World-renowned visionary artist John Harris' unique concept paintings capture the Universe on a massive scale, featuring everything from epic landscapes and towering cities to out-of-this-world science fiction vistas.  This collection focuses on his wide variety of futuristic art, as well as...  more

World-renowned visionary artist John Harris' unique concept paintings capture the Universe on a massive scale, featuring everything from epic landscapes and towering cities to out-of-this-world science fiction vistas.  This collection focuses on his wide variety of futuristic art, as well as his striking covers for a variety of esteemed SF authors, including Arthur C Clarke, John Scalzi, Ben Bova, Hal Clement, Jack McDevitt, Frederik Pohl, Orson Scott Card's Enders books and many more. 

There are plenty of books out there in the world that feature beautiful artwork. There are plenty that offer advice and guidance. There are plenty written by experts in their respective fields. But how many combine all three?e338: The Art of Loïc Zimmermann is a unique title from the renowned...  more

There are plenty of books out there in the world that feature beautiful artwork. There are plenty that offer advice and guidance. There are plenty written by experts in their respective fields. But how many combine all three?e338: The Art of Loïc Zimmermann is a unique title from the renowned French visual artist Loïc Zimmermann. The ultimate collection of his artwork, this book boasts a combination of never-before-seen pieces and examples of the work that he has become famous for across the internet. Alongside this, Zimmermann offers his advice to any digital artists looking to follow in his footsteps on key subjects including how to promote yourself and your work effectively on the internet and problem-solving, while also providing an insight into what life is like working in the visual art field.This behind-the-scenes knowledge, combined with the stunning artwork and valuable advice, makes e338: The Art of Loïc Zimmermann an essential title for anyone who is thinking of pursuing a career in the digital art industry or is simply seeking some inspiration to help improve their work.Loïc "e338" Zimmermann is a US-based concept artist, currently working for Luma Pictures in Los Angeles, California. His epic skills will have been seen by the masses in films such as Thor and X-Men, while his hybrid 2D and 3D artworks bring him great respect and admiration from the CG art communities. He was also awarded a "Maya Master" in 2009 by the leading software company Autodesk.

Structura: The Art of Sparth is a collection of his personal artwork. Sparth has been an active artistic director and concept designer for the gaming industry for over ten years. Currently with idsoftware in Texas, a renowned leader in the gaming world with such titles as Wolfenstein 3D, Doom I...  more

Structura: The Art of Sparth is a collection of his personal artwork. Sparth has been an active artistic director and concept designer for the gaming industry for over ten years. Currently with idsoftware in Texas, a renowned leader in the gaming world with such titles as Wolfenstein 3D, Doom I and II, and Quake I and II, Sparth has been integral in designing the games that the video game enthusiasts of today devour. In both his professional and personal work, there are no limits to Sparths creativity when it comes to translating forms and concepts with an creativity when it comes to translating forms and concepts with an experimental and original approach. Born in France and having traveled the globe extensively, he was influenced greatly by the various world cultures he encountered, and this is largely responsible for his multiple creative passions, which range from space to architecture, robotics and beyond.

With his spectacular spaceships, intricate machines and futuristic cities, Chris Fss revolutionized the science fiction book covers of the 1970s and 1980s. Over the years he has worked on the original black and white edition of The Joy of Sex, produced covers for Isaac Asimov's Foundation...  more

With his spectacular spaceships, intricate machines and futuristic cities, Chris Fss revolutionized the science fiction book covers of the 1970s and 1980s. Over the years he has worked on the original black and white edition of The Joy of Sex, produced covers for Isaac Asimov's Foundation Trilogy, Arthur C. Clarke's Earthlight, and Philip K. Dick's We Can Build You and The Bicentennial Man. Foss worked with H.R Geiger on concepts for the unrealized Dune movie, and on the original Alien and Superman movies! Hardware is the definitive comprehensive collection of covers that Chris Foss created for many science fiction classics, including the Foundation Trilogy, E.E 'Doc Smith's Lensman series, and works by A.E Van Vogt and Philip K. Dick. This title has been designed by Rian Hughes - a graphic designer and artist particularly noted for his work on 2000AD titles in the 1990s - including Robo Hunter and Dan Dare - and his logo and font designs.

Art of the Paperblue is a must have art book for artists, entertainment designers, and anyone who wants to learn to paint creative environment paintings.  Paperblue shares his knowledge of creating environment conceptual paintings for movies, games, and other entertainment industry fields.  This...  more

Art of the Paperblue is a must have art book for artists, entertainment designers, and anyone who wants to learn to paint creative environment paintings.  Paperblue shares his knowledge of creating environment conceptual paintings for movies, games, and other entertainment industry fields.  This book shows more than 10 full-length step-by-step tutorials with detailed explanations and hundreds of stunning art works and numerous quick sketches.  In addition, Paperblue shares his techniques of using custom brushes, smudge tools, color theories, compositions, and many other techniques helpful in creating imaginative art works.  This book features Sci-Fi environment paintings, fantasy paintings, vehicle designs, Mechs, ships, fighters, aircrafts and more.  Get ready to be inspired by the gorgeous artwork of Paperblue, all while learning his painting techniques via step-by-step tutorials.

Spectrum 16 features such diverse visionary artists as James Jean (Fables), Brom (The Plucker), Iain McCaig (Star Wars), Peter de Sève (Ice Age), Anita Kunz (Rolling Stone), and nearly 400 more. Drawing from books, graphic novels, video games, films, galleries, and advertisements, Spectrum 16 is...  more

Spectrum 16 features such diverse visionary artists as James Jean (Fables), Brom (The Plucker), Iain McCaig (Star Wars), Peter de Sève (Ice Age), Anita Kunz (Rolling Stone), and nearly 400 more. Drawing from books, graphic novels, video games, films, galleries, and advertisements, Spectrum 16 is both an exciting art book for fans and an invaluable resource for clients looking for new talent. A useful "Year in Review" section surveys the entire field of fantastic art, and a handy index provides contact information for each artist.

Challenging, controversial, educational, and irreverent, the award-winning Spectrum series reinforces both the importance and prevalence of fantastic art in today?s culture. With exceptional images by extraordinary creators, this elegant full-color collection showcases an international cadre of...  more

Challenging, controversial, educational, and irreverent, the award-winning Spectrum series reinforces both the importance and prevalence of fantastic art in today?s culture. With exceptional images by extraordinary creators, this elegant full-color collection showcases an international cadre of creators working in every style and medium, both traditional and digital. The best artists from the United States, Europe, China, Australia, South America and beyond have gathered into the only annual devoted exclusively to works of fantasy, horror, science fiction, and the surreal, making Spectrum one of the year?s highly most anticipated books. Featured in SPECTRUM 19 are 300 diverse visionaries, many of them world-renowned, including Michael Whelan, Sam Weber, Donato Giancola, Leo & Diane Dillon, Kinuko Craft, James Gurney, Peter de Sève. With art from books, graphic novels, video games, films, galleries, and advertising, Spectrum is both an electrifying art book for fans and an invaluable resource for clients looking for bright new talent. The entire field is discussed in an invaluable, found-nowhere-else Year In Review. Contact information for each artist is included in a handy index. Often imitated, never equaled, SPECTRUM 19 continues the freshness and excellence that was established seventeen years ago.

Challenging, controversial, educational, and irreverent, the award-winning Spectrum series reinforces both the importance and prevalence of fantastic art in today?s culture. With exceptional images by extraordinary creators, this elegant full-color collection showcases an international cadre of...  more

Challenging, controversial, educational, and irreverent, the award-winning Spectrum series reinforces both the importance and prevalence of fantastic art in today?s culture. With exceptional images by extraordinary creators, this elegant full-color collection showcases an international cadre of creators working in every style and medium, both traditional and digital. The best artists from the United States, Europe, China, Australia, South America and beyond have gathered into the only annual devoted exclusively to works of fantasy, horror, science fiction, and the surreal, making Spectrum one of the year?s highly most anticipated books. Featured in SPECTRUM 18 are 300 diverse visionaries, many of them world-renowned, including Michael Whelan, Sam Weber, Donato Giancola, Leo & Diane Dillon, Kinuko Craft, James Gurney, Peter de Sève. With art from books, graphic novels, video games, films, galleries, and advertising, Spectrum is both an electrifying art book for fans and an invaluable resource for clients looking for bright new talent. The entire field is discussed in an invaluable, found-nowhere-else Year In Review. Contact information for each artist is included in a handy index. Often imitated, never equaled, SPECTRUM 18 continues the freshness and excellence that was established seventeen years ago.

The increasing popularity of fantasy and science fiction themes in art is visualized and celebrated in the sumptuous Spectrum series. Unique in its concept, significant in its content, breathtaking in its execution, Spectrum is designed for readers who want to satisfy their sense of wonder, and...  more

The increasing popularity of fantasy and science fiction themes in art is visualized and celebrated in the sumptuous Spectrum series. Unique in its concept, significant in its content, breathtaking in its execution, Spectrum is designed for readers who want to satisfy their sense of wonder, and serves as an invaluable resource for art directors and illustrators. Spectrum 10 includes 300 color illustrations and features artists from Germany, England, the Netherlands, Spain, Japan, Canada, France, and the United States. The art comes from books, magazines, comics, video games, films, TV, advertising, and unpublished works from the artists' personal portfolios and gallery shows. Included are works by artists such as Peter DeSeve, Anita Kunz, John Jude Palencar, Dave McKean, and Jon Foster.

Back in print! This book offers readers and fans a chance to witness Joe Jusko''s immense and phenomenal career from the past 25 years, offering glimpses of previously never-before-seen material from his files and sketchbooks, his enormously popular comic work, covers and illustrations from his...  more

Back in print! This book offers readers and fans a chance to witness Joe Jusko''s immense and phenomenal career from the past 25 years, offering glimpses of previously never-before-seen material from his files and sketchbooks, his enormously popular comic work, covers and illustrations from his book publishing career, as well as beautifully reproduced images of his personal favorites and insights into his life and creative process.

Meet some of the finest 2D and 3D artists working in the industry today and discover how they create some of the most innovative digital art in the world. More than a gallery book or a coffee table book- Digital Art Masters Volume 4 includes 50 artists and 900 unique and stunning 2D and 3D...  more

Meet some of the finest 2D and 3D artists working in the industry today and discover how they create some of the most innovative digital art in the world. More than a gallery book or a coffee table book- Digital Art Masters Volume 4 includes 50 artists and 900 unique and stunning 2D and 3D digital artworks. Beyond the breaktaking images is a breakdown of the techniques, challenges and tricks the artists employed while creating stunning imagery. This volume, much like the previous volumes is not your standard coffee table book nor is it our usual how-to-book. This book offers inspiration and insight for the advanced amateur and professional CG artists. The Digital Art Masters series has expanded upon the competition's gallery book concept and has added the insight and experiences of professional CG artists worldwide. Divided into 5 sections, Sci-Fi, Scene, Fantasy, Character and Cartoon, Each featured artist segement will include the thought processes behind creating unique digital images and an artist portfolio for further inspiration. Find your inspiration and discover the tips, tricks and techniques that really work. * A Source of inspiration for animators everywhere: more than 50 artists and 900 stunning color images are showcased.* More than just a gallery or coffee table book, each image is coupled with a description of the artists' techniques and their problem solving solutions. Learn from the best digital artists in the world. * From the team of 3D Total.com- cutting edge imagery and techniques

With art drawn from a wide variety of sources — books, graphic novels, video games, films, galleries, and advertising — Spectrum 15 reinforces both the importance and prevalence of fantasy art in today’s culture. Featuring over 300 exceptional works by artists from around the...  more

With art drawn from a wide variety of sources — books, graphic novels, video games, films, galleries, and advertising — Spectrum 15 reinforces both the importance and prevalence of fantasy art in today’s culture. Featuring over 300 exceptional works by artists from around the globe, this gorgeous full-color collection celebrates a cadre of creators working in every style and medium. Included are luminaries such as Brom, James Gurney, Marc Gabanna, Shaun Tan, and 2008’s Grand Master Award winner, John Jude Palencar.

A new collection of art from one of the UK?s most acclaimed sci-fi artists featuring everything, from his initial sketches to his final works and published book covers. Includes covers from the SF greats ? Greg Bear, Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, Anne McCaffrey, Robert Silverberg, Joe...  more

A new collection of art from one of the UK?s most acclaimed sci-fi artists featuring everything, from his initial sketches to his final works and published book covers. Includes covers from the SF greats ? Greg Bear, Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, Anne McCaffrey, Robert Silverberg, Joe Haldeman, Oson Scott Card, John Meaney, Ricardo Pinto, Peter F Hamilton, and Timothy Zahn and many more.

H. R. Giger created the world of the 1980 Alien movie without the benefit of a Mac and is still a major inspiration for today's obsessive digital artists.  Now a collection of artists working in surrealist biomechanical graphis in art, computer games, and movies with far more powerful tools at...  more

H. R. Giger created the world of the 1980 Alien movie without the benefit of a Mac and is still a major inspiration for today's obsessive digital artists.  Now a collection of artists working in surrealist biomechanical graphis in art, computer games, and movies with far more powerful tools at their disposal to create their own alien art are pushing the boundaries of the visual?the new Gigers. This book features more than 50 top artists from around the world working in the genre where the boundaries between computer games and movies increasingly blur.

This lavishly illustrated book features the work of today's best-selling creators of fantasy and science fiction art. From the popular and well-regarded Spectrum annuals, over 100 artists are represented, chosen from a jury of award-winning professionals. The introduction is written by Pulitzer...  more

This lavishly illustrated book features the work of today's best-selling creators of fantasy and science fiction art. From the popular and well-regarded Spectrum annuals, over 100 artists are represented, chosen from a jury of award-winning professionals. The introduction is written by Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Lee Stuart, and some of the artists included are Michael Whelan, James Gurney, Don Maitz, Thomas Blackshear, and Frank Miller.

As World War II rages across Europe, the Allied forces issues a call to arms for the greatest heroines the world has ever known -- Kate Kane, the all-American Batwoman! Diana of Themyscira, warrior Princess of the Amazons! Kara Starikov and Kortni Duginovna, defenders of...  more

As World War II rages across Europe, the Allied forces issues a call to arms for the greatest heroines the world has ever known -- Kate Kane, the all-American Batwoman! Diana of Themyscira, warrior Princess of the Amazons! Kara Starikov and Kortni Duginovna, defenders of Mother Russia! Mera, royal daughter of legendary Atlantis! With aid from their aliies at home and abroad, these mighty women will turn the tide of war and defend those inviolable rights of Truth, Justice and Freedom. Together, they are The Bombshells!  The incredible popular DC Collectibles line is brought to life in these stories that reimagine the course of history! Collects issues #1-6. 

A new collection of art from one of the UK's most acclaimed sci-fi artists featuring everything from his initial sketches to his final works and published book covers. Includes covers from the SF greats - Greg Bear, Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, Anne McCaffrey, Robert Silverberg, Joe...  more

A new collection of art from one of the UK's most acclaimed sci-fi artists featuring everything from his initial sketches to his final works and published book covers. Includes covers from the SF greats - Greg Bear, Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, Anne McCaffrey, Robert Silverberg, Joe Haldeman, John Meaney, Ricardo Pinto, Peter F Hamilton, and Timothy Zahn and many more.

Wander through mesmerizing forests and meet the exotic and wondrous inhabitants of Mark Ryden's celebrated Tree Show, found within this unique micro-portfolio of 15 souvenir postcards. This is the fifth of Mark Ryden's Microportfolios, and contains images from "The Tree Show," his sold-out solo...  more

Wander through mesmerizing forests and meet the exotic and wondrous inhabitants of Mark Ryden's celebrated Tree Show, found within this unique micro-portfolio of 15 souvenir postcards. This is the fifth of Mark Ryden's Microportfolios, and contains images from "The Tree Show," his sold-out solo exhibition at the Michael Kohn Gallery. Fifteen beautiful details and reproductions include, "Allegory of the Four Elements," "The Apology," "Fetal Trapping in North America," "Logging Truck," "Yoshi," "Tree of Life," "California Brown Bear," "Ghost Girl," "Goodbye Bear," "General Sherman," "Squirrel Girl," "Bear Girl," "Stump Baby," and "Nurse Sue."