Soul Arts

by Michael Samuels

Author also known as VaatiVidya.

Hardcover volume of original fan artwork inspired by Demon's Souls, Dark Souls, Bloodborne, Sekiro and Elden Ring.

Genres: Art, Gaming

276 pages, Hardcover

Published September 1, 2021

About the author

Michael Samuels, MD, is the co-founder and director of Arts as a Healing Force. He teaches at San Francisco State University's Institute of Holistic Studies and is the author of 22 books including the bestsellers The Well Body Book, Seeing with the Mind's Eye, and The Well Baby Book.

Reviews

[Muriel (The Purple Bookwyrm) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely fucking gorgeous art book! That's all that really needs to be said here, but I'll add that it made me feel revitalised as an artist; as far as I'm concerned, if an art book inspires me to create my own art this hard, it's doing everything right. And even if you're not, yourself, an artist, please consider treating yourself to this beauty if you're any sort of Soulsborne and graphic arts fan – it is well worth it!

PS: I also really appreciate the fact Mr Samuels made sure to design the book in such a way as to have descriptive text take as little physical space as possible, and thus give pride of glorious place to the actual art. 🖤

[Alex · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautiful art and slip case

[S.M.M. Lindström · Rating 5 out of 5]

A book full of beautiful art inspired by the Souls games (aka Dark Souls, Bloodborne, Demon Souls, etc). Nothing much to say, if you love gorgeous art on that theme with interesting flavor text, this is a book for you!

[Zack Hansen · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the coolest most inspiring book I’ve ever owned. The artwork is truly amazing and listening to vaati read the commentary really took the experience to a whole new level. If you are a fan of fromsoft’s game this is a must read book, I promise that you will find something that inspires you.

[Mamoru Hosoya · Rating 3 out of 5]

Modernity has failed us, I just wanna live in the dark fantasy world, where big ass no head giant, or so many arms monsters and so on is constantly killing everything. I wanna feel alive or just die, not the middle.