Book Review: The Art of Dead Space
The Art of Dead Space is a wonderful concept art book for the chilling game series. It has 192 pages and a hardcover with a nice matte surface going on.
The book collects art from all the three games so far. Squeezing three games into 192 pages means that some artworks could not be included. So at times, I was thinking,"Shouldn't there be a bit more of this and that?" Having said that, this artbook is as good as it can get. It's great actually.
All pages are filled with huge detailed concept art of the characters, creatures, vehicles, spacecrafts and environments. The content covers Isaac, Ishimura, Machinery (all the hardware and stuff), Marker, Necromorphs, The Sprawl, New Horizons Colony, Tau Volantis.
The painted art are gorgeous. Creature designs are awesome. You can feel the grit of the world and the chilling sensation from the grotesque creatures. There are many what-the-hell-happened-here interior art, dying space stations and haunting locations. The art direction really nailed down the look and feel of this intriguing yet horrific world.
This is fantastic video game artbook for fans of the Dead Space, sci-fi art and creature design. Highly recommended.
The artists included are
Ian Milham
Alexander Muscat
Ben Wanat
Joel Boucquemont
Nathan Bowden
Derek Brand
Jehan Choo
Jason Courtney
Joseph Cross
Jason Felix
Jens Holdener
Jeong Keum
Chi-Wai Lao
Jesse Lee
Lawrence Mai
Brett Marting
Jim Moore
Doug Nishimura
Patrick O'Keefe
Ryan Church
Carlos Huante
George Hull
Iain McCaig
Massive Black
Opus Artz
Christopher Shy
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There's also a clamshell edition for the Dead Space artbook available.
Comments
Hi Parka-
Hi Parka-
Great review as always. Thought your readers would like to know that there's a limited 'clamshell' version of this book being sold directly by EA.
https://gear.ea.com/art-of-dead-space-clamshell-edition.html
These games are a little too
These games are a little too creepy for my taste, but I absolutely love the design aesthetic of the DEAD SPACE saga. Extremely atmospheric & detailed. Very cool story as well. This book is amazing (worth it even if you don't play the games)...
Now this looks great... Much
Now this looks awesome! Imagine my flustration when I bought the previous one and when it arrived it turned out to be so small that you should view it with a magnifying glass.
https://sphotos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/400914_446124412097902_1…
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