Book Review: The Art of DOOM: Eternal
Wow, this book is quite popular. The last time I check there were more than 290 reviews for this book on Amazon. Or maybe it's the game that's popular.Anyway, this is a wonderful video game artbook...
View ArticleBook Review: The City Scene from the Sidewalk by Alex Price
The City Scene from the Sidewalk is a 90-page hardcover with watercolour paintings and stories by Alex Price, an artist and author who living in the Lower East Side of New York City.All the artworks in...
View ArticleBook Review: The World of Cyberpunk 2077
This “artbook” released months before the official 10 Dec 2020 release of Cyberpunk 2077 did a good job hyping up the game. At the time of this review, there are more than 1,300 reviews on Amazon.This...
View ArticleBook Review: The Art of Assassin's Creed Valhalla
It’s almost always a joy to look at the artbooks for Assassin’s Creed games, and the artbook for Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is terrific.This 192-page hardcover is packed with beautiful concept art,...
View ArticleBook Review: Steven Universe: End of an Era
This artbook is the follow up to the earlier massively popular artbook Steven Universe: Art & Origins for the massively popular Steven Universe. This hardcover has 272 pages, not the 240 pages...
View ArticleBook Review: Haruhiko Mikimoto Character Design Archives
This large format 208-page hardcover is the character design artbook for Haruhiko Mikimoto (美樹本 晴彦), a Japanese anime character designer, illustrator and manga artist. If you take a look at his...
View ArticleBook Review: Panty Warriors by Weijuinn
With a book title like "Panty Warriors", it's not difficult to imagine what you'll see in this art book. This is a 128-page large format hardcover with art from Malaysia-based illustrator Wen Juinn....
View ArticleBook Review: The Faith, The Dream by KC Lee
The Faith, The Dream by Malaysian artist KC Lee is the longest watercolour sketchbook I've seen. This artbook is an accordion-style hardcover that measures 25 x 35.5cm. There's just one page about 17.5...
View ArticleBook Review: Techniques for Beginners (The Urban Sketching Handbook)
I like Suhita Shirodkar's sketches for their looseness and lively colours so it's great to see her coming up with a book on urban sketching. You can see her many sketches on her Instagram page....
View ArticleBook Review: Pep Talks for the Would-Be, Should-Be Artist
This is a 104-page hardcover book by Sue Anne Bottomley that features her sketches, experiences, stories and tips for people who want to sketch, reasons for people to start sketching. All the sketches...
View ArticleBook Review: The Art of Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time
This is a 312-page hardcover artbook for Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time. This is an incredible artbook.I love the character designs. More specifically I like the animated caricatured look and...
View ArticleBook Review: The Art of Invader Zim
The Art of Invader Zim is packed with concept art, sketches, character designs, scene designs, storyboards and beautiful illustrations. This is also a wonderful making-of book because it has lengthy...
View ArticleBook Review: The Art of Magic: The Gathering - War of the Spark
Magic the Gathering artbooks probably has some of the best, if not the best, fantasy art you can ever find. The art is breathtakingly beautiful and are accompanied by the MtG lore. This is the 240-page...
View ArticleBook Review: Paul Heaston Sketchbook 2019-2020
Paul Heaston is an artist and urban sketcher based in Denver, Colorado, USA. He's a sketcher known for his detailed pen and ink sketches, often drawn with impressive perspective or in first-person...
View ArticleBook Review: Mondo Erotica: The Art of Baldazzini
Roberto Baldazzini is an Italian illustrator known for his erotic illustrations and comic books. His career spans over 30 years and this book collects some of his comic pages, covers, pin-up...
View ArticleBook Review: The Art of Ghost of Tsushima
The Art of Ghost of Tsushima is a 208-page hardcover artbook that comes with a slip case. The hardcover itself has exposed stitch binding that allows the pages to open completely flat. This book is...
View ArticleBook Review: Zao Dao's Cuisine Chinoise: Five Tales of Food and Life
Publisher Dark Horse did a great job with translating 早稻 (Zao Dao), a female Chinese illustrator and comic book artist born in southern Guangdong, China, in 1990. Zao Dao's style mixes traditional...
View ArticleBook Review: Overlord: The Complete Anime Artbook
This is the 240-page paperback artbook for the Japanese anime series Overlord. The book has character designs for the humans, creatures and monsters, props and background art. The artworks are in the...
View ArticleBook Review: The Art of Ori and the Will of the Wisps
The Art of Ori and the Will of the Wisps is a beautiful artbook for a beautiful game. Ori and the Will of the Wisps is a platform adventure video game released in 2020, and it's the sequel to Ori and...
View ArticleBook Review: X-Men: The Art and Making of The Animated Series
Reading this book is like going down the lane of nostalgia.X-Men: The Animated Series was one of my favourite animation when I was a kid. I was fascinated by the characters and the story surprised me...
View Article