Art Books

[Talbot]

Hey everyone!

Recently I've been looking into getting some inspirational art books off amazon or something. They don't have to be game art... they can be anything. But the purpose is to just expand my imagination... which I've been having some trouble doing recently. So do any of you have any suggestions? If at all possible, cheaper is better :)

Thanks.

[ErichWK]

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1873200137

[Talbot]

So expensive! It looks sick though...

[Kwramm]

oh cool book - added to the wish list!! Kowloon is awesome in how run down it is and yet full of activity...when the weather is bad it's really like some sort of bladerunner-esque ground levels. The walled city must have been even more strange.

[Zipfinator]

Some art books I've been very happy with:

Guild Wars 2 Art Book
Half-Life 2: Raising the Bar (Out of print for 5 years so you may not be able to find a copy)
The Lord of the Rings The Art of The Fellowship of the Ring
The Lord of the Rings The Art of The Two Towers
The Lord of the Rings The Art of The Return of the King

[expressmart]

wow cool , i love these books

[rube]

Avatar: The Last Airbender (the tv show not the movie) is a really nice book.

[murph]

this should help you in your quest:

http://parkablogs.com/content/list-of-art-books-reviewed

:)

[pior]

The best :
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51bAwox84cL._SL500_AA300_.jpg
http://www.amazon.com/Shadowline-Art-Iain-McCaig/dp/1933784245/ref=tmm_hrd_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1302501358&sr=8-1


The other best :
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51nhK3mXT0L._SL500_AA300_.jpg
http://www.amazon.com/Art-District-Weta-Workshop/dp/0062064304/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1302501613&sr=1-1


And the absolute best :
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41HkCcLramL._SL500_AA300_.jpg
http://www.amazon.com/How-Make-Picture-Norman-Rockwell/dp/0823023842/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1302501653&sr=1-2

[Fingus]

The Monster Hunter art books are full of awesome concept art and give a pretty good look into their pipeline. Well worth checking out in my opinion.

[dregoloth]

'A Bit of Madness' is pretty awesome.
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51lnnDItQIL._SL500_AA300_.jpg
http://www.amazon.com/Bit-Madness-Civiello/dp/0975380893

It's not an art book, but it has some awesome art in it.

[XenoKratios]

There's some free alternatives.
http://www.archive.org/
http://openlibrary.org/
http://coolvibe.com/

Look hard enough and you find some gems.
http://www.archive.org/stream/constructiveanat00briduoft#page/n5/mode/2up

If you are willing to spend some $$

http://www.blacklibrary.com/

[Vrav]

http://www.archive.org/details/practicescienceo00speerich

[Stinger88]

Theres a good few threads on here like this. Might be worth a search.

Exodyssey
Steampainting Spark!
Jonny Duddle, The Pirate Cruncher

[InMOP]

this should help you in your quest:

http://parkablogs.com/content/list-of-art-books-reviewed

:)

When it comes to art books Parkablogs is all you need son

[Snowfly]

Seconding District 9, it's one of the cheaper art books out there as well. I got mine for USD35

[Wahlgren]

http://shop.3dtotal.com/books/atomhawk-design-volume-1.html

This one. No questions asked. Just got it and the quality and variation blows everything else away. Best one I currently own!

[Zephiris]

The Art of Oddworld Inhabitants is my all time favorite artbook :)