wow this looks awesome. already seen and saved most of that concept art to my hdd but to have the book on hand for constant inspiration would be tight, as well as reading their insights into their production.
only lame thing with ballistic is the cost of shipping to canada beacuase its coming from AUS. really wish they would get a north american distribution center. and to buy it at oscars here in vancouver itll be priced like 100 bucks anyways, a little ridiculous.
Oh, just came here to post about this awesome book!
I've only played Uncharted2 a couple of weeks ago for the first time... I have to say I played trhough it in awe!
it's definitely one of the most good looking and art inspiring games i've ever seen! A must play for everyone claiming to call themselves a game artist!
The book is a bit expensive, but it's probably worth it. I've seen the "The Art of Oddworld Inhabitants" (Art from Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee for those who don't know it) and the quality is top notch!
thats crazy, I ordered it from ballistic and its about $90 with shipping, more than double if i ordered it from amazon, I lose out on about £20-25 but I get it sooner from ballistic than if I got it from amazon.com and I remember Amazon not getting stock straight at release on previous titles, was a month or two late if I remember correctly, this might be fixed now though.
£44.99 at Forbidden Planet UK. Its where I got my Character Modelling and Exotique books before, might take a little longer than Amazon to deliver though.
"This email is to give you all an update on the shipping of The Art of UNCHARTED 2: Among Thieves. Due to a transport delay beyond our control, all books will be shipped from the 3rd May 2010."
D'aw hell. I'm so impatient to finally get my hands on this thing.
@PixelMasher Oscars is awesome! Haven't been there in a while though
I find that the Ballistic books are really awesome, and love the ones I have now. Not sure if I will get this one since I have not played this game yet (I hated the jet-ski level in the first game). I can't wait for more from this series though. It would be great to see an Assassin's Creed 2 book. Those environments are possibly the best of any game ever.
@PixelMasher Oscars is awesome! Haven't been there in a while though
I find that the Ballistic books are really awesome, and love the ones I have now. Not sure if I will get this one since I have not played this game yet (I hated the jet-ski level in the first game). I can't wait for more from this series though. It would be great to see an Assassin's Creed 2 book. Those environments are possibly the best of any game ever.
Dont worry there is nothing like the jet-ski level at all in UC2 and having the best environments in any game its a must play!
Note to self though, never buy another book from Ballistic Publishing direct, cost me double what Amazon is charging, terrible. Oh well for this one its all worth it, cant wait to get it
FREAKING AMAZING! THere's SO much awesome art in here that I cannot believe it. I've been looking at it for 2 hours, and I'm only like 30 pages in. Very inspiring stuff here!
I just bit the bullet and got it from ballistic :P. I wanted it too badly to wait for Amazon to get their act together. I decided to go for the leather hard-cover version, and I am DAMN glad! Great, high quality book. I'm still jaw dropped flipping through the pages.
yay it arrived, what a beautiful book, The zbrush stuff is just crazy on the main characters and the concept art is just beautiful, love it love it love it!!!!!!
Definitely wanna get a copy of this... I'm yet to play Uncharted 2 though, I literally just finished the first one a couple weeks ago. To those who have the book, is there much in the way of spoilers in there? I know it's unlikely they would go into the plot in the artbook but am I gonna see surprises in the book that'd make the game less 'surprising' if you see what I mean.
Yeah there are spoilers, it shows off every environment in the game in concept form and production shots not to mention little blurbs about the stuff shown.
Yeah, old titles. Had to wait for the right time...for a long time (devaluation of US dollar helped too). Will get Art of Uncharted 2 next to mark landing the next project, whenever and whatever that is.
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only lame thing with ballistic is the cost of shipping to canada beacuase its coming from AUS. really wish they would get a north american distribution center. and to buy it at oscars here in vancouver itll be priced like 100 bucks anyways, a little ridiculous.
(Thanks for the link! I was wondering when it was going to come out.)
I've only played Uncharted2 a couple of weeks ago for the first time... I have to say I played trhough it in awe!
it's definitely one of the most good looking and art inspiring games i've ever seen! A must play for everyone claiming to call themselves a game artist!
The book is a bit expensive, but it's probably worth it. I've seen the "The Art of Oddworld Inhabitants" (Art from Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee for those who don't know it) and the quality is top notch!
Getting it next month for sure!
Oh, and the CGS article about it:
http://features.cgsociety.org/story_custom.php?story_id=5545&utm_medium=editors_desk&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=highlights&utm_term=uncharted_2&utm_content=textlink&utm_campaign=20100311&referer=newsletter
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Parkablogs did his review on it. Sounds and looks like a winner.
http://parkablogs.com/content/book-review-art-of-uncharted-2-among-thieves
amazon.co.uk is £51.49 at the moment
thanks for posting the link !
http://www.forbiddenplanet.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=58322
"This email is to give you all an update on the shipping of The Art of UNCHARTED 2: Among Thieves. Due to a transport delay beyond our control, all books will be shipped from the 3rd May 2010."
D'aw hell. I'm so impatient to finally get my hands on this thing.
I find that the Ballistic books are really awesome, and love the ones I have now. Not sure if I will get this one since I have not played this game yet (I hated the jet-ski level in the first game). I can't wait for more from this series though. It would be great to see an Assassin's Creed 2 book. Those environments are possibly the best of any game ever.
Dont worry there is nothing like the jet-ski level at all in UC2 and having the best environments in any game its a must play!
Note to self though, never buy another book from Ballistic Publishing direct, cost me double what Amazon is charging, terrible. Oh well for this one its all worth it, cant wait to get it
my review:
FREAKING AMAZING! THere's SO much awesome art in here that I cannot believe it. I've been looking at it for 2 hours, and I'm only like 30 pages in. Very inspiring stuff here!
Edi-hmm just seen the forbiddenplanet link, tempting xD
smells good dont it?
amazing book though, best book i have ever bought
Yeah, old titles. Had to wait for the right time...for a long time (devaluation of US dollar helped too). Will get Art of Uncharted 2 next to mark landing the next project, whenever and whatever that is.