World Of Warcraft: The Art Of The Trading Card Game
World Of Warcraft: The Art Of The Trading Card Game
With more than 300 pieces of art, this book is the first collection of the best paintings and drawings created for the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game.
User Ratings and Reviews
5 Stars Good Gift
I bought this as a gift. The person who received it just loves the book. He really enjoy the art work. So if you need a gift for someone who plays world of warcraft I’d recommend it as a good gift.
5 Stars An interesting variety of artists and styles
I am another person who bought this book who doesn’t even play Warcraft but is just a lover of Fantasy art. I’ve always loved the Warcraft universe, which seemed like an expansion of/variation on the fantasy universe first created by Tolkien.
When I got this book I was surprised by just what a hefty volume this is. This is a very thick book printed on the finest quality heavy-duty stock.
Not only did this book live up to my expectations, but I found that the great variety of styles and artists included has also helped me to clarify my own tastes in Fantasy art, and has even introduced me to some great new artists I had never heard of before.
The spectrum includes everything from the breathtaking photo-like hyper-realism of Clint Langely (check out his great new solo book “The Art of Clint Langely” by the way!), to the brilliant use of colour in the works of Jim Murray (very Bisley-esque) and Michael Komarck, to well-established artists like Todd McFarlane (–why are both of the pieces credited to him signed as “Greg Capullo”???) and Udon Studios, to the cartoony cuteness of the works of the book’s editor Samwise Didier (sorry Samwise, but just gotta say YECH~!)
It was also interesting observing the differences in the variety of mediums used (–I found I preferred good ol’ non-digital art.) And a few pieces of preliminary sketches are also included to give us a brief taste of the process from concept to finished work (In some cases I found I liked the initial sketch better than the finished product. Samwise Didier, you ninny, what were you thinking? [...])
The book is organized into sections according to Warhammer race of the subject of the painting. And in the back it also includes indexes of the works by title and by artist, making it easy to look up other works by an artist you may find you particularly like.
I am happy to highly recommend this book, and look forward to further volumes in this series (this book says “Volume 1″ on it, hooboy!). I really feel like I got my money’s worth with this one. Well done people!
And to all you publishers out there, I hope that other series of trading card art will be made into beautiful art books like this. (–Hear that Wizards of the Coast?) It’s such a waste just having it on those tiny little cards. It deserves to be enjoyed properly like this!
And to you people over at Blizzard, how about some art books for Diablo and Starcraft too? I love them too!
4 Stars Beautiful artbook, though some artwork is repetitious
This is a beautiful art book, on premium paper, and the artists featured include Wayne Reynolds, Todd Lockwood, Samwise Didier, Penny Arcade’s Gabb, amongst many others. I could have done with a lot less of the Molten Core denizens though, as they get monotonous after a while. Not every card is included (where’s my Saltwater Snapjaw), but it does show quite a wide selection from the card game. Definitely looking forward to a Vol 2.
5 Stars Beautiful
This is a wonderful book, and any fan of fantasy art, or Warcraft, would absolutely love it, I’ve had it for over a month, and i still open it up and just stare at some of the wonderful artwork. Just buy it, you won’t be disappointed.
5 Stars Excellent
This book features many art styles and many impressive images. Anyone who likes fantasy work, Warcraft or not, should look into it. The book is big and well made, with hundreds of large heavy pages, with many full-page art pieces. The smaller ones are a bit too small, but the sheer volume of the art in here is enough to warrant several trips through this collection.
I would not have bought this at full retail price, but at the price paid, it is an excellent value, too.
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