Some of the Art of the 'Coraline'

Illustrator Jon Klassen did some visual development for Coraline, and now, to the joy of preliminary art lovers everywhere, he's started posting some of the work he did on his site. It's all the joy of reading one of those fancy "The Art of [Movie Title]" books, but without the guilt of spending half-an-hour flipping through it in the back of a Barnes & Noble knowing full well you'd never purchase it.
So, you know how Robert Downey Jr. is voicing a computer-animated version of time-traveling genius dog Mr. Peabody? Well, here's a first look at concept art of the mutt, showing how cute and marketable they're going to make him. Does DreamWorks not realize that his dead, beady ... / Continue →
Possibly because it too closely resembled the upcoming animated films Rio and Alpha and Omega--possibly because it basically sounds like every romantic comedy ever, only with lizards--Pixar's Newt and its "last remaining pair of rare newts hate each other but must mate to repop... / Continue →
Hey, guys, check out all this concept art this guy did for The Fantastic Mr. Fox. It's like seeing the movie again, only this time there's no sound and the entire film consists of only 20 hand-drawn images, and you're 10 pounds heavier because you suddenly gave up entirely some... / Continue →

