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Art Books (art of x, etc)
Inkyblots
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I have an addiction to buying these crazy, sometimes crazy expensive gaming/animation art books. After recently playing Okami, I've got my eyes set on the Complete Works off of the Capcom store. Other books that have caught my interest are the FFIX art book, Mulan, Hunchback of Notre dame can be gotten pretty cheap on amazon so I'm aiming for those also.
I'm not asking where to find them, I've got that pretty much covered. What I'm wondering is if anyone shares this hobby/problem and can recommend any books they have gotten and are fond of. So far I've only gotten the Guild Wars 2 book off the PA store, which is awesome but I've had it for quite awhile and I'm itching for a new book to look through.
Thanks in advance!
I'm not asking where to find them, I've got that pretty much covered. What I'm wondering is if anyone shares this hobby/problem and can recommend any books they have gotten and are fond of. So far I've only gotten the Guild Wars 2 book off the PA store, which is awesome but I've had it for quite awhile and I'm itching for a new book to look through.
Thanks in advance!
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http://www.ballisticpublishing.com/books/uncharted2/
And they do exactly the same thing for God of War 3.
http://www.ballisticpublishing.com/books/theartofthegame/godofwar3/showcase.php
Man, Ballistic is such a rip-off.
The Cinematic Art of Wrath of the Lich King (Basically a case study for the WotLK opening cinematic. It's pretty cool, but there are three themes: undead, dragons, and ice.)
The Art of Toy Story 3. This one has beautiful, beautiful colour and mood boards. It's so much better than the other Pixar art books I have.
The Art of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. Pretty cool. I've looked at it too long though, so I can't give a good opinion on it.
My favourite though is a comic book cover book - and I'm not a comic book fan at all. It's The Cover art of Marko Djurdjevic. Amazing cover artist. Suggest you check it out.
CCAD also has some nice student thesis books out. I think one is Alien Race? It's pure conceptual stuff.
Great suggestions man, ton of thanks.
You may also consider just straight up art books, because while it is impressive what goes into the production of these films and games...the shit old masters is more so.
Also any of the Pixar art books are...awesome, I have borrowed the Art of the Incredibles, Up and Wall-e everyone an awesome read.
and even if our not into it the Udon books from street fighter are so, so, so, well done.
I saw a book for half life 2 That I was dying to get.
Ashley woods has some sweet books, if you like painterly stuff, ladies with robots, or Metal Gear Solid.
http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/3959680?shelf=art
The MegaMan Zero Art Book is my most recent addition. Very detailed artwork from all 4 games.
Raising The Bar is pretty much a must read if you enjoy the Half-Life series. Concept Art (Ivan the Space Biker comes to mind), story elements that came and went, and lots of general information.
Game of Thrones is less an art book and more rules for the d20 game, but it contains a number of decent-to-excellent art pieces, and is otherwise fairly involved in fleshing out the world of Westeros.
This book is apparently really good, and has a lot of in depth things.
I really want the Bioshock books but they are, as with the UC2 and GoW3 books, crazy expensive.
Thanks for all the suggestions, definitely updating my amazon wish list after this.
http://www.amazon.com/Art-Mass-Effect-Dan-Birlew/dp/0761558519/
i managed to get it last year back when it was under $30, but after the second game was released it appreciated quite a bit.
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Oh man this is by the person that does all the video reviews on amazon! And it seems he goes a little more in depth on this website, excellent.
Came in here just to post that. The only reason I bought the strat guide was for that book, and it was completely worth it.
I'm not real crazy on collecting artbooks, but every so often I find one I just have to have or a series comes along that I love the style of and really grabs me. M:TG's art really grabbed me as a kid, and I bought one or two of the books that reprinted collections of art from groups of sets.
I will warn you, your credit card will be taxed. You'll be rethinking your 80 dollar imported japanese art books next month as you look at your bill.