レビュー: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Chronicles: Art & Design
もう一つの細かく、中身の詰まったホビットのアートブックすごい。すごい。すごい。今までに出版された『ホビット』のアートブックそれぞれにつき一つの『すごい』だ。このアートブックもハードカバー、208ページ、そしていままでのホビットシリーズの本と同じように細かく、中身が詰まっている。この本で特集されているのは映画の環境、小道具、キャラクターや生き物のデザインだ。ほとんどは手描き、ほかにはデジタルペインティ...
View ArticleCritique de livre: Cosmic Motors
Magnifiques designs et concepts, avec des finitions parfaites. Ce livre contient sûrement les meilleurs rendus de véhicules en 3D que j’ai pu voir. Il y a des vaisseaux spaciaux, des voitures et des...
View ArticleArt Tools of Shari Blaukopf
Shari Blaukopf is an artist who strives to create a painting every day on her blog The Sketchbook. She paints with watercolours predominately. Her use of colours, and the play with shapes are...
View ArticleReview: Google Nexus 7
I've been using the Nexus 7 since September 2013 and it's about time I write a review about it. I'll make some comparison to the iPad in case you're thinking of getting that.The Google Nexus 7 is in...
View ArticleWinner for Art Book Review Contest #47
Winner for November is Kuso who reviewed BRAVELY DEFAULT Design Works THE ART OF BRAVELY 2010-2013. He/She reviewed it this month and won. That's exceptionally lucky! Here are the artbooks reviewed in...
View ArticleBook Review: Now Where Was I? A Sketchbook Memoir by Steven Reddy
Now Where Was I? is an amazing sketchbook from artist, teacher, traveler and writer Steven Reddy. This book was made possible by a successful Kickstarter campaign that ended in August 2013.Steven Reddy...
View ArticleBook Depository 10% discount code until 26 Feb 2014
Sorry about the fiasco a week ago, it seems that now Book Depository has put up the real and working promotion for the 10% off discount code — some readers said they have received the code...
View ArticleCritique de livre: Iron Man Manual
Bien joué, JARVISFaire un manuel d’Iron Man est une façon intéressante de faire ce livre. On dirait que JARVIS, l’assistant virtuel de Tony Stark, a compilé toutes les informations sur Iron Man afin...
View Articleレビュー: Iron Man Manual
よくやった、JARVISこの『Iron Man Manual』のデザインはなかなか面白い。この本のデザインはトニー・スタークのAIアシスタント、JARVISがIron...
View ArticleBook Review: Simplifying Design & Color for Artists: Positive Results Using...
Linda Kemp'sSimplifying Design & Color for Artists is a very accessible tutorial style guide to painting, or more specifically using the negative painting techniques.The first chapter covers mainly...
View ArticleBook Preview: Fable Anniversary: Prima Official Game Guide
I've been alerted to the game guide for the upcoming Lionhead Studios' game Fables Anniversary. This is a 288-page limited hardcover edition with special foil treatments and gilded pages based on the...
View ArticleBold, Beautiful and Damned: The World of 1980s Fashion Illustrator Tony...
Here's a look at the work of fashion illustration Tony Viramontes from the 80s. It's a 192-page hardcover from publisher Laurence King Publishing.Visit Amazon to check out more reviews.If you buy from...
View ArticleBook Review: Private Eye a Cartoon History
For those of you who are not familiar with Private Eye look it up on Wikipedia and you'll find it's one of the leading news and humor magazines in the UK.Excellent book and cut above the usual cartoon...
View ArticleBook Review: Star Wars Art: Concept
Updated to include info on the limited editionStar Wars Art: Concept continues the Star Wars series of large oversized hardcover artbooks from publisher Harry N. Abrams. The books before are Star Wars...
View ArticleUpcoming: The Book of Trees: Visualizing Branches of Knowledge
The Book of Tree is a book collecting interesting tree diagrams, or tree diagram inspired flowcharts. It's from Manuel Lima, the same author that brought us Visual Complexity.Manuel Lima looks into the...
View ArticleAmazon Japan reduced their per-shipment charge (2014 update)
It's now cheaper to ship items from Amazon Japan. They have reduced the hefty per-shipment cost. For exact numbers, check here:...
View Article365 - 2013: A Diary of People by Yue Li (Kickstarter)
Update: Looks like she did not achieve enough funding and has relaunched her campaign. Check it out again.Over the course of 2013, Yue Li has drawn a character a day. Now she's releasing a 365-page...
View ArticleCritique de livre: The Art of Akaneiro
Un bel artbook pour les fans du jeuVoilà l’artbook du jeu vidéo Akaneiro: Demon Hunters. C’est un RPG hack and shask développé par la société d’American McGee, Spicy Horse, dont vous pouvez avoir...
View Articleレビュー: The Art of Akaneiro
ゲームのファンには良いアートブックこれはゲーム『Akaneiro: Demon Hunters』のアートブックだ。それは『Alice: Madness Returns』も作ったアメリカン・マクジー(American...
View ArticleArt Tools of Ivica Stevanovic
We're glad to have with us Ivica Stevanovic for this interview. He's an illustrator, comic artist and graphic designer from Serbia. His artworks are very textural, character designs are more towards to...
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