[ame]http://www.amazon.com/Animators-Survival-Kit-Richard-Williams/dp/0571202284[/ame] The Animator's Survival Kit. My little brother got me a copy of this for Christmas. It has been immensely useful for inspiration and guidance.
I agree with Luxury, the Massive Black book wasn't quite what I'd hoped, I guess I shoulda looked at the flip-through a bit more. It's not bad, but not really as inspiring as I'd hoped. Honestly the most inspirational art books I've ever read are John Howe's art books:…
Hey, i'm looking to supplement my anemic collection of art based books, and i thought i'd ask for suggestions. I'm not asking strictly for videogame artbooks or even for art books in general, just pretty much anything related. Either inspiration or education -- what are your guys' top picks? So far i'm looking at the…
Holy crap, I've gotta pick that up. I ran across his stuff when I was digging up ref for my TF2 map. I liked his work so much I named the ship and the map after him. Very inspirational stuff and was an amazing artist. 256 pages with 600 pieces... drool... I also suggest picking up…
Sorry for necroing the thread but I couldn't find a more recent art book thread here on pc. I got these two bad boys in my mail and I can't recommend them enough; http://parkablogs.com/content/book-review-kim-jung-gi-2007-2011-sketch-collection Two super inspiring artbooks, one of them is ~1000 pages and the other around…
I just picked up [ame=http://www.amazon.com/Cinematic-Art-World-Warcraft-Wrath/dp/1933784814/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1233780063&sr=8-1]The Cinematic Art of World of Warcraft: The Wrath of the Lich King [/ame] - i was expecting a cheesy book, and when really its pretty fucking amazing. lots of paintings,…
I would like to suggest "Creating the Art of the Game" by Matthew Omernick, it's a very inspiring book with lots of tips. [ame]http://www.amazon.com/Creating-Art-Game-Riders-Games/dp/0735714096/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1234504977&sr=1-1[/ame] The books of Eadweard Muybridge "The Human Figure in Motion" and "Animals…