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Artbooks & Gaming books |OT| A new era, a new shelf
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Finally received my copy of "The Game Console" by Evan Amos yesterday. Really nice book.
How? I've had an order pending on amazon for months
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check bitmap books :
https://www.bitmapbooks.co.uk/collections/all
insane quality printing and great content if you are into commpendiums. I only have the Neogeo and Superfamicom ones but from feedback they are all top notch.
Some people might like this one: Xenoblade Chronicles 2 art and design book that released yesterday in Japan. Was originally due to release earlier in February but due to miscalculations on the publishing side it was pushed to the 12th.
The book itself covers all of the characters and blades in depth with design notes, the world and some extra content at the end. 360 pages or so.
The binding of the book features a nice graphic. A nice little touch in my opinion.
The book itself covers all of the characters and blades in depth with design notes, the world and some extra content at the end. 360 pages or so.
The binding of the book features a nice graphic. A nice little touch in my opinion.
https://readonlymemory.vg/shop/book/sega-mega-drive-genesis-collected-works/
Literally the best retro gaming book ever printed!
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if you like Mizuguchi's work you could try Rez Infinite Vinyl and art/retrospective book combo because its the same creators but... it's very expensive and the overall book quality is disapointing (the packing tear the cover appart sadly)
Thanks for the lead, maybe it'll be back in stock a bit later on, fingers crossed! Apparently the wait time on shipping to Aus is up to 12 weeks unless you pay a small fortune, but worth it if I can get my hands on a copy.
Any other Aussie art book collectors? Where do you normal get them from?
I think in the past Udon has said on here or maybe the old place, that the Dark Souls books are something they want to keep in circulation. Dark Souls 2 was out of stock for a few months, then the stock got replenished. So you may have to wait, but I'm pretty sure it will be back in stock in the future.
Kinokuniya is expensive but isn't too bad if you only buy during their sales. If you get their membership ($25), during their sales everything is 20% off which puts it to about even prices with Amazon after shipping. You also get $10 credit every $300 you spend, which doesn't hurt.
Haven't updated in a while, but just got the Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Official Artworks, so figured I would make a new post.
Xenoblade Chronicles 2 (possible spoilers)
This book has a ton of content at over 300 pages, with concepts and comments on all of the characters, blades, locations, and items in the game.
Also got Dark Horse's Breath of the Wild.
The art style and direction for this game is one of the main reasons why I enjoyed playing it so much (along with its mechanics, world, music, and pretty much everything else)
Mikimoto Haruhiko Character Works, notably including art of Macross and Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket.
Last one is Tokyo Storefronts, by Mateusz Urbanowicz.
Saw this book in Kinokuniya and picked it up. This variant has a special cover of the Kinokuniya in Shinjuku.
Xenoblade Chronicles 2 (possible spoilers)
This book has a ton of content at over 300 pages, with concepts and comments on all of the characters, blades, locations, and items in the game.
Just finished playing Kingdom Hearts 3, so Nomura's designs are still fresh on my mind. His characters in Xenoblade were a standout for me, and Jin became one of my favorites after playing Torna.
Another one I quite like, Herald by Hideo Minaba.
And one more blade, Azami by hakus
Also got Dark Horse's Breath of the Wild.
The art style and direction for this game is one of the main reasons why I enjoyed playing it so much (along with its mechanics, world, music, and pretty much everything else)
These covers for Edge made me go out and buy the magazine.
Mikimoto Haruhiko Character Works, notably including art of Macross and Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket.
Last one is Tokyo Storefronts, by Mateusz Urbanowicz.
Saw this book in Kinokuniya and picked it up. This variant has a special cover of the Kinokuniya in Shinjuku.
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Yup, agree with the quoted. I had the same happened. They were out of stock and I managed to get in once they restocked.
Collection is now complete :D
Bad thing about CDJapan is that their web listing is not accurate.. I have many books cancelled because it is no longer available and able to get some books listed as not available be available after contacting CS.
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Haruhiko character works pop up in my amazon.jp recommandation feed. It looked great but seeing it inside is something else. I love that late 80 early 90s anime art...
And same for Ubrnowcz store fronts. I seriously considered buying this one.
also, I just booked another trip to japan for may so... SOOOOOOOOOO
How long ago did you get yours? I saw at the beginning of this thread you were looking for one. Did you have to wait long for a restock?
I'm looking now, looks like i didn't get it through Amazon. Checking to see where I ordered it from. I got 2 and 3 from Amazon though, not the first.
God these last two are amazing.
Especially that Mikimoto Haruhiko book. Obviously art is subjective, but when I think of the perfect visual style in my head something like that comes to mind. Just beautiful.
I wouldn't call myself a collector, but I have a few for game series I love.
My small collection is mostly from Books Kinokuniya (in Sydney NSW, best bookstore in Australia IMO) or ordered through Amazon.
Does anyone own the Super Mario Encyclopedia? I wanted to know if it's worth it to get the limited edition version with the case? Is it worth the price?
I bought the regular one and now I'm having buyers remorse.
I bought the regular one and now I'm having buyers remorse.
I dont own the limitd edition, but if you already feel bad for owning the normal version, dont buy the more expesiver one.
Thanks for the heads up! I was looking at picking up this book, but the shipping to Australia is a bit pricey, so I wanted to check the contents first and unlike almost every other art book available, this one doesn't have ANY youtube videos of somebody flipping through it to give me an idea.
Is there any chance you could please post a few pics, or even just give your impression of contents, particularly how much sketch/rough/concept art there is (my favourite part of art books)?
There was this video that I watched before I bought it
I'm just not at home right now. It's basically 90% art and very little making of commentary (close to none), last part of the book is dedicated to fan sketches, which honestly are quite impressive. There are lots of rough sketches and pixel art spritesheets.
Well I feel bad because I thought I should have forked over the money and bought the limited edition in the first place.
I'm just wondering if its worth it and getting the limited edition instead?
Fangamer has restocked with the hardcover edition of The Art of Hyper Light Drifter. Kind of sucks for me that I bought a softcover month earlier for basically the same price.
I waited very very patiently for the hardcover. It took almost a year to restock the hardcover.
I own the ltd edition and it's not worth it. It's just a different cover with a yellow box slip cover.
To those ordering the Art of Darksiders Hardcover re-releases on Amazon, be wary.
I just had my Art of Darksiders 3 Hardcover cancelled by Amazon.ca as the item itself is no longer being released apparently.
"Although we'd expected to be able to send this item to you, we've since found it won't be released after all. Please accept our sincerest apologies for any inconvenience we've caused you. "
I just had my Art of Darksiders 3 Hardcover cancelled by Amazon.ca as the item itself is no longer being released apparently.
"Although we'd expected to be able to send this item to you, we've since found it won't be released after all. Please accept our sincerest apologies for any inconvenience we've caused you. "
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I think you meant hardcover, as the English release from UDON is hardcover.
Yoshitaka Amano Review #2: Hiten
Hiten is Amano's fourth solo artbook, and he really begins to evolve into the artist we're all familiar with in this one. During this era, he's going full steam ahead with book cover illustrations for Guin Saga, Edogawa Ranpo, and Vampire Hunter D. We also see some of the first incarnations of Panther, one of Amano's personal characters.
There are a few pieces from Angel's Egg in this book, the avant-garde OVA film directed by Ghost in the Shell director Mamoru Oshii. Free from his days at Tatsunoko, Amano has developed more elaborate characters and draws them with wilder, elaborate hair. The paint is more opaque in this volume, perhaps a necessity to stand out in a crowded bookshop. His character's eyes have thinned considerably, although he draws them wider when he needs to. The few personal pieces done in gold ink for this book are stunning. This particular book has special printing and displays the gold in almost a holographic format.
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A particular fun fact: One painting in this book ended up on the secondary market in 2017 and sold for almost $3000 USD. This is one of the few recorded instances of a commissioned illustration leaving Amano's personal collection. I've spoken with a few collectors who've tried to buy pieces from Guin Saga only to be met with stark refusal, making this auction quite unique.
ISBN: 9784257032298, can be purchased for $20-$40.
And a few pieces in this book showcased in the previously mentioned exhibition:
Hiten is Amano's fourth solo artbook, and he really begins to evolve into the artist we're all familiar with in this one. During this era, he's going full steam ahead with book cover illustrations for Guin Saga, Edogawa Ranpo, and Vampire Hunter D. We also see some of the first incarnations of Panther, one of Amano's personal characters.
There are a few pieces from Angel's Egg in this book, the avant-garde OVA film directed by Ghost in the Shell director Mamoru Oshii. Free from his days at Tatsunoko, Amano has developed more elaborate characters and draws them with wilder, elaborate hair. The paint is more opaque in this volume, perhaps a necessity to stand out in a crowded bookshop. His character's eyes have thinned considerably, although he draws them wider when he needs to. The few personal pieces done in gold ink for this book are stunning. This particular book has special printing and displays the gold in almost a holographic format.
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A particular fun fact: One painting in this book ended up on the secondary market in 2017 and sold for almost $3000 USD. This is one of the few recorded instances of a commissioned illustration leaving Amano's personal collection. I've spoken with a few collectors who've tried to buy pieces from Guin Saga only to be met with stark refusal, making this auction quite unique.
ISBN: 9784257032298, can be purchased for $20-$40.
And a few pieces in this book showcased in the previously mentioned exhibition:
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Are we getting an English version of the Xenoblade artbook?
Thanks. I had no idea about this book.
Yoshitaka Amano Review #2: Hiten
Hiten is Amano's fourth solo artbook, and he really begins to evolve into the artist we're all familiar with in this one. During this era, he's going full steam ahead with book cover illustrations for Guin Saga, Edogawa Ranpo, and Vampire Hunter D. We also see some of the first incarnations of Panther, one of Amano's personal characters.
There are a few pieces from Angel's Egg in this book, the avant-garde OVA film directed by Ghost in the Shell director Mamoru Oshii. Free from his days at Tatsunoko, Amano has developed more elaborate characters and draws them with wilder, elaborate hair. The paint is more opaque in this volume, perhaps a necessity to stand out in a crowded bookshop. His character's eyes have thinned considerably, although he draws them wider when he needs to. The few personal pieces done in gold ink for this book are stunning. This particular book has special printing and displays the gold in almost a holographic format.
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A particular fun fact: One painting in this book ended up on the secondary market in 2017 and sold for almost $3000 USD. This is one of the few recorded instances of a commissioned illustration leaving Amano's personal collection. I've spoken with a few collectors who've tried to buy pieces from Guin Saga only to be met with stark refusal, making this auction quite unique.
ISBN: 9784257032298, can be purchased for $20-$40.
And a few pieces in this book showcased in the previously mentioned exhibition:
Thanks. I had no idea about this book.
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Yoshitaka Amano Review #2: Hiten
Hiten is Amano's fourth solo artbook, and he really begins to evolve into the artist we're all familiar with in this one. During this era, he's going full steam ahead with book cover illustrations for Guin Saga, Edogawa Ranpo, and Vampire Hunter D. We also see some of the first incarnations of Panther, one of Amano's personal characters.
There are a few pieces from Angel's Egg in this book, the avant-garde OVA film directed by Ghost in the Shell director Mamoru Oshii. Free from his days at Tatsunoko, Amano has developed more elaborate characters and draws them with wilder, elaborate hair. The paint is more opaque in this volume, perhaps a necessity to stand out in a crowded bookshop. His character's eyes have thinned considerably, although he draws them wider when he needs to. The few personal pieces done in gold ink for this book are stunning. This particular book has special printing and displays the gold in almost a holographic format.
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A particular fun fact: One painting in this book ended up on the secondary market in 2017 and sold for almost $3000 USD. This is one of the few recorded instances of a commissioned illustration leaving Amano's personal collection. I've spoken with a few collectors who've tried to buy pieces from Guin Saga only to be met with stark refusal, making this auction quite unique.
ISBN: 9784257032298, can be purchased for $20-$40.
And a few pieces in this book showcased in the previously mentioned exhibition:
amazing read.
Keep these reviews coming
Yoshitaka Amano Review #2: Hiten
Hiten is Amano's fourth solo artbook, and he really begins to evolve into the artist we're all familiar with in this one. During this era, he's going full steam ahead with book cover illustrations for Guin Saga, Edogawa Ranpo, and Vampire Hunter D. We also see some of the first incarnations of Panther, one of Amano's personal characters.
There are a few pieces from Angel's Egg in this book, the avant-garde OVA film directed by Ghost in the Shell director Mamoru Oshii. Free from his days at Tatsunoko, Amano has developed more elaborate characters and draws them with wilder, elaborate hair. The paint is more opaque in this volume, perhaps a necessity to stand out in a crowded bookshop. His character's eyes have thinned considerably, although he draws them wider when he needs to. The few personal pieces done in gold ink for this book are stunning. This particular book has special printing and displays the gold in almost a holographic format.
~~~
A particular fun fact: One painting in this book ended up on the secondary market in 2017 and sold for almost $3000 USD. This is one of the few recorded instances of a commissioned illustration leaving Amano's personal collection. I've spoken with a few collectors who've tried to buy pieces from Guin Saga only to be met with stark refusal, making this auction quite unique.
ISBN: 9784257032298, can be purchased for $20-$40.
And a few pieces in this book showcased in the previously mentioned exhibition:
God tier post
I saw this, but is this a strat guide or an artbook? Seems like it's more the former.I just saw Futurepress is doing a Dark Souls Trilogy Compendium.
- Hardcover: 464 pages
It's a guide book, same as the first two guides that already exist + entirely new for DS3.
Uhhhhh......
The description mentions maps, so it makes it seem like a guide. But they spend more time describing the other things like dialogue lines and lore. I'll probably buy it either way since FuturePress puts out nice books.
Thank you! The next one will require some research as I am unfamiliar with some of the projects.
I'm hoping to open people's eyes beyond Final Fantasy haha, even if he is well known for that.
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Fuck yeah. I love the way all of their artbooks are the same dimensions. Looks great on a bookshelf.
