5.0 out of 5 stars
Just plain beautiful, Nov 2 2010
This review is from: VENT Volume 1 (Paperback)
When I bought Vent I didn't know what to expect, but when I got it I was blown away by the quality, the variety, the humour of the artworks and the tutorials throughout this book. Really? I would have gladly paid double the price for something this high in quality.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Wonderful book of art and tutorials, Sep 29 2010
This review is from: VENT Volume 1 (Paperback)
Length:: 0:59 Mins
VENT Volume 1 is the 10 year anniversary art book for UDON Entertainment. UDON's an art studio that have been around for a while now. You might know them for their Street Fighter comics and art. They have worked for for Capcom, Marvel, Hasbro, TV studios and many other big clients.
This 248-page paperback anthology that features the comics, illustrations and tutorials from the talented UDON artists.
The illustrations mainly character based, and beautiful, of course. It's very refreshing compared to their commercial work, as many are published for the first time. The art feels very different as there are lots of new characters, designs and stories. There are 28 artists featured so the variety is very varied.
About a third of the book is on tutorials detailing the creation process. That is a lot of tutorials and they are filled with step by step screens and commentary loaded with tips on digital and traditional drawing. It's all interesting to read and they are really useful for artists. You can learn how their achieve their manga-like colours, conceptualize designs, composite layouts, among many other art creation ideas.
This is a wonderful book of art and tutorials, recommended to fans and artists.
The list of artists included are:
- Omar Dogan
- Saejin Oh
- Jay Axer
- Christine Choi
- Gonzalo Ordonez
- Greg Boychuk
- Joe Ng
- Crystal Reid
- Jeffrey Cruz
- Ryan Odagawa
- Matt Moylan
- Steven Cummings
- Leo Lingas
- Eric Vedder
- Emily Warren
- Alvin Lee
- Eric Kim
- Long Vo
- Attila Adorjany
- Jim Zubkavich
- Joe Vriens
- Andrew Hou
- Dax Gordine
- Arnold Tsang
(There are more pictures of the book on my blog. Just visit my Amazon Profile for the link.)
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