So, I'm not a Korra fan. I LOVE Avatar: the Last Airbender, but I think The Legend of Korra was horrible in comparison for many reasons, from the protagonist to the plot... This book was mediocre--a cool look at the animation process, but since I really don't care for the story, it was meh. Definitely not as cool as The Art of the Animated Series book about ATLA.

I love Korra more than I ought to. I really hope they find something for Bolin to do other than be the 'funny one' and that the pacing evens out as the series carries on, but it truly is a wonderful series and a worthy continuation to the franchise.So having any insight into the design and production of the series is just amazing. There are watercolours of locations i want to have hanging on my wall so very badly right now thanks to this book.The other neat thing is that after the preamble the m...

I did do work on this book, years and years before actually watching the series (something I just corrected a few weeks ago). This is perhaps the very best of the art books associated with the show - featuring gorgeous background painting, excellent character design process illustrations, and plenty of engaging commentary from DiMartino, Koneizko, and Dos Santos (or "2-cents", as he signs his artworks), and I wish that books two and three were as accomplished. But that's info for a different rev...

Beautiful book which gives insights into the creation of the animated series The Legend of Korra. I love all the background paintings done mainly by two artists. The characters and vehicles are done by a much larger group of people.It's really an amazing collaborative art project by so many people with different strengths put to their best uses. Very cool.

Here's the great thing about this book. After you read either this one or Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Art of the Animated Series you can't help but fall further in love. I wish anyone would pick this up and dive into this world. For fans it's exactly what we love. For the freshly acquainted it's a piece of the sweetest pie. For the rest of the world. It's time to take a look and enjoy. Bryke 4 life.

Really quite a beautiful book. And the painted backgrounds for the show are breathtaking.

After a rewatch of book 3, I want this more than ever

I absolutely fell in love with The Legend of Korra when I watched the show, and I really like how despite being in the Avatar The Last Airbender universe it is still unique and different. In ATLA the settings revolve around around mostly nature or villages/cities that have various types of traditional Asian architecture. Although the art style is the same in LOK it was great to see the style in a more modern setting that is different from the original saw. The creators and the artists got to unl...

The artwork in Korra, although visually stunning, is not really my cup of tea. Maybe in later books, yeah, but book 1 has a lot of Capital City and I'm not fond of 20s style steampunk so this book's strong points for me are the character design and explanations we get from the team on how they got to where they are.

I absolutely loved Avatar: The Last Airbender. It was such a unique show. We won't mention the movie. The Legend of Korra has continued that uniqueness. It takes place in the same world, but so much has changed. I love seeing actual progression in a fantasy world. Usually a fantasy world is stable for decades or even sometimes centuries. Progress has come to the world of the Avatar. Mechanical contraptions begin to appear for a not quite steampunk kind of feel.This book shows the art progression...

I think it's appropriate for me to start this review by saying that I'm a huge fan of "Avatar the Last Airbender", as well as its subsequent spin off series, "The Legend of Korra." So earlier this year when I was accepted to read a galley containing this very rare look at the behind the scenes of the show and collective art development, I jumped for joy. This is a stunning collection of reflections, backdrops, character designs and examinations of the art behind the first season of the show. I l...

Kinda glad I got this from the library rather than buying it. I recently finished a rewatch of the series, which affirmed my original opinion: while Asami will always be a huge favorite, and there are certainly important groundbreaking aspects to it, the series as a whole is a like, not love. Visually, the first season was actually the most stunning to me, but the artbook doesn't reflect that very well. I think that's because most of what's impressive about the initial season (or Book One, as it...

The "Legend of Korra" art books are great coffee-table compendiums of Avatar lore and art. Unlike the art book for "Avatar: The Last Airbender," each season here gets its own book, which means you can dig deep into the minutiae of every single setting and every character... yes, we're including ever single non-speaking extra designed for the show.Is it excessive? Yes. Is it perhaps more than we needed? Also yes. Is it cool, and gorgeous, and a testament to how much the art design for "Korra" (an...

2020.05.16–2020.05.17ContentsDiMartino MD, Konietzko B, & Dos Santos J (2013) Legend of Korra, The - The Art of the Animated Series Book One - AirIntroduction by Michael Dante DiMartinoIntroduction by Bryan Konietzko01. Early Development• Korra• Mako and Bolin• Naga• Tenzin• Asami• Lin Beifong• Amon02. Welcome to Republic City• Katara• The White Lotus• Republic City03. A Leaf in the Wind04. The Revelation05. The Voice in the Night06. The Spirit of Competition/And the Winner Is…07. The Aftermath0...

Just like the Avatar The Last Airbender: The Art of the Animated Series, this is what a companion book should be. This installment feature Art from Book One: Air. It has TONS of backstory and history from people actually involved in the making of the series. There are preliminary pencil sketches showing how the characters evolved over time and finished art which is gorgeous, especially the city designs and landscapes.

though i loved all of the stunning art and development, i wish i could read the other designers, painters, and concept artists' creation process as well. it felt like md and bk had so litte to say for such a beloved world, not to mention the weird undertones in md's captions about ki-hyun ryu's less wasternized concepts

It’s no secret that I love Avatar: The Last Airbender, so naturally I’m in love with The Legend of Korra as well. I couldn’t say no to the art book when I saw it because Korra turned out to be just as beautiful as Avatar.The book is set up according to the season’s timeline, so with each new major development a new section of art starts. If anyone is familiar with the art book for Avatar then you should find this one similar in set up and feel. It has a ton of new artwork that we as fans have ne...

amazing. fabulous. magical. the best.

3,5 actually. It's really interesting to see the character and background designs.

A really nice artbook for fans/collectors of the Avatar (Airbender/Korra) books and graphic novels. Really nice illustrations here.