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Book Review: The Illustrated Story of Art
The Illustrated Story of Art is a book that looks at the history of art and its evolution. It really is quite fascinating to discover the rich history, the different art movement, artists and of course...
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Book Review: CG Galaxy I: Top Chinese CG Artists and Their Works
CG Galaxy I is an artbook that features Chinese artists who are into creating concept art for games. Having said that, most of the works in the book are actually side projects of these artists. It's a...
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Book Review: Van Gogh at Work
This is the companion artbook to the exhibition Van Gogh at Work at the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, that was held on 1 May 2013 to 12 January 2014. The publisher Mercatorfonds and author/curator Marije...
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Book Review: The Amazing Spider-Man: Behind the Scenes and Beyond the Web
The first thing I want to point out is that this is more of a movie companion, a making-of book rather than an artbook. When the book was first announced, it's titled as The Amazing Spider-Man: The Art...
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Book Review: Jim Thompson: The Thai Silk Sketchbook
Jim Thompson: The Thai Silk Sketchbook is one of the earlier watercoloursketchbooks by artist Graham Byfield. This one was published in 1997. I managed to find this gem in the library by chance.The...
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Leonora Carrington
Leonora Carrington was a British-born-Mexican surrealist painter born in 1917 and had recently passed away in 2011. This 160-page hardcover published by the Irish Museum Of Modern Art. It has a...
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Book Review: Hello, New York: An Illustrated Love Letter to the Five Boroughs
Hello, New York is a charming and personal illustration book by illustrator, blogger and author Julia Rothman. I follow her work occasionally and also her book blog Book By Its Cover. This is a picture...
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High Spirits: The Comic Art of Thomas Rowlandson
Wow. Thomas Rowlandson, a cartoonist from the 18th century! He's from England and lived from 1757 to 1827. This book is really quite amazing for having more than 100 full-coloured illustrations from...
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Book Review: Marvel's Captain America: The Winter Soldier: The Art of the Movie
This is one fine artbook to accompany the second Captain America movie. It's as good as the first artbook The Art of Captain America: The First Avenger. I like both books.Captain America: The Winter...
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Book Review: William Steiger: Transport
Paintings of less is moreA fascinating and worthwhile monograph of Steiger's paintings in a handsomely produced book. I think his work is rather an acquired taste because of his sparse graphic style...
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Book Review: Darkstalkers: Official Complete Works
Thanks to Udon Entertainment for providing this early copy of Darkstalkers: Official Complete Works for review. Darkstalkers: Official Complete Works is the English edition of the Japanese artbook...
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Book Review: This is Dali
Update: Each purchase now comes with a funky tote bag at Kinokuniya Singapore and major bookstores in Southeast Asia.This is Dali is a book that looks at the life of famous Surrealist painter Salvador...
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Book Review: This is Pollock
Update: Each purchase now comes with a funky tote bag at Kinokuniya Singapore and major bookstores in Southeast Asia.This is one of the several picture books in the artist focused series by publisher...
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Book Review: SoulCalibur: New Legends of Project Soul
Thanks to Udon Entertainment for providing this early copy for review.SoulCalibur: New Legends of Project Soul is actually the English translated edition of the Japanese artbook SOUL CALIBUR è¨å®šè³‡æ–™é›† New...
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Book Review: Gurren Lagann Art Works
ROW ROW FIGHT THE POWERI feel so happy looking at this artbook. Gurren Lagann is one of my favourite anime and it's also one of the most ridiculous things I've ever seen, in a good way. Gurren Lagann...
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Book Preview: Nuthin' But Mech 2: Sketches and Rendering
The sequel to the first Nuthin' But Mech artbook is coming out soon.Nuthin' But Mech features 40 artist contributors put together by Lorin Wood, founder of the Nuthin' But Mech blog. This book is...
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Book Preview: The Heart of Art: A Glimpse into the Wondrous World of Special...
The Heart of Art is the artbook that features the special effects makeup and fine art of Japanese artist Akihito Ikeda. He has worked on many big name Hollywood films such as AVP: Alien vs Predator,...
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Book Preview: LOVELY: GIRLS OF ANIMATION: THE ART OF Lorelay Bove, Brittney...
After a successful Kickstarter campaign in November 2013, LOVELY: GIRLS OF ANIMATION will be coming out in May 2014. It's going to be a 144-page hardcover.The book features the six talented female...
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Book Review: Creative Block: Get Unstuck, Discover New Ideas. Advice &...
Candid and refreshingHere's a wonderful and refreshing book from Danielle Krysa, blogger at The Jealous Curator, at art blog that you should definitely check out also.Creative Block features the advice...
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Book Review: Dragon's Dogma: Official Design Works
Dragon's Dogma: Official Design Works is the video game concept art book for the game that was released in 2012. It's a paperback book that's 312 pages thick. It's well worth the money for the amount...
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