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By Alex Hirsch, Rob Renzetti, James Baxter AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Take a road trip . . . back to where it all started. For years, the true origins of Gravity Falls have been hidden under lock and key. Now, series creator Alex Hirsch and producer Rob Renzetti crack open the vault, revealing the definitive visual history of the hit animated series in this stunning collection of over 2,000 pieces of artwork and artist commentary. Ten years after the finale to the beloved series comes the highly anticipated deluxe art book that belongs on every fan’s shelf. Illustrated with beautiful visuals from the show’s development, including never-before-seen concept art, character sketches, storyboards, color scripts, and stories with the production team, The Art of Gravity Falls draws back the curtain on the artistic process behind Disney’s award-winning animated series Gravity Falls . In The Art of Gravity Falls , fans will find insights into the show’s artistic development. Series creator Alex Hirsch shares with producer Rob Renzetti in his own words everything fans want to know about the hit animated series, from technical behind-the-scenes details to the first inklings of the characters and world, lost episode ideas, cut jokes, deviously hidden easter eggs, and much, much more! This definitive oversized full-color art book features a die-cut foldout case, a gatefold showcasing every single one of Mabel’s iconic sweaters, and hundreds of rare, never-before-revealed elements, including: The complete series bible Pilot development notes A collection of scrapped characters Exploration of the writing process and series plotting across the two seasons, including an “episode graveyard” of cut ideas More than fifty behind-the-scenes photographs from Alex Hirsch’s collection, including photos from the team at work at the studio and inspiration from his childhood Original concept art showing the character design evolutions of Dipper, Mabel, Wendy, Soos, and Grunkle Stan…