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The Art of Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace

Jonathan Bresman

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Summary

Jonathan Bresman presents the design work for The Phantom Menace through concept illustrations, sequential art and finished paintings. The book follows the development of characters, vehicles and settings, shows artists at work, and includes poster art.

  • SourceDel Rey — publisher description held by Library of Congress · Explicit publisher-provided data: concept illustrations/sequential art/paintings; traditional and high-tech media; artists at work; action sequences and visual development of characters, environments and ships; poster art.
  • SourceOriginal library MARC record — art1 · Byte range 36849922–36850933; cached art1-original.mrc and art1-original-marc.txt; 245: written by Jonathan Bresman; 250 first edition; 260 Del Rey 1999; 020 ISBN 0345431081; 500 Lucas books.

Why read it Our view

Use the early and finished images to study how design teams develop a shared visual direction and revise ideas before release.

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  • George LucasProduction-history subject
    Bresman documents the art and design of Lucas’s film. The checked catalog credits Bresman as the writer; this link makes no Lucas authorship claim.
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