My Little Pony: The Art of Equestria: Difference between revisions

(Created page with "'''''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''. ==Contributors== {{Section stub}} '''Writers and interviewees''' * Jayson Thiessen * Mary Jane Begin * Matt Mattus * Lauren Faust * Jim Miller * Rebecca Dart * Beth Love * Phil Caesar * Devon Cody...")
 
 
(3 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown)
Line 1:
{{Book|series = FIM
'''''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]]''.
|image =
|prev =
|next =
|isbn =
|date =
|author = [[Mary Jane Begin]]
|artist = Various
|editor =
|publisher = [[Abrams]]
}}
'''''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 {{FIM|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==
Line 22 ⟶ 52:
* 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]]
Line 46 ⟶ 87:
* [[Janet Gilbert]]
* [[Hannah de Spon]]
 
'''[[Hasbro Studios]]'''
* [[Daniel Barnes]]
* [[Mikiel Houser]]
* [[Brian Lenard]]
* [[Kathy Page]]
* [[Melissa Scott]]
 
'''[[Hasbro Publishing]]'''
* [[Heather Hopkins]]
* [[Michael Kelly]]
* [[Edmund Lane]]
* [[Marissa Mansolilo]]
 
'''[[Hasbro]]'''
* [[Nancy Braga]]
* [[David Dubosky]]
* [[Michael Fater]]
* [[Pat Jarret]]
* [[Laura Rodzinak]]
 
'''[[WeLoveFine]]'''
* [[Guy Brand]]
* [[Jessica Del Pino]]
* Beth Love
 
'''Photographers'''
* [[Manny Correia]]
 
==Notes==
* Book acknowledges the rarely credited artists [[Dave Dunnet]], [[Martin Ansolabehere]], [[Paul Rudish]] and [[Lynne Naylor]] for their work on the series.
 
==External links==
 
==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Friendship is Magic publications]]
[[Category:Art books]]
[[Category:2013 releases]]