The Art Of Toy Story 3

When Toy Story hit theaters in 1995 it wowed audiences. Never before had a feature length computer animated movie been seen. Audiences went wild and before long the movie’s studio, Pixar, became famous all over the world. Subsequently Pixar has released a number of computer animated movies, all under the Disney banner. It wasn’t long until Pixar became part of Disney.

Toy Story opened the door for computer animated movies released over the last 15 years. But as good as some of the movies are, no one can beat Pixar Studios when it comes to concept and implementation. Pixar remains at the forefront of computer animation and with each release audiences are amazed with its technical wizardry.


The Art Of Toy Story 3 by Charles Solomon and released by Chronicle Books takes readers inside the inner workings of how the movie was created. John Lassiter provides the preface with Lee Unkrich and Daria K. Anderson collaborating on the foreword.


The book consists of pages filled with color character designs, scenery and interior designs, color and textures studies, storyboards and script refinements and alterations. Look for Marquette photos, on location study sessions and documentation of every phase of the production. It’s an insider’s look at what it take t make such an innovation and ground-breaking production. Look and enjoy!