The Art of Darksiders II (Hardcover)

First of all, it's Joe MAD we're talking about here, that should be reason enough. The book is filled with drawings and sketches of all the characters which is great because you get a chance to see how they actually evolved. Usually video game "art of" books have a lot of polished character poses but this one actually shows you the rough sketches, which I love.It also isn't as heavy on the environmental art like some other video game "art of" books and focuses more on actual characters. Great book, wish the game was as good.

Darksiders is back with another great game and equally great accompanying art. The Art of Darksiders 2 is divided into Key Visuals (Artwork), Characters & Enemies, Weapons, Locations, CG models, Storyboards, some commentary on art development, and Key Visuals (CG). It's a bit thinner than the first book, but the binding has improved (thank God). In my opinion, the layout is more organized and even. The first artbook was more scattered and left blank space between the small thumbnails.Despite this, I highly recommend both artbooks if you love the game or video game art in general. There are lots of wickedly good drawings on every page. I'm very pleased with the quality and quantity. :)

Great book.If you are into concept art, this is pretty much another must have in your library. It shows a great variety of ideation sketches for pretty much every characters, and they are all fun to look at.If you are one of those people who are looking for production paintings / concept paintings (nothing wrong with that) chances are this "might" not be perfect for you. However, all the sketches and looseness are really great to look at for those who are into design. In other words, this is not a "pretty book"; It shows a ton of awesome thumbnails and these are much more important than well done paintings for students.

One of the best art book i bought. A ton of sketches, concepts/designs and all of them are awesome.Joe Madureira and his team did a great job!I Just wish some of the sketches/paintings could be bigger on the page, to see all the details.Go get it, its worth it!... still waiting fo Darksiders 3

There's a lot of cut content in here, and I love to see the concepts they came up with. The art is gorgeous! Now I'm on a mission to get all of the Art of Darksiders books 📚

This art book is awesome, I love the process of the character Death in this. Its a thick art book with 220 of art work done by Joe "amazing" Madureira. If you are a fan of the Darksiders series, or a fan Joe "Mad" Madureira, then you are going to love this art book.

As I've already played Darksiders II, I know that Madueira's art is awesome, so, my review is about a book.Printing is superb. Book itself is freaking HUGE, it's almost A4 and every page is thick and coated. Number of arts in it is just overwhelming - this is definitely not a quick reference.If you love seeing good art from time to time and/or loved Darksiders II go buy this artbook immediately.

This book has a generous serving of art and drawings by Joe Madureira. You can be assured that all art; even the sketches in there are in the leagues of the best entertainment art out there. Words are little in this book. It is purely about the art. The consistency in the style is staggeringly superb from sketch to finish. Print is of high quality and art is well organized in the book. The book is a great size of slightly bigger then letter size and an inch thick! The price for a book of this caliber on amazon is a bloody steal. Highly recommend artist an fans of the Joe Madureira and the game to get this book immediately.

Como con "The art of darksiders 1" tenerlo en las manos se siente brutal. Un libro muy bien hecho con un diseño cuidadísimo, es el arte de Darksiders y eso ya debería bastar para que sea interesante. Muy recomendado.

Great insight into developers designs

Abgesehen von der Qualtität der Bindung ein wirklich schönes und vor allem umfangreiches Artbook.Das Produkt erhielt trotz des Mankos der Bindung von mir die volle Anzahl Sterne, da man bei dem Preis und dem Umfang m.E. damit Leben können sollte.Eine qualitativ hochwertigere Bindung hätte das Buch - auch aufgrung der ziemlich spezifischen Thematik - sicherlich massiv verteuert.

If you like Joe Madureira's style of art and can't get enough of it, then this item is for you! An excellent example of from sketch to finish results are showcased in this book. Gaming enthusiasts, comic fans and basically anybody that admires true raw skill and talent with pencil that is then converted to game play will adore this book. Enormous amounts of artwork to be looked at and drooled over with loving admiration. Joe Mad! shows us here why he is one of the most loved artists in the comic and gaming industry today. A must have.

Primo artbook che prendo per una serie di giochi che ho amato, ma soprattutto per i disegni di Madureira, lo seguo anche nel mondo dei fumetti ed è un artista stupendo!!! Sullo scaffale di ogni gamer e di ogni appassionato di fumetti!!!