The Art of Gears of War 3 is one whopping 320-page art book. Not a lot of art books come at this size. It's incredible.
The book is split into two parts, featuring the concept art and production art. There are art for characters, monsters, weapons, vehicles and environments, together with quotes on selected pieces.
The concept art is amazing. They are painted with high levels of detail and look really great. Everything looks gritty real and has weight. That's the art direction of the game. The characters and monsters are bulky but always look believable. There are many variations including discarded concepts. The best ones are then chosen for production.
The second half of the book shows production art version of the concept art as they are used as game assets. The high-res renders and textured mapped models are really amazing. All of them deserve to be made into collectible figures. In particular, the monster models are wicked. They are painstakingly sculpted with mind-blowing details to show all sorts of imaginable contortions.
The environment art are beautiful haunting scenes of ruins and other locations, such as the grandiose interiors of Azura.
The amount of art that goes into making this game is unbelievable. One thing missing is the artist credits. There must have been a lot of artists working on the game.
It's a terrific book overall. Highly recommended for fans of the game, concept artists and collectors. More video games should come up with books like these.
This art book is also available as special and folio editions, both available only from Ballistic Publishing website. An A3 poster comes free for the first 100 customers.
Also check out the earlier video game art books from Ballistic Publishing, namely The Art of God of War III and The Art of Uncharted 2.
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PS. This book is a review copy provided by Ballistic Publishing. Thanks a lot!
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13 Comments
No release date in Germany
Submitted by Lars on
No release date in Germany yet. UK at
Ballistic Publishing (30 July 2012)
can't wait...
Preordered special edition!!
Submitted by Basque Country on
Preordered special edition!!
Thanks Parka!!
A question for Parka: how is
Submitted by Yura on
A question for Parka: how is the binding? It seems to be high quality judging from the pictures. I'd love to buy this art book but I'm worried that the pages might fall out :-/
Books from Ballistic
Submitted by Teoh Yi Chie on
Books from Ballistic Publishing generally have good binding.
@Parka: Thank you very much!
Submitted by Yura on
@Parka: Thank you very much!
Love ballistic's artbooks,
Submitted by Ross on
Love ballistic's artbooks, hate their price. Come on, 50£ is crazy.
It is a bit much. I mean, I
Submitted by Statham on
It is a bit much. I mean, I think Udon's prices are a little high sometimes, but they've never put out anything that costs that much.
is the binding hard cover or
Submitted by Erin on
is the binding hard cover or soft cover? Amazon says soft cover but I can't imagine a book of this quality and many pages to be soft cover.
@Erin It is softcover.
Submitted by Teoh Yi Chie on
@Erin
It is softcover.
Hey there my dear Parka, I
Submitted by DD on
Hey there my dear Parka, I saw your review at amazon -great review & vid ;)-, but I have 1 question for you, In amazon & most of the stores that sell this book, the info is: 272 pgs, but your reviews say 320 page artbook, I suppose the others are wrong, becuse you own it, but I'd be very glad if you could confirm this to me, because I'm very interested in buying the book
Thnx in advance
Best regards
DD
Hey there dear parka, I've
Submitted by DD on
Hey there dear parka, I've seen other reviews & yours is the best -very complete & great vid too ;)-, but i have 1 question, the "official" info says 272 pgs, & your reviews -here and amazon- say 320 pgs, I guess they're wrong because you own the book, but I'd be very glad if you could confirm me this. because I'm very interested in aquiring this artbook
Thnx in advance
Best regards
DD
@DD
Submitted by Teoh Yi Chie on
@DD
It's 320 pages. Amazon listed the page number wrongly.
Thanx my friend, also
Submitted by DD on
Thanx my friend, also checking your god of war 3 artbook review, and it's excellent too :)
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