hours. So I knew, as a fan of the show's background designs specifically, that I needed to add Adventure Time: The Art of Ooo to my collection as soon as I heard of its release. I was not disappointed. In fact, The Art of Ooo has changed my expectations for art books. This book is special. It's the book I recommend to those aspiring toward an animation career regardless on if they've seen Adventure Time or not. This book is THOROUGH; it is so much more than a collection of beautiful illustrations. You get the show's origin story. You learn about the team behind the Adventure Time universe. You glimpse their studio process, their pitch bible, and even the art tests they send to prospective new recruits. I learned so much from this book. I'm STILL learning so much from this book. The Art of Ooo is huge. You won't be carrying this book with you on the train to read during your commute -- heck, it's difficult enough reading it before bed! The book is heavy, but it's overflowing with excellent information and amazing artwork. Out of my entire collection, this art book is my favorite. It'll surely become yours, too!

My book was damaged. The front of the cover was torn at the bottom. The packaging was intact. Lame. The book is great though. Pretty much everything you could want to know or see about Adventure Time is here. I especially liked all of the sketches and how it included the rejected drawings and the accepted ones. It's pretty fun to imagine Finn carrying one of the reject swords or all of Marcy's outfit concepts and hair styles that we never saw. Lots of fun. There's a lot of art that you just never see in the show. It also features a lot of still by still images of some of the best scenes artistically. Like Jake stretching his body through a mesh wall. I especially like the art from the earlier episodes. You can see how it was more similar to your standard, kind of raunchy modern Cartoon Network show, and then slowly evolved into its own little universe and totally changed with time.

This book is HUGE. I mean I didn't expect it to be such a large book, and it's filled with pages upon pages of amazing art, and is a great investment for anyone of any age. I'm 21, and my father who is in his 50's also enjoys this book not only for the art but the in-depth look into the process, story boarding, character design, animation, everything. It. Is. Worth. IT. Love this book, deeply.

Beautiful. I love this book. As a graphic designer and professional illustrator, I appreciate the artwork, story-telling and white space that compose the design of the publication itself. Beyond the design, the content is great, interesting, and easy to follow. It is a great coffee table book to just pick up a few times a week and read a small section. So fun for creatives, artists, animation enthusiasts, and accountants (my husband is a CPA, bought it for me)!

This TV Show means so much to me. There is so much information and quality art! I love seeing the details behind the scenes -- like storyboarding out visual effects (like Marceline transforming) and style guides for characters and environments. This information is priceless, especially if you want to work in animation. Plus, it is cool to read all about the world that is so intricately and masterfully created. I will treasure this book my whole life.

The product was shipped fast and well protected. I'm so happy to have this book in my collection finally and to look into the making of one of my favorite shows. The bookcover a bit bumped but that's what its job is, other than that the book is in perfect condition ~ ! Wonderful Buy~!

A high-quality book printed in the vibrant colors that make the show so visually engaging. Aside from the history of the show (how the show made its way onto the Cartoon Network), the creative process, and background info about the major characters (as well as cursory information about the minor ones), the book includes the drawing guide and interview "audition" given to the illustrators - so if you want to create your own fan art, you have the basics. If you are a fan of the show, this really is a "must have." And I don't say this very often.

I bought this without reading the description perhaps as well as I should have, and it has just blown my expectations out of the water. I don't like to overhype items and get expectations up, but this book really is one of the best purchases I've made in a long while. The quality is through the roof, and everything from the art itself to the behind-the-scenes and production information is just 10/10.