Gore Verbinski’s animated extravaganza Rango is a rather unusual piece of work. For a start, it’s not the most obvious story ever: a chameleon with an identity crisis (Depp) tries his best to save the inhabitants of a small Western town from the drought that threatens their community. Oh, and nasty beasties who want to eat them. But it’s all beautifully animated and generally spectacular looking, so when we came across these step-by-step illustrations of the film’s animation process, we thought we’d share them.

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