The Art of Robots
On my recent trip to Vancouver , BC , one of my past students told me about an art book store, Oscars (1533 w Broadway), walking distance from VFS. They had a great animation section; the largest one I have ever seen. Well, it is not that big, but big.
I found a great book The Art of Robots (Hardcover) by Amid Amidi (Author), William Joyce (Author). I talks about the art of the CG film Robots from Blue sky. What I really liked about the book was that it showed all the material reference images with the character sheets.
I paid $16 . . . what a deal!
They still have some in stock - http://www.bookmanager.com/1181300/?q=h.ts&qs=0811845494&opt=kw