Walt Disney Sketchbooks Series books?

[MaskedMagician]

is this a really potent medium/ book of imparting animation information the world has ever known? In other words is anyone familiar with these sketchbooks? I have heard they can lull you with pretty pictures--nut thats all i know about them --printed as if Ollie Johnston and others sketched right on the page --

Here is the link to the Walt Disney Sketchbook series
On EBAY

Enter : Walt Disney Sketchbook Series

Let me know if you have any more info on them and if they are worth it


Best

[lavallelee]

From what I have read online, they are going to be doing a series of new sketchbooks.

http://www.amazon.com/Disney-Sketchbook-Animators/dp/1423107632/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1267647079&sr=8-1

[MaskedMagician]

No these are from 1997 --collector items

they were released long ago --on ebay they go for 1000.00 a pop
thanks

You must look for them Under the title : Walt Disney Sketchbook Series --
Walt Disney Sketchbook Series for Sleeping Beauty
Walt Disney Sketchbook Series for Peter Pan
Walt Disney Sketchbook Series for Little Mermaid ( eckkk )
Walt Disney Sketchbook Series for Bambi

Link for ebay
http://shop.ebay.com/?_from=R40&_trksid=p4712.m38.l1313&_nkw=walt+disney+sketchbook+series&_sacat=See-All-Categories

[lavallelee]

yikes, that is a bit expensive

maybe these new books disney is releasing will have all those sketches too

[joedorsey]

Here are some better pricing for some of the sketchbooks. Though some are still pretty high.


Snow White And The Seven Dwarves (http://www.alibris.com/search/books/qwork/9023256/used/Walt%20Disneys%20Sketch-Book%20of%20Snow%20White)
Bambi (http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/0786863021?ie=UTF8&condition=all)
Lady And The Tramp (http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/1557093466?ie=UTF8&condition=all)
Peter Pan
(http://www.biggerbooks.com/bk_detail.aspx?isbn=9781557093455)
Sleeping Beauty (http://product.half.ebay.com/_W0QQprZ302073QQcpidZ430016)
Little Mermaid (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/stores/offering/list/-/155709344X/all)


I would love to get this book if I had the money. Albert Hurter designed characters at Disney back in the golden age. Ralph Bakshi highly recommends this one.

He Drew As He Pleased: A Sketchbook By Albert Hurter (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/stores/offering/list/-/B0007ECTPI/all)

[MaskedMagician]

Thanks for the reply --but if you'll notice they are not (Pan and Beauty) available anymore which is why they are pricey ( sealed) and pricey even unsealed.

No worries I would not dish out that kind of quid for original drawing either (its like the artistic equivelant of spending money for "guichi bag" --they sell like hotcakes but useless as nutrition --besides i can find roughs on the internet on some phosphorodots blog "out there" -- (Although i would like to see what the content is about -peter pan roughs and sleeping beauty roughs from Milt Kahl and others) --

-None of us is safe all snuggled down in front of the internet "tube" (substitute for the tele) I believe all we are really seeing is shadow play -- They've lulled me --with not showing me anything! I guess i ought to be frightened...

best---thanks

[zanekohler]

I have the Bambi one. It is pretty cool. It is the least expensive of all... so not sure if that means the others are way better. I don't know if I can say it was worth the cost.

Honestly I would recommend the new Disney Archive series. Both Story (http://www.amazon.com/Walt-Disney-Animation-Studios-Archive/dp/1423107233/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1267652378&sr=8-2) and Animation (http://www.amazon.com/Animation-Walt-Disney-Studios-Archive/dp/1423117166/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1267652378&sr=8-1) are great.

I have a mini review of the story one here. (http://zanekohler.squarespace.com/all-animationblog/2009/2/17/disneys-the-archive-series-story-book.html)

I never got around to typing up an Animation book review. I do think I favor it a bit more to the story, but both are great to have.

[OwenWelsh]

I have the Bambi sketch book from 1997. Its great. I would love to get my hands on the Sleeping Beauty one.

[jeremyfries]

I just got finished with a local library copy of the Bambi one. I LOVED it! Really great reference if you want to learn to draw the characters. I'd like my own copy now....

[lavallelee]

Sad thing about these, is that the prices will go up, unless Disney decides to re-release them. Am i right?

They are all around 100 pages each. Not bad.

[zanekohler]

Sad thing about these, is that the prices will go up, unless Disney decides to re-release them. Am i right?

They are all around 100 pages each. Not bad.

I would say yes. Most of them the prices have gone up since I first discovered them. But for some reason the Bambi stayed the same since I got mine a some years back. The only thing I can think of is they made more of that one?