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Book Review: Assassin's Creed: The Complete Visual History
I'm a fan of the art and design of the Assassin's Creed game series. It has always drawn me in with the stunningly beautiful environment art, setting and historical context. The idea to allow someone,...
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Book Review: The Art of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Dual Destinies
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney marks the return of Phoenix to the courtroom. This is a nice visual companion for fans of the fifth game in the Ace Attorney series. . Collected within this 240-page...
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Book Review: Pareidolia: A Retrospective of Beloved and New Works by James Jean
Here's another amazing compilation artbook from James Jean. A few months ago, I wrote about James Jean's 292-page XENOGRAPH, an artbook that was supposed to be crowd-funded. Based on the page previews...
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Book Review: FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn The Art of Eorzea - Another...
So finally, there's an official looking book for a Final Fantasy game. I've always thought it was a missed opportunity to not have any decent artbooks for the popular game series. This 304-page...
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Book Review: Star Wars: The Marvel Covers Vol. 1
What a terrific collection cover art for Star Wars comics we have here. Collected in this 224-page hardcover are the cover variants from Star Wars #1, covers from Star Wars #2-6, Princess Leia #1-5 and...
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Book Review: The Art of Grasshopper Manufacture
Grasshopper Manufacture is a Japanese video game developer founded in 1998. It's headed by Goichi Suda, aka Suda51.The Art of Grasshopper Manufacture is the portfolio artbook that showcases the video...
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Book Review: Letter Art: 35 Stylish Letters to Make and Give
Here's a book I borrowed from the library. Letter Art is a beautiful book on making your own typography handicraft. These handicrafts, as shown by the many examples, look absolutely terrific when used...
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Book Review: The Art of Illustrated Maps: A Complete Guide to Creative...
The Art of Illustrated Maps provides a very detailed look into the history of illustrated mapmaking from almost 2,000 years ago to present day. It talks about the significance maps have over the years,...
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Book Review: The Art of Halo 5: Guardians
The Art of Halo 5 is an awesome sci-fi game artbook. It's as good as, if not slightly better than, Awakening: The Art of Halo 4 which is the artbook for the previous game.Nicolas Bouvier, aka Sparth,...
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Book Review: John Baeder's Road Well Taken
On the road with the diner kingThe back cover of this chunky book has an interesting photo of John Baeder standing next to his 1975 'The Magic Chef' painting (part of it is on the front cover, too)...
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Book Review: NOW ~ Yusuke Nakamura Illustration Art works
Yusuke Nakamura (中村佑介) is a Japanese illustrator known for his use of striking colours with bold graphic illustrations. He actually has an earlier artbook by the name of Blue - 中村佑介画集 that was released...
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Book Review: Art and the War at Sea 1914-1945
See artUnlike the army or the air force whose actions are clear to see after the event naval activity is not so easily captured visually. Sea battles take place without seeing the enemy, submarines are...
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Book Review: The Art of Pan
The Art and Making of PanWhile I had planned to watch the movie Pan, I decided against it when most reviews quite unfavourable. If you have not watched the movie, this book doesn't give away much in...
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Book Review: Hand Drawn Halifax: Portraits of the city's buildings,...
Halifax is the capital of Nova Scotia, Maritime province in Canada. That's where the author and artist Emma Fitzgerald now lives.Hand Drawn Halifax is a charming sketchbook that captures the sights and...
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Book Review: Crimson Peak: The Art of Darkness
Guillermo del Toro really understands production value and how they can enhance the mood and atmosphere of films. If you have seen the book Guillermo del Toro Cabinet of Curiosities: My Notebooks,...
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Book Review: Back to the Future: The Ultimate Visual History
The idea of having this book was actually pitched several times by the author Michael Klastorin but was rejected until it finally got approved for a release this year. And they could not have found a...
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Book Review: Ghostbusters: The Ultimate Visual History
Although I can't remember when was the first time I watched Ghostbusters as I was only three when the film came out. I must have caught one of those reruns. But I still remember that I was so...
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Book Review: The Art and Making of The Peanuts Movie
Surprisingly goodWhen I first heard that Peanuts is going to be made into a film, I was extremely skeptical. How is it possible to even translate a classic and beloved comic strip into a 3D-animated...
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Book Review: The Art of Assassin's Creed Syndicate
England 1868. Beautifully bleakThis is yet another wonderful companion artbook for the Assassin's Creed Series. This time you get to look at Victorian London during the Industrial Revolution. Famous...
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Book Review: Harry Potter: The Character Vault
I did not get the Collector's Edition of Harry Potter Page to Screen so I'm glad that those bundled books are now sold separately, and I also saved some money in the process.The book's a 208-page...
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