The first volume in a new series, this edition is an ideal introduction to contemporary CG art in China, where some of the best video games are produced today. Works featured are by China's brightest newcomers, all wildly creative and true masters of fantasy. Whilst they draw inspiration from classics such as Street Fighter and Final Fantasy, it's their own bold vision and creativity that sets them apart. Flick through the pages and you'll find echoes of Robotech, Hellboy, Tekken, Zelda and Zoltron amongst hundreds of new incarnations that are intricate, compelling and totally engrossing. Each artist's body of work is introduced personally in a short interview that reveals each individual's interpretation of fantasy. Anyone who appreciates the expressionism of anime, the intricacy of manga and the dynamics of the ever-expanding world of video games will find this book a must have.

Fantasy +: Best Art Works of Chinese CG Artists

Arts & Photography

Zhao, Vincent

History & Criticism

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This book would be great for anyone interested in designing wearable artwork. It could even be an idea generator for tattoo artists.

Generation T: Contemporary T-Shirt Design (Visual Play)

Graphic Design

Zhang Xiaobai's paintings exist at a unique junction of fantasy art and tattoo culture. The figures she constructs are beautifully adorned with painted tattoos and are juxtaposed against detailed, colorful, background scenes. Tattoed female warriors prepare for battle, a pale centaur woman readies an arrow, a dark queen takes off a kabuki mask, and delicately adorned women repose on beds of bright orange leaves. The book is split into cohesive sections: classic, dark art, fantasy, and modern style paintings. Xiaobai is a famous manga illustrator and a member of the Beijing Assassin Tattoo Organization; one of her mangas recently won the Gold at the 2011 International Manga Competition in Japan. Fantasy Tattoo Art also includes an appendix of preliminary black and white sketches, which can be used as inspiration for illustrators or tattoo artists.

Fantasy Tattoo Art

Humor & Entertainment

Pop Culture

The artists brought together in Dark Stories by Dark Artists can attest to the truly transformative process of creating artwork that deals with the darkest elements of human nature in both oneself and other creatures. These pieces can be gruesome or bizarre, but they are always truthful, powerful, and incredibly imaginative. The artworks within this stunning title utilize a diversity of mediums including illustration, paintings, products, sculptures, and installations. Ultimately personal, this collection drawing together influential artists from around the world and asks each of these artists to reveal their own dark stories and then create fresh artwork inspired by those autobiographical tales. The creative process and conceptual work behind each piece is revealed as never before through this extensive collection that will enchant, disgust, and amaze. Artists featured include Ray Caesar, Blanquet, and David Stoupakis.

Dark Stories by Dark Artists

Youjia, Nie

Birthed in the 1960s, minimalism in architecture and interiors espoused a return to simple forms and colors, creating the most dramatic effect with the least amount of materials. Its relevance continues to this day in a world where rapid growth by accretion has led to much which is superfluous and our senses are in a constant state of overstimulation. Contemporary Minimalist Spaces takes a completely fresh look at the state of the movement through spaces that provide both spiritual sanctuary and artistic respite. Not limited solely to residential settings, this book also examines hotels, restaurants, retails shops and offices that consciously exemplify the goals of minimalism while highlighting the incredible breadth of manifestations. Includes historical context, stunning photographs, and plans for projects that span six continents.

Contemporary Minimalist Spaces

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Architecture

Perhaps the single most important aspect of any successful brand, a color is often recognizable long before the form of a logo or the letters that make up a business name. A powerful tool when employed effectively, it can trigger a multiplicity of responses from the emotional or nostalgic to the covetous or inspirational. Rarely an accident, each arises out of a distinct dialogue where the brand goals of the client are highlighted and in turn met by the designer a conscious choice of identification. Colouring Your Brand showcases effective brands through their use of color on a variety of materials including business cards, packaging, promotional design, stationery, and much more. Includes color chips for each brand presenting distinct CMYK ratios. Foreword by renowned designer Michael C. Place.

Coloring Your Brand

The role of layout design is simply stated. It operates with design elements such as font, color and graphs to deliver visual aesthetic presentation without comprising proper content layout. Layout design in the information age has demonstrated more and more diversified forms and features based on traditional aesthetic principles. The design work showcased in Amazing Layout Design, organized in accordance with different graphic mediums such as albums, publications, commercial brochures, flyers, posters, advertisements, newspaper and periodicals, embodies amazing layout designs devised by outstanding design teams from across the globe. The audacious and original tactics employed throughout mirror the latest design trends and fashions. They will certainly bring readers the most abundant and innovative inspiration. Then it is up to your own originality.

Amazing Layout Design

Decorative Arts & Design

Lines play a vital role in illustration composition. While they re often seen as simply the most basic of illustrative forms, lines are used to create illusions of space, detail contours of shapes, and convey rich emotion and style in artwork. Magic of Lines displays the line s rich diversification in forms, and its vehement and unique expressiveness in illustrated works. It includes elaborate introductions as well as interviews with 10 of the most talented illustrators specializing in linework from around the world.

The Magic of Lines: Line Illustration by Global Artists

Chu, Kuang-fu

More than just cogs, gears, and goggles, steampunk burst from the pages of science fiction and fantasy inspired by the likes of Jules Verne and H.G. Wells and rapidly grew into one of the most recognizable aesthetic movements of the 21st century. Steampunk: The Art of Retro-Futurism gathers work by the best artists, designers, and craftsmen in the field in a collection sure to fire the imagination of any fan. Its pages overflow with intricate sculpture work, digital and traditional art, and fashion that is at once decadent and utilitarian, perfect for an afternoon fixing your airship or an evening spent at a retro-futuristic Victorian ball. Projects within include conceptual designs and realized projects in fashion, sculpture, toys, props, and more, all of which explore a world where inventions of the past and a fantastical future coexist. Features the works of artists such as Samuel Gomez, Kazuhiko Nakamura, Nicole Stengel, 2-Far Playthings, and many more.

Steampunk: The Art of Retro-futurism

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