I was enjoying the book when I felt something wrong. The pages came off the spine. Now, they are hanging by the threads that hold the pages together. I don't know if it's just my copy or the printing batch.
Anyway, if you're getting this book in Europe, it's distributed by Titan Books. Not sure about the binding quality for that. Prices are slightly different.
Luckily, the content is pretty good. The concept art are very beautiful. The artists really nailed the character designs. They look quirky and wacky, and have a great sense of personality, judging from their looks to posture to attire. The harsh desert environment sure is unkind to them. You can almost feel the dryness of their skin, or even sand in their hair. Most of them are designed by production designer Crash McCreery.
There aren't a lot environment art besides the towns and buildings. Other images included are some storyboards and film stills.
The film is made by Blind Wink Productions and Industrial Light & Magic. There's a good amount of commentary on the characters, design concepts and the experiences of working on a full length animation - a first for both the director Gore Verbinski's production studio and ILM.
The book is enjoyable to read with the great art and stories but the binding is a letdown.
Wonderful Rango sketch from Head of Story Jim Byrkit
The cast of desert critters
Adam Cramer working on the sculpts
More Rango sketches from Jim Byrkit and Crash McCreery
Roadkill (name of this character) is hilarious
They should make a video game out of these characters, something along the line of Red Dead Redemption.
Not much environment art except for the buildings.
The film stills look great.
Storyboards from Jim Brykit and Josh Davies
The unfortunately binding
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9 Comments
too bad about the binding....
Submitted by Rui on
too bad about the binding.... I may have to wait until this is a Bargain buy.
:(
wow, that binding is really
Submitted by Anonymous on
wow, that binding is really bad-> they really should consider recallinng the book.
can´t imagine that´s the kind of quality standart they want to communicate.
Hi Parka, wasn't able to put
Submitted by Melody Kitn on
Hi Parka, wasn't able to put up my part and probably won't till the weekend (darn work), but it looks like the content is the same. My binding looks reliable, but I'll have to double check on that one.
Nice! RANGO is now my
Submitted by FAUNA on
Nice! RANGO is now my favorite CGI film besides LEGEND OF THE GUARDIANS & WALL-E. Everything about the movie is beyond exceptional, especially the art direction (with lots of incredibly artistic scenes that strike an emotional nerve, which is rare for an animation). I'll be adding this to my collection...
Hmm.. I do wonder how the
Submitted by Farron on
Hmm.. I do wonder how the Titan Books edition compares.
Anyway, with regards to the comment about them making a video game with the characters.. well they have! :) Here is one review of it already:
http://gamespot.com/xbox360/action/rangothevideogame/review.html
I've been informed by the
Submitted by Teoh Yi Chie on
I've been informed by the publicist from Insight Editions that the two editions are actually both published by Insight Editions. It's just that Titan Books are distributing it in UK and Europe.
The binding for the Titan Books one looks alright.
Mine could be an isolated case of a bad printing batch.
Hi, I just got the Titan
Submitted by Anonymous on
Hi,
I just got the Titan edition (Amazon.co.uk) and the binding is ok there, at least after three runs through the book.
how many pages does this have
Submitted by sujit on
how many pages does this have and if i where to buy any one of these which one would you recommend in the decreasing order?
rango,tangled,ratatouille,how to train you dragon......please do reply fast :) btw thanks for doing so much work for us....its so helpful in making a decision
@sujit
Submitted by Teoh Yi Chie on
@sujit
My personal preference would be
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