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Title: Digital Artists Master Class: Character Design

Publisher: Ballistic Publishing

Edited by: Daniel P. Wade

Artists: Anne Pogoda, Kekai Kotaki, Gonzalo Ordonez

Review by: Archie Easter

Ballistic Publishing is beginning to become a household name when it comes to digital art publications. After creating a number of wonderfully received art books for games such as God of War III and Uncharted 2, Ballistic has now followed up on its impressive array of books in its Digital Artists Master Class series with a book focused squarely on character design. Three artists headline this particular volume: Anne Pogoda, Kekai Kotaki and Gonzalo Ordonez; each of which displaying different approaches in terms of character design and art style. Each artist’s section features an interview with the artist, a gallery that includes commentary on each piece, a selection of focused tutorials, and finally an invited artist gallery that includes numerous works from many other talented artists. (more…)

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Title: Exotique 6: The World’s Most Beautiful CG Characters

Publisher: Ballistic Publishing

Edited by: Daniel P. Wade

Review by: Eric Stuckart

Having published the art books for both Uncharted 2 and God of War III, Ballistic Publishing knows how to throw together a classy art book, and Exotique 6, the latest edition in a series of books devoted to showcasing the world’s greatest digital artists and their creations, is no exception.

Featuring a plethora of different styles and genres, the artwork is quite breathtaking, and it is really hard to believe that some of these were done digitally. The amount of attention to detail and composition is impressive, as many of the pieces contained herein look as though they were painted on canvas. (more…)

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