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The Artist Within

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As an artist myself, I am always fascinated to see the working environments of other artists. This book shows a ton of them. It's a huge, over sized book filled with gorgeous photos. I highly recommend it!

I've seen the draft of this book and all I can say is I can hardly wait to get a copy that I can linger over for more than an hour. The author did an incredible job compiling the biographies and his photography of the artists themselves is masterful.

The Artist Within is a great coffee table book, whenever visitors come over they love to look at it. I mainly bought the book because I was looking for inspiration. It's neat to see what successful artists studios look like. When buying the book, I was disappointed that the photos were black & white. However I changed my mind once I saw it in person, it really brings out the details. I was hopping for more in depth interviews of each artist. Most descriptions are about one to two paragraphs. There is a lot of white space on the intro pages. However I'm pretty satisfied with the book because of the large amount of people are in it!

The Artist Within showcases comic artists and cartoonists, usually inside their own workspaces, for a unique and thrilling look at how these creative people surround themselves (and therefore what drives them to do the work they do). The photos are stunning, the reproduction brilliant, and any fan of comic art will find many favorites represented inside, with huge black and white photos by Greg Preston, brief bios, and samples of their work.

There is no other book quite like this on the market, and it's about time we got one--and more than that, such a splendid one.

This book is an amazing study of artists and people. Even if you're not a comic book fan, these images open up the unbelievably private world of an artists' workspace and it's a fascinating study. Every time I leaf through these pages, I notice something new, some detail that you can see reflected in the pen and ink beside it.

And if you are a comic book fan... how can you resist this glimpse backstage?!

You can't. This book is irresistible. Thanks, Greg Preston!

Greg Preston has done an amazing job of photographing some of the worlds most talented and creative artists and getting that extra insight into their personalities by having them pose where they work, in their studios. Since he's been at it for well over a decade, the book luckily remembers many that have since passed away. It's fantastic to see so many people that have inspired me while turning page after page of this huge hardcover, Hogarth, Toth, Wrightson, Kaluta, Smith, Romita among, well, around 95 others! This collection should also put Greg on the map as an exceptional artist himself. You wouldn't even have to care about who he's snapping a camera at to enjoy and appreciate his knockout skill. I'm looking forward to a volume two!

I took a lighting class at the local community college from Greg back in 1996-ish. I vaguely remember him talking about it once way back then. When I moved back to Vegas I ran into a friend who mentioned that Greg, who I hadn't seen in over 10 years, had finished his book. Being somewhat of a comic geek I ordered a copy.

I am just amazed at the quality of the work in this book. These are great shots of some of the world's greatest illustrators, in their studios. Some of these masters are sadly no longer among us and it is wonderful seeing them again.

I just managed to reconnect with Greg in his new studio and got him to autograph my copy. I also learned he has already started on another volume. I can't wait.

This book, without question is AMAZING! This book should be in every photography class, on every library and a standard for what the artist behind the camera can do.

Mr. Preston has run us through all emotions with this stellar work - he obviously threw his heart and soul into it - enjoy it!! The background of his shots makes one feel they are getting the best vew from his eye.

Thanks for a superior work!!