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Artbooks - The Best And The Worst

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hampig

Member
UnluckyKate said:
Gravity Daze (Rush) 1 + 2 artbook
Stella Deus artbook
Capcom Visual Works 2004-2014
Ryu ga Gotoku (Yakuza) anniversary book
Persona 3 & 4 fanbooks (couldn't find the visual works)
Odin Sphere Leifdrasir (I wish Vanillaware or Kitakami would have more artbooks)
Grasshooper Manufacture artbook
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I bet that Odin Sphere one is excellent. I wonder what's covered in the Grasshopper one though?
 
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UnluckyKate

Member
hampig said:
I bet that Odin Sphere one is excellent. I wonder what's covered in the Grasshopper one though?
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Grasshopper table of content :

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you can see it covers all their project, but to a lesser extent sadly because there aren't much pages for each.

But it's still amazing to get insight on their crazy creative process

oh and its in english as well, I heard here it very cheap on Amazon US during sales. The only thing is that english translation is a the end of the book so you have to go back and forth to read the comments to each pages...
 
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Mieu

Member
Got that grasshopper manufacture book for $12 on amazon. The lords of shadow artbook was at $10 before but I didn't buy it. Lol

I only have the Odin Sphere artbook from the CE of the remaster. Is that different?
 
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UnluckyKate

Member
Mieu said:
Got that grasshopper manufacture book for $12 on amazon. The lords of shadow artbook was at $10 before but I didn't buy it. Lol

I only have the Odin Sphere artbook from the CE of the remaster. Is that different?
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it has a different cover and I think some more pages.
 
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UnluckyKate

Member
Mieu said:
The one i bought says it is the japanese version.

Overwatch LE Artbook is only $60 at amazon
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so the Persona 4 is really out of stock... I was looking at it every week for month and I kept saying to myself " I'll buy P3, P4 and P5 artbook when P5 is available by the end of june " and the last few remaining books are gone from amazon.fr and .uk...

I have no idea where to find artbooks besides Ebay or used but it's already $200+

I can't believe I missed it... Everyweek amazon kept telling me " only xx left " and I ignored it. I thought there would always be more lol
 
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Mieu

Member
UnluckyKate said:
so the Persona 4 is really out of stock... I was looking at it every week for month and I kept saying to myself " I'll buy P3, P4 and P5 artbook when P5 is available by the end of june " and the last few remaining books are gone from amazon.fr and .uk...

I have no idea where to find artbooks besides Ebay or used but it's already $200+

I can't believe I missed it... Everyweek amazon kept telling me " only xx left " and I ignored it. I thought there would always be more lol
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Happened to me with Valkyria Chronicles Design Archive. After the remaster, someone bought all the stocks. Haha!

I was fortunate to have my local bookstore get a copy very close to the retail price. I didn't expect P4 to get sold out though


Just be patient. Good deals will appear eventually.
 
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redlemon

Member
UnluckyKate said:
so the Persona 4 is really out of stock... I was looking at it every week for month and I kept saying to myself " I'll buy P3, P4 and P5 artbook when P5 is available by the end of june " and the last few remaining books are gone from amazon.fr and .uk...

I have no idea where to find artbooks besides Ebay or used but it's already $200+

I can't believe I missed it... Everyweek amazon kept telling me " only xx left " and I ignored it. I thought there would always be more lol
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I'm assuming your talking about the UDON artbooks? They do reprint the artbooks from time to time. The Okami one has definitely gone though multiple reprints.
 
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UnluckyKate

Member
Mieu said:
Happened to me with Valkyria Chronicles Design Archive. After the remaster, someone bought all the stocks. Haha!

I was fortunate to have my local bookstore get a copy very close to the retail price. I didn't expect P4 to get sold out though


Just be patient. Good deals will appear eventually.
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redlemon said:
I'm assuming your talking about the UDON artbooks? They do reprint the artbooks from time to time. The Okami one has definitely gone though multiple reprints.
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Yes Udon. I'll just be patient an pray for a reprint.
 
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UnluckyKate

Member
Zalman said:
The Persona 4 artbook is in stock at Amazon UK. I'm not sure about shipping, but it should be an option.
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It's not in stock it says dispatching in 2 to 4 weeks... But I'm not sure if it means " we ordered more, they are printing, we'll get them and ship them soon "

or if its the basic automatic message when they are sold out and they don't now yet that it's out of print...

(still have a pending order, better be safe than sorry)
 
s_mirage

s_mirage

Member
UnluckyKate said:
It's not in stock it says dispatching in 2 to 4 weeks... But I'm not sure if it means " we ordered more, they are printing, we'll get them and ship them soon "
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From working in a book shop I would suggest that it means that more have been ordered from the supplier and they are expecting to receive them. However, it could also mean that the supplier has to order from the publisher, and no date or availability is confirmed.
 
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UnluckyKate

Member
s_mirage said:
From working in a book shop I would suggest that it means that more have been ordered from the supplier and they are expecting to receive them. However, it could also mean that the supplier has to order from the publisher, and no date or availability is confirmed.
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Well good news then. Fingers crossed
 
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Mieu

Member
The Last Guardian book by Future Press will be releasing on the 16th of June. It's roughly $30 tax included.

Persona 5 (Prima) is still set at June 27 and they still won't show the final cover art.

Bloodborne Official Works has been moved to July 4.

Overwatch Limited Edition raised its price from $60 to $72.60
 
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Alo81

Low Poly Gynecologist
Lucumo said:
No Kojima Ayami's Santa Lilio Sangre mentioned so far? Wow.

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Me and my SO randomly stumbled upon this at ACEN. The cover caught my eye, I found the art incredible striking. Then I turn a page and see fuckin SotN Alucard and go "Wait a god damn minute." Bought it on the spot, and we spent the next several hours looking through it together and dissecting the pieces.

It is incredibly impressive and evocative, I cannot recommend it enough. Totally blew me away.
 
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Lucumo

Member
Alo81 said:
Me and my SO randomly stumbled upon this at ACEN. The cover caught my eye, I found the art incredible striking. Then I turn a page and see fuckin SotN Alucard and go "Wait a god damn minute." Bought it on the spot, and we spent the next several hours looking through it together and dissecting the pieces.

It is incredibly impressive and evocative, I cannot recommend it enough. Totally blew me away.
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Glad that someone else bought it. Congrats on the purchase. How much was it, by the way? Conventions usually have really high prices for stuff like that, so I'm wondering...

And I'm happy you had the same experience that I did because I did exactly the same (though, I knew what I was buying beforehand).
 
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Alo81

Low Poly Gynecologist
Lucumo said:
Glad that someone else bought it. Congrats on the purchase. How much was it, by the way? Conventions usually have really high prices for stuff like that, so I'm wondering...

And I'm happy you had the same experience that I did because I did exactly the same (though, I knew what I was buying beforehand).
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I'd need to double check to make sure but the label says about $50 on it.

Actually, just checked.

57.32 after tax. Worth every penny.
 
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Hedge

Member
My TLG book is in transit. Anyone has it and can comment whether or not there is in depth comment on individual character design choices or is it more or less a short overview with landscape images?
 
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ScOULaris

Member
Are all of you who have either received or had shipping confirmation for the TLG book thus far in Europe? I'm in the US and my pre-order still hasn't shipped or anything.
 
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Mieu

Member
My TLG still doesn't show that it is in transit. I've preordered December 2016.

It went to a sold out status but was later restocked.
 
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Mieu

Member
Did the publication date for Persona 5 change? It's no longer shipping on the 25th.

But Bloodborne is now scheduled to be delivered on the 30th
 
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UnluckyKate

Member
Mieu said:
Did the publication date for Persona 5 change? It's no longer shipping on the 25th.

But Bloodborne is now scheduled to be delivered on the 30th
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Amazon.uk got Persona 5 for september 25th... They keep delaying it.
Bloodborne still for July's 4th for me
 
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The Flash

Banned
Recently got the Art of the Evil Within. Pretty good stuff. Some of the enemy concepts shown in it are going to be in TEW2 even. Looking to add the Art of DOOM, Wolfenstein, Prey, and Dishonored 2.
 
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HappenstanceUK

Member
My current collection (Some may not necessarily be artbooks but pretty close):

The Art of the Mass Effect Universe
The Art of Mass Effect Andromeda
The World of the Witcher
The Art of Fallout 4
The Art of Rocksteady's Batman
EVE Source
The Art of Blizzard Entertainment
World of Warcraft Chronicle Volume 1
The Art of Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney
The Art of Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies
Asura's Wrath Official Complete Works
Persona 3 Official Design Works
Persona 4 Official Design Works
Persona 4 Arena Official Design Works
Persona 5 Art book
The Art of Metal Gear Solid V
The History of Sonic The Hedgehog
NES/Famicom Visual Compendium
Hyrule Historia
Sega Megadrive/Genesis: Collected Works
 
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SgtWiggles

Member
Ended up caving and buy both the Monster Hunter Illustration books on Amazon finally. Looked like were getting scarcer and right after I ordered the 2nd one the price went up like $7.

Also grabbed a copy of that Persona 4 book from Amazon UK, regretted waiting on that one while it was still in the $30-40 range before 5 came out
 
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Servbot24

Banned
How much of the TLG book is concept art? That's what I mainly want to see. I would be a bit disappointed if it were more articles and dev photos or something like that.
 
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