小倉宏昌 (Hiromasa Ogura) might not be a familiar name but he's an impressive background art painter. He has worked on backgrounds for films like Ghost in the Shell, TV series like Last Exile and many other.
Some of his featured paintings are from these animation titles:
There are more art from Ghost in the Shell, Patlabor and Jin-Roh. The rest of the titles are pretty underwhelming, with just 1 or 2 pages of art each. Most of his art featured here are scenic landscapes, idyllic suburbs and busy cities. A heavy mood can be felt in his paintings because the animation titles deal with rather serious themes.
At the back is a step by step workflow tutorial, an interview with Hiromasa Ogura and a discussion on background art with 4 other background artists, including Oga Kazuo. Everything is in Japanese.
Nice book but note the dark style.
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i want know the price of this
uday (not verified)
May 13, 2010,
16 weeks 10 hours ago
Comment id: 2150
i want know the price of this book in indian rupees and if iwant to buy this book how can i get? and what is the price of this book including shipping and postage charges? thank wainting for your reply.
@uday It's US$43.49 on
Parka
May 13, 2010,
16 weeks 6 hours ago
Comment id: 2151
@uday
It's US$43.49 on YesAsia. You can convert the currency at XE.
It will be more expensive on Amazon Japan.
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