Customer Reviews

The Art Of Joseph Michael Linsner

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SPECIFICS:
Page Count: 176
Number of images: 176
Small images: 35
Half page images: 36
Full page images: 102
2-page spreads: 3
BW images: 6

TEXT:
2 page introduction (one by Richard Ferguson and one by the artist)
Almost every piece as a comment telling the story behind its creation.

ART:
24 images: 5 stars
70 images: 4 stars
70 images: 3 stars
12 images: 2 stars
0 images: 1 star

Overall: 3,5 stars

The following pages were not included in the rating:
Pages 167 to 170 are a step by step making of a painting.
Pages 173 to 175 have several photographs, included are the artist, dawn models and other stuff.

The Art of Joseph Michael Linsner is essential to any JML collector, but also an awesome item for anyone who appreciates the beauty of art. The softcover edition of this collection makes it affordable to the big fans with small bank accounts. Looking through the eyes of Joe, one will see a woman as a work of art or poetry and not a piece of meat. The colors are vibrant, the details are lucid, and the annotations throughout truly give insight into the mind of the artist, who he is, how he feels, and what inspires him.

Edited by JML and Eva Hopkins, with special thanks to Zeke Feldhaus, The Art of Joseph Michael Linsner is cleverly divided into sections. It begins with a nice introduction by Richard Kane Ferguson, then proceeds to a fabulous story by JML about the first artbook he bought which reveals how his taste for art began when he was just a boy. After that, we see exquisite images of Dawn, Death, and Dark Ivory along with many others (women, men, and vampires, oh my!) throughout the Love, Hate, Heaven and Hell sections. Then we move on to About the Art, comments by JML (about art, of course) which include images from the creation of the Dawn: Three Tiers #1 cover from its birth/sketch stage to the gorgeous finished painting. And of course, no collection of art would be complete without an About the Artist segment (with pictures). But wait, that's not all, there is also a two-page spread with photographs of Dawn Lookalikes from DragonCon, some Dawn collectors items, and a few other odd and end pictures. This definitely adds a personal touch to the entire thing. Well, if you've read this far, you must be interested, so what are waiting for? Get your copy today.

THE DRAWINGS ARE GOOD ALWAYS EMODINGLY GOOD WITH EMOTIONS EVEN BEARING THE BRUNT OF EXECUTIONS OF TIMES OF WEARINESS TAKEN FROM HUM-DRUM LIVES TO A FLICKER OF HOPE OF LOVE AND/OR PASSION

This book is big and chock full of beautiful Linsner paintings (many of which are of his greatest creation: Dawn). If you have ever seen any of his work and you liked it, I would recommend this book. There is an intro by Linsner that's pretty interesting and there are snippets about each painting throughout the book. It's a stout book that would be better as a hardcover, but that's my only complaint.