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I have just read the Art of Dragons 2, and it was fabulous!! The character designs and landscapes are more amazing than the first book, and makes me really excited about seeing it all in the film. To be honest, it really wasn't spoilerly. It was more about the production of the film, and doesn't talk about the very ending at all. It does hint at a conflict Hiccup and Toothless will have, but what that is exactly is, I still don't know. Besides that, I think it's ok to read the book now.

What's your opinion of the book? What is your favorite picture in it? Which character has the best character design? Are there some designs you wished they went with instead? I'd love to know your opinions on it.

MissunyNightFury

26 May 2014, 00:04

I have just read the Art of Dragons 2, and it was fabulous!! The character designs and landscapes are more amazing than the first book, and makes me really excited about seeing it all in the film. To be honest, it really wasn't spoilerly. It was more about the production of the film, and doesn't talk about the very ending at all. It does hint at a conflict Hiccup and Toothless will have, but what that is exactly is, I still don't know. Besides that, I think it's ok to read the book now.

What's your opinion of the book? What is your favorite picture in it? Which character has the best character design? Are there some designs you wished they went with instead? I'd love to know your opinions on it.

hey i got the book the day it was released but i havent really taken too good a look because i want to be visually surprised at what i see! but i did look at character designs ( i always love nico marlet's work) and dean is such a good artist i didnt even know it!! i knew he had designed toothless and nico design all the other dragons , but i feel like in this book we got a more indepth look into deans drawings of toothless.

Sorry this is kind of off topic but, can someone get me a higher resolution image/scan of the page show below?

Thanks!

Fawnduu

26 May 2014, 01:45

MissunyNightFury

26 May 2014, 00:04

I have just read the Art of Dragons 2, and it was fabulous!! The character designs and landscapes are more amazing than the first book, and makes me really excited about seeing it all in the film. To be honest, it really wasn't spoilerly. It was more about the production of the film, and doesn't talk about the very ending at all. It does hint at a conflict Hiccup and Toothless will have, but what that is exactly is, I still don't know. Besides that, I think it's ok to read the book now.

What's your opinion of the book? What is your favorite picture in it? Which character has the best character design? Are there some designs you wished they went with instead? I'd love to know your opinions on it.

hey i got the book the day it was released but i havent really taken too good a look because i want to be visually surprised at what i see! but i did look at character designs ( i always love nico marlet's work) and dean is such a good artist i didnt even know it!! i knew he had designed toothless and nico design all the other dragons , but i feel like in this book we got a more indepth look into deans drawings of toothless.

I agree, I had no idea he could draw. I was really looking forward to seeing Nico Marlet's work, and I was not disappointed!

AndyMay

26 May 2014, 11:44

Sorry this is kind of off topic but, can someone get me a higher resolution image/scan of the page show below?

Thanks!

http://media.tumblr.com/0814be21df18e2d ... 8_1280.jpg
http://media.tumblr.com/0ebe5b4c9bed1bd ... 7_1280.jpg

Thanks very much!

Not enough character designs (early concept art) and no where near enough info on some of the characters. Still slightly bitter about that but whatever...

HideousZippleback

27 May 2014, 19:45

Not enough character designs (early concept art) and no where near enough info on some of the characters. Still slightly bitter about that but whatever...

I do wish there was more earlier character designs, but for whatever reason they didn't include them. They did the same thing with the first book. I like that the pictures are much bigger, so that way you can really study them.

As for the info on them, I think they did that on purpose. They probably wanted to let you form your own opinions on them when the film comes out. I was disappointed that they didn't really tell you where they got the idea of aging the characters or how they came up with the new ones. This one focused much more on the animation than anything else.