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Book Review: Urban Watercolor Sketching: A Guide to Drawing, Painting, and...
The original edition for this book is actually in German and it's called Wasserfarbe für Gestalter. That was published in 2011 and is one of my favourite books on watercolour and sketching. And I can't...
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Book Review: Great Paintings
This is a truly wonderful book that presents the great paintings that painters from the past have given to us.The selection of paintings are from 1100 to the present. There are 66 paintings included in...
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Book Review: The Art of Castlevania: Lords of Shadow
Here's a really nice concept artbook for fans of the video game series Castlevania: Lords of Shadow. This 192-page hardcover packs a lot of content as it includes art for the three game titles...
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Book Review: The Art of Rio: Featuring a Carnival of Art From Rio and Rio 2
I'm really glad there's finally an artbook for the movie Rio. I love the movie which is so colourful, funny and charming. And I love birds, all sorts. This book is for anyone who love the movie, art...
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The Art of Rio (Limited Edition)
In addition to the normal edition for The Art of Rio, Titan Books has also put out 500 copies of the limited edition artbook.It's available on Titan Books website and sells for £35.00.Here are the...
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Book Review: The Art of Titanfall
Full metal overloadFans of the game, mecha robots, and sci-fi art would be delighted with The Art of Titanfall. Game developer Respawn Entertainment has filled all the 192 pages of this hardcover with...
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Book Review: The Art of Thief
The Art of Thief I suppose is an artbook that will appeal more to fans of the game than the more general audience. I know some people like to collect video game artbooks because the artworks are...
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Book Review: 輪るピングドラム 星野リリィ アートワークス (Mawaru-Penguindrum Hoshino Lily Art Works)
Here's the artbook for Mawaru Penguindrum the 2011 Japanese anime series. It's quite a thin book with only 88 pages. Soft cover with dust jacket. The artworks are in beautiful anime and manga style...
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Field Guide to Kanto by Kari Fry
A reader alerted me of this interesting book that's designed like a field guide of animals. The artist is Kari Fry who makes art inspired by video games, animals, internet stuff and pop culture.The...
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Book Review: Art of Penguindrum アート オブ ピングドラム
This is the other artbook that came out after Mawaru-Penguindrum Hoshino Lily Art Works. Both are for the Japanese anime series Mawaru Penguindrum.It's a 128-page paperback.The earlier book focused on...
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Book Review: Tim Bradstreet: The Sketchbook Series Volume 1
This volume one of the sketchbook series from publisher IDW featuring comic artist Tim Bradstreet. It's a 48-page A4-sized paperback sketchbook. The retail price is pretty affordable.This volume...
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Book Review: The Art Book (2012 edition)
The Art Book is a delightful collection of art, mostly paintings but there are also some art installations and sculptures. This 2012 edition has added 100 new works to the 1997 edition. It's a 592-page...
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Book Review: This is Dali
This is Dali is a book that looks at the life of famous Surrealist painter Salvador Dalí. It's authored by Catherine Ingram with illustrations by Andrew Rae. It's a picture book.This is one of the...
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Book Review: Ys: The Art Book
This is one thick 280-page artbook for fans of the Ys video game series.The original book is the Japanese edition イース THEアートブック released in 2013, and this English edition is from Udon.There are lots to...
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Book Review: Hatsune Miku Graphics: Vocaloid Comic & Art Volume 1
Here's another artbook on the popular singing Vocaloid Hatsune Miku.Hatsune Miku Graphics: Vocaloid Comic & Art Volume 1 is actually the English translated version of the Japanese edition...
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Book Review: CG Characters From Sketch to Finish
CG Characters From Sketch to FInish is an artbook that looks at the creation process of character-focused paintings.22 artists are featured in this 192-page paperback. The quality of work in general is...
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Book Review: CG Scenes From Sketch to Finish
CG Scenes From Sketch to FInish is an artbook that looks at the creation process of environment concept art.28 artists are featured in this 192-page paperback. The artworks featured are very beautiful....
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Book Review: This is Pollock
This is one of the several picture books in the artist focused series by publisher Laurence King Publishing. There are also Warhol and Dali. After reading This is Dali, I moved on to this about...
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Xu Bing's Book from the Ground
These are two books from Chinese artist Xu Bing. The main book is the white one called Book from the Ground: from point to point. It's essentially a pictogram book. What's interesting is there's a...
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Book Review: Fantasy+ 5: World's Most Imaginative Artworks
The fifth volume in the Fantasy+ artbooks came out in January 2014. As with the earlier volumes, this features a wonderful collection of fantasy concept art from artists around the world.40 artists are...
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