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kierpanda
United States757 Posts
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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Elroi
Sweden5617 Posts
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Glull
Germany404 Posts
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kierpanda
United States757 Posts
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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kierpanda
United States757 Posts
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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zulu_nation8
China26351 Posts
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kierpanda
United States757 Posts
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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Son of Gnome
United States777 Posts
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fabiano
Brazil4644 Posts
dont really know anything about art books though. | ||
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Kukaracha
France1954 Posts
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Pokebunny
United States10654 Posts
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insourcecertainty
United States142 Posts
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intrigue
Washington, D.C9935 Posts
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RoyGBiv_13
United States1275 Posts
On February 03 2012 06:19 intrigue wrote: a magic flight launch box hahaahaha. stereotyping, but I love it nonetheless. Did you know Blizzard specifically won't drug test their employees? | ||
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kierpanda
United States757 Posts
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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kierpanda
United States757 Posts
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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kierpanda
United States757 Posts
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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SigmaoctanusIV
United States3313 Posts
http://www.amazon.com/StarCraft-Bible-explosions-pixels-inspire/dp/1456489771/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1294254719&sr=1-2&tag=tealiq-20 Which is the history of the game. Korean Esports and a bunch of other stuff into SC2 Awesome read too. | ||
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RuN
Brazil234 Posts
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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Ventil
Sweden414 Posts
And also a bunch of these! + Show Spoiler + ![[image loading]](http://thumbs.dreamstime.com/thumblarge_595/1301406416Eg4e57.jpg) | ||
fusefuse
Estonia4644 Posts
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 | ||
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x2fst
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kierpanda
United States757 Posts
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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sob3k
United States7572 Posts
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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jumbotroN
Peru229 Posts
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alffla
Hong Kong20321 Posts
maybe this series for a something a bit different http://www.gingkopress.com/03-gra/fantasy-plus.html | ||
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Th1rdEye
United States1074 Posts
here i'll do it for you: http://www.amazon.com/Sacred-Mirrors-Visionary-Alex-Grey/dp/0892813148/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1328250640&sr=8-3 | ||
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Sinensis
United States2513 Posts
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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UltimateHurl
Ireland591 Posts
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Bloodash
Netherlands1384 Posts
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kierpanda
United States757 Posts
On February 03 2012 13:03 alffla wrote: massive black volume 1. also from ballistic publishing maybe this series for a something a bit different http://www.gingkopress.com/03-gra/fantasy-plus.html 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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kierpanda
United States757 Posts
On February 03 2012 15:54 Sinensis wrote: 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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