My Little Pony: The Art of Equestria
| My Little Pony: The Art of Equestria | |
|---|---|
| Friendship is Magic publication | |
| Credits | |
| Author | Mary Jane Begin |
| Artist | Various |
My Little Pony: The Art of Equestria is an art book published by Abrams in 2013. It contains several interviews and behind-the-scenes accounts of the art design and production of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. Many of the contents of the books revolve around an interview with Matt Mattus and several members of DHX Media and Hasbro.
Contents
Opening
- Map of Equestria by Phil Caesar
- Foreword by Jayson Thiessen
- Introduction by Mary Jane Begin
Pony Evolution
- Child of the '80s
Article by Mary Jane Begin. Features full-spread artwork from Generation 1 and packaging art from Generations 1, 3, 3.5 and 4. The article skips over Generation 2, likely due to its failure in the states. No artist is credited.
- Dawn of Equestria
Features snippets of the interview with Mattus, featuring artwork of Applejack by Lauren Faust. Mattus discusses how the talented writers and animators helped make the show so successful with not just little girls, but people of all ages and all genders.
- Early Development Art
More interview with Mattus, discussing how Lauren Faust made the world so realized, down to how ponies eat or travel. Features several more early sketches of the core cast, side characters and background characters.
- Sparks of Magic, an Interview with Lauren Faust
In this interview, Faust discusses her early influences such as fantasy novels, Disney, comic books and cartoons in general. She mentions how she wanted to be a biologist too, but picked animator as her dream job, her early days as an amateur doll designer, all the materials she used to draw and more. Features several pieces of concept art on nearly every character of the first season.
Contributors
Writers and interviewees
- Jayson Thiessen
- Mary Jane Begin
- Matt Mattus
- Lauren Faust
- Jim Miller
- Rebecca Dart
- Beth Love
- Phil Caesar
- Devon Cody
- Lesley Crawford
- Timothy Packford
Illustrators and designers
- Lauren Faust
- Paul Ruddish
- Jim Miller
- Rebecca Dart
- Phil Caesar
- Sabrina Alberghetti
- Andy Bartlett
- Johnny Castuciano
- Tony Cliff
- Steven Garcia
- Sherann Johnson
- Tom Sales
- Steve Sanderson
- Scott Underwood
- Mike West
- David Wiebe
- Wes Jones
- Lexi P
- Heidi Ruff
- Paige Cicione
- PixelKitties
- Eriphyle
- Eric Omega
- Chris Farmer
- Anjilla
- Necro Balam
- Lauren Magpie
- Danny Haas
- N. C. Kasnia
- Sam A. Sanchez
- Valerie LeMaster
- Scotty Arsenaut
- Cari Corene
- Carmen Limon
- Ruben
- aJVL
- kevinsano
- Lukas Haag
- Janet Gilbert
- Hannah de Spon
- Guy Brand
- Jessica Del Pino
- Beth Love
Photographers
Notes
- Book acknowledges the rarely credited artists Dave Dunnet, Martin Ansolabehere, Paul Rudish and Lynne Naylor for their work on the series.
