The Dark Art of Tony Mauro [Paperback]

Tony Mauro (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 15, 2003

Beautiful female creatures of the night, as flawless in their physical perfection as they are remorseless in their unholy craving for blood! Some girls can be SO cute with razor-sharp overbite! In The Dark Art of Tony Mauro, we get a full color gallery of undead divas gone wild! Brilliantly re-produced paintings that showcase the style and talents of this most original illustrator - each page suitable for framing. This book contains images so realistic, you'll probably want to stock up on garlic and sharp pointy sticks, just to be on the safe side!

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About the Author

A graduate of the Art Institute of Pittsburgh with a degree in visual communications and a major in airbrush, Tony made great headway in his career once he established himself in Los Angeles. Picking up work in the entertainment field, he landed a sweet assignment working on illustrations for X-Files related merchandise. Then came Buffy the Vampire Slayer, which introduced him to the dark world of the bloodsucker. Throughout this time, Mauro wanted to branch into more fantasy work, and developed a unique blending of photography and illustration, which led him to the creation of his vampire series. Shockingly realistic portraits of female vamps, and the reaction has Tony working more than ever. This is his first showcase of full color work to be published. He also has a created his own illustrated calendar.

Product Details

• Paperback: 48 pages
• Publisher: SQP (July 15, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0865620768
• ISBN-13: 978-0865620766
• Product Dimensions: 12.1 x 8.6 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #308,810 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #75 in Books > Arts & Photography > Other Media > Erotic

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Stunning Photo Realism!, November 10, 2005

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Tim Janson (Michigan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Dark Art of Tony Mauro (Paperback)

Artist Tony Mauro had worked in merchandising, designing posters, calendars, book covers for projects like the X-Files but always was interested in pin-up art. His choice to pursue this road comes as a great boon to pin-up fans everywhere. Mauro achieves an unparalleled level of photo-realism by starting out with a photo. In this 48 page collection of his art from SQP, Mauro takes fans on a step-by-step tour through his entire creative process from starting out with a model's photo and then layering color and detail over that, adding in backgrounds and shading, to achieve a distinctive blend of photo and digitally created art. Tony specializes in dark, beautiful women, primarily vampires. An index provides the name of each piece in this full color collection along with the name of the model.

The look that Mauro is able to achieve, particularly with his use of light and shading is simply amazing. Consider the piece of a sorceress or witch standing in an arched opening of a great stone cathedral. The light drenches down the subject through the arch creating a wonderful shimmering effect around the figure. And the there is the painting of a riveting blonde in white lingerie standing on her tip toes on a rock in the ocean. She's almost engulfed by a full moon as the waves crash about the rock. Absolutely stunning!

"Witch Woman" features Francine Dee painted as an exotic female vampire in a wicked looking spider web-styled outfit. Sexy and buxom blonde bombshell and former WCW wrestling babe Tylene Buck models for a number of paintings in Mauro's book including "In Waiting" featuring Buck in a sexy bikini waiting for her prey or perhaps her lover against a gothic backdrop. Buck then returns in "After Dark" posing before the gates of a misty, sinister cemetery while a full moon shimmers in the sky. "The Guest" captures dark-haired model Lorissa McCombs as a truly sensuous vampire with luscious, full red lips and dressed in sexy lingerie.

With his unique skill Mauro has carved out his own little niche in the pin-up world in which he reigns supreme. I highly suggest checking out his website at Dark Day Productions. Just Google it, or his name.

Reviewed by Tim Janson

5.0 out of 5 stars Enter a dark realm..., February 23, 2006

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J. A. Dol (Groningen, the Netherlands) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Dark Art of Tony Mauro (Paperback)

Splendid collection of dark and brooding images. Makes your mind drift and mesmerize (and in my case, go straight to my sketchbooks because i got inspired like mad). For people interested in dark art: a must have.