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Book Review: Jean-Baptiste Monge Sketchbook Vol 2
Big thanks to Jean-Baptiste Monge for sending over his artbook to be feature here. This is one of three books I received. The other two are Celtic Faeries and A World of Imagination.This is the...
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Book Review: Beginner's Guide to Fantasy Drawing
In case you miss reading the book's description, to be more precise, this book is actually on drawing fantasy characters rather than fantasy art.This is a 180-page paperback published by 3dtotal...
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Book Review: Marvel Secret Work Dell'Otto 1998-2016
This book was originally published in 2016 and I didn't know it existed until I saw it on the shelf at Basheer Graphic Books. This is one of the best artist-centric artbooks published by Marvel....
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Book Review: The Graphic Art of Tattoo Lettering: A Visual Guide to...
The Graphic Art of Tattoo Lettering is a 272-page hardcover is an insightful and informative book on tattoo art.The book features lots of examples and photos of the tattoos, interviews with tattoo...
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Book Review: Hoooook: The Art of Woojin
WooJin Oh, aka Hoooook (that's five o), is an illustrator and painter from South Korea. On his Facebook page, I can see that he has worked with several video game studios before. Well, this 168-page...
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Book Review: The Art of RAGE 2
This is an amazing companion artbook for Rage 2. It's a 192-page hardcover packed with beautiful concept art for the characters, locations and vehicles. The art is wonderful. These are all concept art...
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Book Review: The QB Papers by Quentin Blake
The QB Papers is a series books that feature the whimsical sketches and ideas of well known children book illustrator Quentin Blake. Each book is a large format paperback printed with Munken pure rough...
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Book Review: Dragon Quest Illustrations: 30th Anniversary Edition
This is probably a must-buy for all fans of Dragon Quest and Akira Toriyama. Collected within this thick 240-page hardcover artbooks are over 500 pieces of art that Toriyama has created from 1986 to...
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Book Review: An Urban Sketcher's Galway
I'm a fan of Roisin Cure's sketches so when I read that she has a book out, it was an instant purchase for me. I've been following her blog too long. She's really good at drawing and colours.An Urban...
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Book Review: Creating Characters for the Entertainment Industry
This is a rather comprehensive book written for character designers who are interested in working for the entertainment industry, more specifically for animation, illustration and video games. It's...
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Book Review: The Big Book of Less: Finding Joy in Living Lighter
Once again Flow Magazine has come up with a wonderful book. This is one of those books to read while you're cosy on your sofa. The theme of this book is on minimalism, appreciating what you already...
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Book Review: Sketch Every Day: 100+ simple drawing exercises from Simone...
Sketch Every Day is a 208-page paperback artbook filled with drawing tips from Simone GrünewaldSimone has animated, designed characters, backgrounds and storyboarded for video games. She has almost a...
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Book Review: Life Drawing for Artists: Understanding Figure Drawing Through...
My impression of Rockport Publisher is they put out a lot of books on graphic design. They do publish the occasional books on drawing but this is the first time I've seen a life drawing book.Life...
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Book Review: Coral - The Art of Pernille Orum
This is such a beautiful book by character designer and illustrator Pernille Orum. It's a 80-page paperback published in 2017 so it may be difficult to find out. The copy I have was from Basheer...
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Book Review: Tatsuro Kiuchi ART WORKS 木内達朗作品集
Tatsuro Kiuchi ( 木内達朗 ) is a Japanese illustrator and painted based in Tokyo, Japan.This 320-page paperback artbook collects his illustrations and paintings from the 90s to 2019. There are works for...
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Book Review: SUISO: Daisuke Richard Making & Works
Daisuke Richard ダイスケリチャード is an illustrator based in Tokyo. This is his artbook that features beautiful illustrations of schoolgirls.The book's a 160-page paperback format with low gloss paper. The...
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Book Review: The Art of Frozen 2
This is a wonderful companion artbook for Frozen II, just like first artbook for the first Frozen. The book's a large 160-page hardcover that collects the concept art for the animated film and there's...
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Book Review: Calligraphy and Lettering: A Maker's Guide
Calligraphy & Lettering: A Maker's Guide is a 176-page paperback published by Thames & Hudson in collaboration with Victoria and Albert Museum (London). The content is presented in a rather...
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Book Review: Mini Kawaii Doodle Cuties: Sketching Super-Cute Stuff from...
Zainab Khan, creator of Pic Candle, is back again another book, his second book after Kawaii Doodle Class. The format of this book is similar to the previous book. It's a step-by-step instructional...
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Book Review: Qu Draws A Year
Qu Draws A Year is a mightily impressive 800-page artbook from illustrator Qu Tianran (天然). The book's about palm size but really thick. This book collects one and a half year's of work, dating from 6...
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