Your favourite Art Books

**The man with no name** · July 2nd, 2009, 12:00 PM

thought I would create a thread devoted to such games

Bioshock: Artbook

http://www.scribd.com/doc/416128/Bioshock-Artbook

hope we can create a reference library for the whole community to enjoy

LETS GET POSTING!

**Alex Chow** · July 2nd, 2009, 12:35 PM

The Okami artbook and game are still my favourites of all time. Worth every penny.

**s.ketch** · July 2nd, 2009, 01:21 PM

I have the Unreal Tournament 3 (Featuring our own Hawkprey), Grand Theft Auto 4, and Fallout 3 art books. Don't know how legal it would be to find online versions and post them though...

**seba_boi** · July 3rd, 2009, 01:38 PM

I'm a total Capcom art fanatic... I've always loved their character designs and artworks from Street Fighter to Darkstalkers to Megaman to Resident Evil--pretty much almost everything they release...

I own:
Capcom Design Works, The Art Of Gyakuten Saiban (Ace Attorney), Street Fighter Eternal Challenge

And I am SO buying the 20th Anniversary Street Fighter Artbook!!!...

**Cartogriffi** · July 4th, 2009, 02:18 AM

Yeah, Fallout 3 has an excellent art book. Morrowind's was also good, and it's been put online with Bethesda's approval: [1] [2] [3]

Crusader: No Remorse came with a number of interesting supplants, and while none of them were actual art books there were some great images. The news poster was particularly well laid out in my opinion.

**Crass** · July 5th, 2009, 11:23 AM

I really like the story board cut-scenes in Max Payne 2, I just think it's a brilliant idea to present the story like that with the voice over.

**Dorkthrone** · July 5th, 2009, 11:02 PM

I love the concept art Andrew Jones did for Metroid Prime.

**corky13** · July 8th, 2009, 01:36 PM

Assassins Creed / Prince of Persia series....especially Lacoste`s landscapes/Designs n stuff. Artbook is also very nice.

Oddworld Abes Oddysea and Exodus , Silent Hill 2 / 3 , ICO etc.

**Ian Barker** · July 8th, 2009, 08:55 PM

Originally Posted by ninjacat11

I love the concept art Andrew Jones did for Metroid Prime.

Me too, that was great. Wish he would have been more involved with MP3.

I also love the art for Wind Waker. Beautiful stuff.

**FightingSeraph** · July 9th, 2009, 05:37 PM

When it comes to video game art, there's too much for me to mention...
As for Oddworld, too bad Oddworld Inhabitants isn't making anymore games. (I heard that they're doing movies now.)
Fun Fact: Series creator Lorne Lanning did most of the character voices in all of the games.

**idoru** · July 9th, 2009, 06:59 PM

The art for Breath of Fire V: Dragon Quarter is FANTASTIC.

**Parka81** · July 9th, 2009, 11:29 PM

Originally Posted by seba_boi

......
And I am SO buying the 20th Anniversary Street Fighter Artbook!!!...

I've that book, the Japanese edition (book review here).

By the way, UDON is releasing the English edition in September 2009. It's on amazon but I haven't read it from UDON's blog yet.

**Parka81** · July 9th, 2009, 11:57 PM

I've a couple of video game art books. The text links go to my reviews with more pictures. Hope they are helpful.

I guess the one I like most is Okami.

In no particular order:

The Art and Making of Star Wars Force Unleashed

DarkStalkers Graphic File

The Art of Halo 3

Okami Official Complete Works

The Cinematic Art of World of Warcraft: The Wrath of the Lich King

The Art of the Video Game
This one has art from a couple of games.

Assassin's Creed Limited Edition Art Book

The Art of EVE
This one's very good for spaceship fanatics.

The Art of Mass Effect

The Art of Oddworld Inhabitants

Ashley Wood's The Art of Metal Gear Solid
Oh yeah!

Street Fighter Tribute

Udon's Art of Capcom

Exodyssey: Visual Development of an Epic Adventure by Steambot Studios
This book isn't really a video game art book, but it's video game enough.

**Dorkthrone** · July 10th, 2009, 02:33 PM

Originally Posted by FightingSeraph

When it comes to video game art, there's too much for me to mention...
As for Oddworld, too bad Oddworld Inhabitants isn't making anymore games. (I heard that they're doing movies now.)
Fun Fact: Series creator Lorne Lanning did most of the character voices in all of the games.

I saw the art to that Oddworld game that got canceled and it was fantastic.

**Cam Sykes** · July 15th, 2009, 08:16 PM

The art of oddworld inhabitants from ballistic publishing. The art of age of conan, and assassissins creed are all some of the best I've seen. I got the last 2 with limited editions fo the games.

**mathias92** · July 17th, 2009, 03:38 PM

I simply love the art and the art style in Warcraft 3 and World of Warcraft

**Parka81** · January 8th, 2010, 11:21 PM

Just got this recently.

マスターアートワークスメタルギア・ソリッド4・ガンズ・オブ・ザ・パトリオット設定資料集 (Master Art Works Metal Gear Solid 4)

**Dorkthrone** · January 8th, 2010, 11:42 PM

I got Exodyssey recently and it is so worth checking out.

**MrParker** · January 9th, 2010, 05:02 AM

They're not art books per say, but I love the traditional illustrations in the Osprey Publishing military history books. My favourite illustrator for them is Graham Turner. www.studio88.co.uk has lots of his artwork up.

**FightingSeraph** · January 9th, 2010, 11:52 AM

I wish that there was an artbook to Taito Corporation's space shooters (e. g. Darius, Rayforce, Gekirindan, Syvalion, etc.).

**Spirit** · January 9th, 2010, 02:12 PM

I can't believe the art of Guild Wars and Guild Wars 2 hasn't been mentioned yet...

They have to be some of the best artworks for a game I have seen in a LONG time, especially the landscapes...

**biglu** · January 10th, 2010, 05:24 PM

That Wrath of the Lich King artbook's pretty good ^

recent purchase

**Kamikazebob** · January 10th, 2010, 10:57 PM

Guildwars 2... the art book. No game art book has beaten it so far.

**Ian Barker** · January 11th, 2010, 07:40 AM

Originally Posted by ninjacat11

I got Exodyssey recently and it is so worth checking out.

Me too, I just got it yesterday! It's awesome

**Parka81** · January 11th, 2010, 01:39 PM

Originally Posted by biglu

That Wrath of the Lich King artbook's pretty good ^

recent purchase

...

Strange. How come yours is in hardcover? Who's the publisher?

**biglu** · January 11th, 2010, 05:32 PM

The publisher is the same, Insight Editions. After giving your post a second look and checking out your link, it appears that yours is a separate version that they've put out.

**Portus** · January 11th, 2010, 09:48 PM

My favorite artbook is Drew Struzan Oeuvre, it's oversize and with an amazing print quality, of course the artwork needs no presentation, he's a legend.

**Parka81** · January 31st, 2010, 11:37 PM

A couple of my favourites from this month

The Art of How to Train Your Dragon

Daily Zoo Year 2: Keeping the Doctor at Bay with a Drawing a Day

A Sketchy Past: The Art of Peter de Seve

**biglu** · February 2nd, 2010, 04:37 AM

Since we're not just doing game art, here's "Ray Caesar Art Collection" by Ray Caesar

**Hideyoshi** · February 2nd, 2010, 03:56 PM

I was fortunate to pick up a japanese copy of Syd Mead's Sentury in Korea years ago. Found out only later that his artbooks are incredibly hard to get and expensive.
It's one of my favourite artbooks I own

Wish I had a chance to check his other titles as well...

I also recommend Sparth's Structura although it's kinda small, format-wise.

Hidetaka Tenjin's Valkyries is mindblowing for all the Macross/Robotech fans out there:

Some other good ones:

Akira Club
Girl who leapt through time artbook
Ghibli artbooks
Makoto Shinkai artbook

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