Concept Design 2: Works from Seven Los Angeles Entertainment Designers and Seventeen Guest Artists

by Harald Belker, Steve Burg, Scott Robertson (Editor)

In this second volume of Concept Design , seventeen guest artists are featured along with the original seven Los Angeles Entertainment Designers from Concept Design 1 to show us worlds, vehicles, monsters and creations beyond the wildest imagination! Even more astounding and jam-packed than the first volume, Concept Design 2 takes you on a journey into the minds of the talented and successful concept design professionals who create for the sake of creation.

Genres: Art

192 pages, Hardcover

First published June 1, 2006

Reviews

[Trike · Rating 1 out of 5]

I love art books, especially SFF concept art. I have to say, this was really unimpressive overall. Of the 180 pages of art there were maybe 10 that were good. I mean that objectively. Most of these pieces are so dark and so abstract there’s literally no telling what they’re about. One could throw random paint on stuff and accomplish the same effect.

Perhaps you think I’m exaggerating. You tell me what the hell this stuff is:







Much of the rest is just super-distorted regular animals, people or vehicles.





That said, there are a few nice illustrations, such as Harald Becker’s Hot Wheels designs and his iconic Lexus from the movie Minority Report. And one — only one — decent spaceship. Plus one very cool concept about seeding a planet with nanotechnology packages to overwrite an existing alien ecosystem. Overall pretty disappointing.

[Parka · Rating 5 out of 5]

(More picture at parkablogs.com)

This book is filled with beautiful prints from professional illustrators. There are concept designs for creatures, vehicles, environment (sci-fi and fantasy) and a few sketches. Each illustration is explained by the respective artist the concept behind and sometimes the workflow. The technical quality of work is great, as one can guess by the names of artists included.

This is actually a portfolio art book and not one that teaches concept design. The variety of style is great and ideas amazing.

The book is hardcover and the illustrations are printed on semi gloss paper. A lot of illustrations are given full page treatment. Some are printed a double-page pull out. They look really great printed big.

In terms of focus, the 17 guest artists are given over 30 pages compared to the 120 pages for the featured concept designers. If you like to see more of their artwork, the short biography pages at the back contains their website addresses.

This review was first published on parkablogs.com. There are more pictures and videos on my blog.

[Diki San]

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