Book Review: 天神英貴WORKS - The ART of HIDETAKA TENJIN

天神英貴 or Hidetaka Tenjin is one of the best artists who draws mecha robots and planes, specifically Macross. His earlier book was exclusively on Macross, バルキリーズ 天神英貴マクロス画集 (Tenjin Hidetaka Art Works of Macross Valkyries).

This 102-page paperback art book has also Gundam, Votoms, etc. There are a whole lot more robots, and hence variety. The illustrations still feature the same level of amazing details. This guy is fantastic at creating metallic textures, be it weathered, battered or scratched. A handful of Macross paintings are actually repeated from the previous art book.

Beside the more technologically advanced mechas, there are also paintings on old Japanese war planes and a few portrait paintings, one which I can recognise as Adrien Brody from The Pianist.

This is a great art book for mechas lovers.

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