Imagine if one sketchbook had been passed down through the decades from one Disney artist to the next, with each one making a contribution before leaving it in the talented hands of another. That idea was the inspiration for<i style="">The Art of Disney's Dragons</i>. The drawings contained within this volume represent the entire range of dragon-themed development art from animators, live-action studio artists, and Imagineers. Inside find playful pencil studies of Mushu; color concepts on Figment (who was green before he became purple!); bold pencil layouts on Maleficent, and the latest character explorations of Elliot from the new Spring/Summer 2016 live-action film<i style="">Pete's Dragon</i>. Tom Bancroft, often recognized in Disney circles as being lead animator on Mushu the dragon in<em>Mulan</em>, writes the book's introductory essay.