Gears Of War Art Book

HellMark

For anyone interested the Gears of War Limited Edition Strategy Guide with the art book is on sale at Amazon for $9.57. Beautiful book with some great art in there. I definitely recommend it. Enjoy.

http://www.amazon.com/Gears-War-Limited-...3451&sr=1-1

Geezus

The "art book" that came with the collector's edition was the poorest excuse for an art book I've ever seen. Though, I hear the strategy guide has some good art. Either way, extremely good deal there.

gauss

well 10 bucks is a great price to get a lot of hawkprey's (and other epic greats) work in one place... aaand i just bought it. damn you, amazon.com one click ordering.

Joseph Silverman

The art book is excellent, I really recommend it.

cholden

Picked up this book back when the game came out. It's awesome! Inspirational stuff.

Rwolf

waiting for character artist 2

http://www.ballisticpublishing.com/books/dartiste/character_modeling_2/

James Edwards

Ah I was just notified that mine shipped last week too. Can't wait! Some nice images in there.

TelekineticFrog

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Ah I was just notified that mine shipped last week too. Can't wait! Some nice images in there.

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Wait a second...you were notified D'Artiste Character Modeling 2 Shipped or the Gears Art Book? I ordered the Character Modeling 2 book when they first began preorders like a month ago and my order status still hasn't changed to shipping yet. I hope it's soon because I'm really looking forward to it.

TelekineticFrog

errr nevermind...that was so freaky. I just posted that question for you Gwot and then went and checked my email again and I literally got an email from Ballistic Publishing saying it shipped to me. Their email was time stamped like 10 min before my question I posted. Maybe my telekinetic powers do work after all. I was like damn it put my book in a box and ship it please.

James Edwards

Hehe, send some of that mojo over here will ya? I could use it for my tax return. =]

Delaney King

I think that I already had most of the stuff from character artist II from the GDC lectures (which where brilliant), I was hoping it would be in much more detail- does anyone who has read both know this?

Jesse Moody

yeah thats an awesome deal for 10 bucks. I got the book when the game came out with the strategy guide. Just some really nice stuff inside. Now that Character Artist 2 is shipping Well thats even more Gears of War good ness...

gauss

kita, kita!
arrived from amazon... this is really quite a good deal for ten bucks. the phrase "handsomely appointed" comes to mind, and there is indeed a good and thick artbook to go along with the guide. aces.

James Edwards

Nice... I'll probably still pick that one up too... My CM2 just arrived today as well! Joy!

Wells

I ordered one. Hope it arrives soooooon

Wahlgren

Might spend some cash on this one later if theres actually a good deal of art in there. Not that interested in the strategy part.

adam

ordered. thanks!

TelekineticFrog

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Nice... I'll probably still pick that one up too... My CM2 just arrived today as well! Joy!

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Arghhh...so lucky. I'm still waiting...impatiently of course. At least I know it's on its' way. Must have CM2.

PS - Sneaking over to Gwot's right now to "borrow".

Ghostscape

My strategy guide/artbook arrived today. It's awesome, it has a ton of stuff in it and was well worth the $10.

steady

what are some good recommendations to add to the cart in order to get the total above $25 to get the free shipping?

spacemonkey

wow, I grabbed mine at the same time I got gears I thought everyone knew about that strategy guide/art book combo!

Its pretty cool, well worth the price.

MoP

So just to clarify, is the book that comes with the strategy guide different to the little book you get with the special edition copy of GoW? I still haven't been able to figure that out...

HellMark

The art book in the guide is very differnt than the little book that came with the special edition copy of GOW. The little book is mostly just concept art where the art book in the strategy guide has a lot more additional concept art and shows character, vehicle and environment renders with some explanations of them.

poopinmymouth

One thing the book showed to me, was how different the in game models were from Hawkprey's original 3/4 look/feel paintings. I think it was to their detriment. I think his original paintings had 10x the dynamic shapes, interesting silhouette and overall appeal than the in-game models turned out. The in game models were really detailed tubes in comparison to his original paintings. It was a real shame, as I think the game would have been quite a bit more aesthetically pleasing had they adhered to his concepts.

One area that really struck me was the main characters arm. In Hawkprey's drawing you could still tell he had a wrist, and a muscle bulk at the elbow. It was dynamic, it curved, and it tapered. The in game version was a cylinder, with no taper or curve.

MoP

Thanks, HellMark... guess I should order this, and Character Modelling 2 :0

Lee3dee

i picked this up when Gears was released. Its an beautiful art book, much better than the flipbook that came with the special edition. If i'd know this, i would of skipped the extra $10 for it

Joseph Silverman

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Yeah, here. Hopefully nobody minds this, since it's just one page and it's being used to inspire more people to buy the book: Here's the section on the boomer. Definitely not what you get in the collectors edition game.

If anyone thinks it's wrong to post a photo from the book, though (not even a scan ) I can edit it out.

blankslatejoe

just got the book....the art book is gorgeous...models, wires, flatsheets..what more could you want??

moose

damnit. i keep meaning to post some art from Gears (well, there's one.. the Boomshot weapon skin )

I finally got a chance to check out the D'Artist book today, it's really worth the money, and i bug Kev all the time about miscellaneous tricks :P He is a true badass.

the Strat Guide art book has just about everything from the broad environment shots, to concpet:in-game comparisons of levels and meshes, characters, weapons, flat shaded models, concepts galore, some unused stuff, and high res shots. It is a lot beefy-er than the Destroyed Beauty book packaged in with the CETin game.

TelekineticFrog

Moose if you wouldn't mind posting some Gears work, it'd be very appreciated...anything you'd like to show. I'm impatiently waiting for my D'Artiste Character Modeling 2 book to show up. Supposed to be here on Monday.

Illusions

Ha...bought. Mainly because of what you guys posted here about it. Amazon.com should be giving you guys royalties for this. Ohh and its down to $9 from the original post of $9.57, if the art wasn't incentive enough...

MoP

Yeah we just got the Character Modelling 2 book here at work, it's awesome... I ordered one for myself straight after flicking through it!

Really great tips and tricks and general workflow pointers in there from all the artists. I'm not a huge fan of some of the ZBrush sculpting (it's a little blobby for my tastes), but the finished models and renders look amazing.

Mongrelman

Grrr, I want these.

Is this strategy guide the one that comes with the art book? http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gears-Official-S...4863&sr=8-5

I don't have the game (nor a 360 for that matter), so all I want is the art book, no use for the strategy guide.

MoP

Lupus, not that one, but this one: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gears-War-DK-Pub...6166&sr=1-1

blankslatejoe

i dont have the game either lupus, or a 360...but even flipping through the strategy guide was really cool--thats a beautiful book on it own, as far strategy guides go

Jesse Moody

yeah the strategy guide has some nice level layouts from top down and has some good art in it on its own. Looks like i'm gonna be ordering my character modeling 2 book as well. Time to build up my library again. Ahh and it's a write off since it's reference stuff...

Mongrelman

Cheers guys. Just ordered it, hopefully it will be with me soon

Campaignjunkie

I just got mine in the mail. I've only looked through the art book so far. It's pretty neat, but I wish they showed more environment stuff and had some more commentary.

thomasp

ah damn, it's 20 pounds. after conversion, it's only like 4 times the price of what's on amazon US. no way i'm going to pay that kind of markup.

anyone from EU ever ordered from amazon US? delivery charges/VAT/customs - what was the story?

Mongrelman

thomasp, go to the "used and new section" in amazon, on the right.

I got mine from the 3rd place in there (£9.42) as it ships from the UK. Including P&P it was about £12.15

chrismaddox3d

the price went back up to $19.79,
owell ill have to pay more,
least its has free shipping,
i am always late on finding good deals,
Chris

nkoste

I made it before the price went up, anyways with shipping it comes out 18 dollars. Still a good deal though.