What are your favorite "Art of ...." books?

braden H

@ArtofAleksey said in What are your favorite "Art of ...." books?:

Art of Final fantasy 9

literally the one I was thinking of

Heather Boyd

Where do you guys see, find and collect these art ofs? I don’t have any but it would be nice.

Adriana Bergstrom

Oh this made me want to look for an "art of Zelda: Breathe of the Wild" that game has been such an escape for me.

JoshSchouwstra

Art of Blue Sky (comes with concept art from Ice Age to Epic)
and Art of Kubo are my two favourites.

JoshSchouwstra

@Heather-Boyd You can find them on Amazon, and most major bookstores. And they are a very handy reference resource!

Example:
https://www.amazon.ca/Art-Kubo-Two-Strings/dp/1452153159/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Art+of+Kubo&qid=1586292962&sr=8-1

Just type in "Art of…[movie title]" and there is usually one out there.

jfeuer

I loved the Lord of the Rings Sketchbook by illustrator Alan Lee.

Heather Boyd

@Josh-Schouwstra-0

I just bought the Art of Brave (loved the movie) and the Art of Up (because the interior of the book looked up my alley -shape use). But amazon will send it in month or bit. Thanks

Libby Unwin

The Art of Maurice Sendak. Got it on thriftbooks.com for $6, no joke. Big, fat hardcover and wonderful history of his work.

carlianne

@Heather-Boyd I always look for them when I'm at used book stores, it's fun to find old ones as well as the new ones. Otherwise Amazon!

burvantill

@EliaMurrayArt I am going to have to look into getting that, I love Brave!

burvantill

I have about 30 “art/artist” books. Some I bought and some were gifts. My most favorite are;
Art of Holly Hobbie
Art of Ratatouille
These were a Christmas gifts off of Amazon.
Disney Animation: The Illusion of Life was a gift when I was in high school.
Maxfield Parrish
and Norman Rockwell of which i have 3 Lol.
Most of my art books i either bought at big book stores or from second hand places like the friends of the auburn library.

StudioLooong

Mine is the art of Over the Garden Wall and Disney's "The Archive Series." I have the Design and Layouts & Backgrounds.

braden H

@StudioLooong said in What are your favorite "Art of ...." books?:

Mine is the art of Over the Garden Wall

I don't know why but that miniseries just threw me for a loop. So friggin' dark.

StudioLooong

@Braden-Hallett Ahh thats what I love about it! It's innocent and lighthearted but so dark at the same time!

Kenneth Michael

I have 3 "art of" books - 2 Final Fantasy Ultimania Archive (Vol 2 & 3) and Overwatch.

I really didn't play Overwatch that much but the whole design behind it was inspiring.

The two FF ones I have are nice, but I wish they were more comprehensive. I think they don't actually have that much in the art dept. and more focus on game elements.

danielerossi

@burvantill said in What are your favorite "Art of ...." books?:

Disney Animation: The Illusion of Life was a gift when I was in high school.

It has been years since I last opened my copy. I should have a look over the weekend.

The only art-of book I have is The Art of Peanuts. If they count, I also have the Chuck Jones autobiographies, The Secret Art of Dr. Seuss, and Exploring Calvin and Hobbes.

burvantill

@danielerossi I like everything you said. Lol.
I don’t have those books but I wish I did.
Peanuts totally count, Calvin and Hobbes are awesome and I’m more that a little intrigued by the “secret art” of Dr Suess.

sigross

@Gary-Wilkinson After reading this post I got out and re-read my all-time favorite art book, The Book of Alien. It's got a range of multiple art styles to cover the three colliding worlds in Alien - human, space jockey and of course the Alien. Artists I love in there are Chris Foss, Moebius and Ron Cobb. Proper world builders. When I was younger I was well into HR Giger. Now I've mellowed out more, I find it too violent to look at. Tastes change. The spaceships in it are boss. Subs in Space.

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idid

Art of Wall-E is my favorite so far.
Other Ghibli studio collections are awesome, too.

I also enjoyed Art of Over the Garden Wall

Hope that helps.

Jeremy Ross

Hi @Gary-Wilkinson, just received a copy of Spider-Man Into the Spider Verse Art Book and it’s AMAZING!