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My boyfriend's birthday is coming up in a few weeks, and he mentioned that he wanted art books. But I'm not entirely sure what kind of art books are "good".
For xmas, I got him the art book from Massive Black.
I really want to get him like the art of SC2 book or something, but I don't think that exists... Sadly.
But my question is, what kind of art books do you guys use for reference? Is there a specific artist/publisher I should look for?
Any help would be appreciated! :D Thanks!
He's a digital painter / vector flash artist, btw. He works on games. He used to work in oil paints, but now he doesn't have time to paint anymore.
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Have you heard of Banks? I love Wall and Piece
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the collectors edition of wings of liberty includes a starcraft artbook - you can get it seperate on ebay. just make sure he doesnt already have it
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On February 03 2012 05:19 Glull wrote:the collectors edition of wings of liberty includes a starcraft artbook - you can get it seperate on ebay. just make sure he doesnt already have it
:0! Didn't know that. He only has the digital copy. Time to go ebay huntin'!
Thanks!
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On February 03 2012 05:19 Elroi wrote: Have you heard of Banks? I love Wall and Piece
Banksy? I'm quite familiar with him and his work; but I don't think my boyfriend is that much of a Banksy fan.
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what kind of art is he interested in? can rarely go wrong with a nice coffee table book (might be expensive though).
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On February 03 2012 05:27 zulu_nation8 wrote: what kind of art is he interested in? can rarely go wrong with a nice coffee table book (might be expensive though). Mostly game art. 3D renders and concept art.
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the art book in the sc2 collectors edition is super sick btw and there is an awesome comic that comes with it
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buy him a Wacom tablet if you want him to propose to you :p
dont really know anything about art books though.
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Well if you want to buy an art book, you need to tell us first what kind of art he likes...
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Yeah, I've got the SC2 CE art book and it's pretty cool. Would have to think about if I'm willing to sell though
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The Book of Cain has art in it. haha
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intrigue
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hahaahaha. stereotyping, but I love it nonetheless.
Did you know Blizzard specifically won't drug test their employees?
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On February 03 2012 05:45 fabiano wrote: buy him a Wacom tablet if you want him to propose to you :p
dont really know anything about art books though.
Cintiqs are $1000 - $2k USD!
He has an intuos though.
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On February 03 2012 06:17 insourcecertainty wrote: The Book of Cain has art in it. haha
I just ordered that one. :D
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On February 03 2012 05:47 Kukaracha wrote: Well if you want to buy an art book, you need to tell us first what kind of art he likes...
Digital paintings/game art/concept art. To some degree, 3D stuff, but he doesn't work in 3D.
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It really depends on what he does !
Anatomy books and sculpture books are one of my favorite things to use as reference but there are a ton of great books by amazing artists out there.
Tell us what he does and what kind of level his art is at we might be able to help !!
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Books about human anatomy is always a good asset for artists. I have a bunch of them myself, and they're super useful. Not only books about human anatomy, but the anatomy of animals are also great.
And also a bunch of these! + Show Spoiler +
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On February 03 2012 07:09 fusefuse wrote:gogo ballistic publishing! http://www.ballisticpublishing.com/books/expose/expose_9/or any other ive been drooling over the successive exposé books for yeeeears in the local book store worth the pricetag though. high quality and amazingly inspiring. beyond doubt Ohhh I think we may have a winner!
Thanks! :D
Damnnn that leather edition looks super nice.
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On February 03 2012 10:10 kierpanda wrote:Ohhh I think we may have a winner! Thanks! :D Damnnn that leather edition looks super nice.
You do know the massive black book is also published by ballistic right?
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the books of A Song of Ice and Fire (bettter known as the tv series Game of Thrones from HBO).
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On February 03 2012 05:07 kierpanda wrote:My boyfriend's birthday is coming up in a few weeks, and he mentioned that he wanted art books. But I'm not entirely sure what kind of art books are "good". For xmas, I got him the art book from Massive Black. I really want to get him like the art of SC2 book or something, but I don't think that exists... Sadly. But my question is, what kind of art books do you guys use for reference? Is there a specific artist/publisher I should look for? Any help would be appreciated! :D Thanks! He's a digital painter / vector flash artist, btw. He works on games. He used to work in oil paints, but now he doesn't have time to paint anymore.
What race does he play?
If he plays zerg, get him an H. R. Giger art book.
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I came in to say Gnomon have some really good tutorial DVDs to help artists develop their skills, might be worth a look (http://www.thegnomonworkshop.com/) . Some good art book suggestions already though!
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I'd reccomend ballisticpublishing.com as well, great quality stuff
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I actually got him the Massive Black Vol.1 for Christmas. :D I have Vol. 2 on pre-order too.
Wow, that art is gorgeous!! I'm definitely adding it to the list.
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On February 03 2012 15:54 Sinensis wrote:Show nested quote +On February 03 2012 05:07 kierpanda wrote:My boyfriend's birthday is coming up in a few weeks, and he mentioned that he wanted art books. But I'm not entirely sure what kind of art books are "good". For xmas, I got him the art book from Massive Black. I really want to get him like the art of SC2 book or something, but I don't think that exists... Sadly. But my question is, what kind of art books do you guys use for reference? Is there a specific artist/publisher I should look for? Any help would be appreciated! :D Thanks! He's a digital painter / vector flash artist, btw. He works on games. He used to work in oil paints, but now he doesn't have time to paint anymore. What race does he play? If he plays zerg, get him an H. R. Giger art book.
He is currently zerg, but is maybe switching to Terran for 1v1. In teams, he just plays random. I actually got him a zerg keychain when we first started dating.
I'll take a look to see what Amazon has for H.R. Giger. Thanks for the suggestion!
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