I should present this book with a few thoughts on the film it helped create.  Hotel Transylvania painted a fun picture about creatures that go bump and their favorite vacation spots.  It takes playful liberties with many of histories most notorious monster legends and smashes them all together in a single estate with very busy zombies carting luggage accompanied by witches cleaning up after their mess.  Dracula, being the host, has an eventful evening on an emotional roller coaster while trying to throw his 118yr old daughter the very best birthday party ever while also trying to deny his darling is growing up. Throw in a boy her age and BAM!  We have a story.  Perfectly crafted for a whole family, it’s sure to bring parents and their broods closer together.

The Art and Making of Hotel Transylvania gives great insight from the production design aspect of the film.  Director Genndy Tartakovsky(Dexter’s Lab, PowerPuff Girls, Samurai Jack, Star Wars: Clone Wars) exercises incontrovertible logic in his selection of character concepts and their course throughout the plot.  Between such expert insight and marvelously packaged walk-throughs from concept sketches to finished models, this book is sure to interest graphic design Nerds and anyone else engaged by the film.

All of us here at SWN would like to thank Titan Books (HERE for their website and HERE for their Facebook page) for letting us review The Art and Making of Hotel Transylvania. If you’re interested in the book HERE is a direct link to buy it.

Written by

Daynger

During my incubation period, the world could barely withstand the strain as it shook with anticipation. My arrival was met with devastation to Mexico and Argentina via earthquake, Canada was ripped through by a swarm of tornadoes, and Hurricane Gloria mangled the east coast of North America. It was as though the elements were sounding the arrival of their king with all the vigor they could muster. Pleased to meet you, won't you guess my name?