Okay, so I absolutely loooooooove artbooks for video games. I salivate when I see concept sketches and the like. I need more.
This is my (pathetic) collection so far:
-Final Fantasy Japan
-Resident Evil Archives
-Biohazard Ad Arts
The Art of MGS and MGS2 are musts, that I know, but what other game series have artbooks with exceptional quality and quantity?
Also, can anyone point me in the direction of sites that specialize in game art?
Thanks in advance.
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Yup, highly recommended from me too, it's amazing. Shenmue also has some AMAZING artwork as well, I must say, and you can find them here:
Shenmue: http://shenmue.planets.gamespy.com/shen ... work.shtml
Shenmue 2: http://shenmue.planets.gamespy.com/shen ... work.shtml
Yup, highly recommended from me too, it's amazing. Shenmue also has some AMAZING artwork as well, I must say, and you can find them here:
Shenmue: http://shenmue.planets.gamespy.com/shen ... work.shtml
Shenmue 2: http://shenmue.planets.gamespy.com/shen ... work.shtml
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I'd recommend the Okami art book, though I understand it might be a bit outside of what you are looking for.
The Shadow of the colossus guide also has some great sketches, but they are not as many as you might want. I would also recommend the Lunar books, but they might be even harder to find than the other ones suggested.
Finally, if you are into mech, get the ZOE premium pack if possible, the art book in there and the ones from Anubis are great as well.
http://junkerhq.net/MiscScans/zoeppimages.html (under premium pack book scans)
The Shadow of the colossus guide also has some great sketches, but they are not as many as you might want. I would also recommend the Lunar books, but they might be even harder to find than the other ones suggested.
Finally, if you are into mech, get the ZOE premium pack if possible, the art book in there and the ones from Anubis are great as well.
http://junkerhq.net/MiscScans/zoeppimages.html (under premium pack book scans)
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I wish they'd bring out a Sonic 2 art-book. Not because the art was all that amazing (although I get nostalgic over it), but the concept art was often very interesting, and sometimes even quite funny! (Click here for some examples)
I'd also like to see Konami publishing the MGS2 ideas book. If you haven't heard of it, I'll explain. During the development of MGS2, every member of KCEJ was asked to draw, write or otherwise express a new idea for MGS2 in a book. This happened very regularly (I can't remember whether it was every day or every week). A lot of the new ideas for MGS2 came from the book. You can see some examples of drawings from the book on the Making Of DVD that came with the PAL version of MGS2:SOL.
I'd also like to see Konami publishing the MGS2 ideas book. If you haven't heard of it, I'll explain. During the development of MGS2, every member of KCEJ was asked to draw, write or otherwise express a new idea for MGS2 in a book. This happened very regularly (I can't remember whether it was every day or every week). A lot of the new ideas for MGS2 came from the book. You can see some examples of drawings from the book on the Making Of DVD that came with the PAL version of MGS2:SOL.
The art book covering the SCD Lunars is godlike. It's been a treasure of mine for years. I always liked the original art much better than the remakes, as well.
It has a ton of neat stuff -- some of the most interesting is art for the first "Lunar II" version, which was to feature older versions of the Lunar 1 chars.
It has a ton of neat stuff -- some of the most interesting is art for the first "Lunar II" version, which was to feature older versions of the Lunar 1 chars.
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