Fantastic Art [Hardcover]

Luis Royo (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 2004

Here is the best of the best. Best-selling fantasy artist Luis Royo compiles and presents, in this handsome thick clothbound book, 240 pages of his best work over the years. Includes a fold-out poster.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 240 pages
• Publisher: NBM Publishing (July 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1561633984
• ISBN-13: 978-1561633982
• Product Dimensions: 11.6 x 9.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,028,676 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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58 of 61 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A Big Disappoint, August 24, 2004

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This review is from: Fantastic Art (Hardcover)

I'm probably the biggest fan of Luis Royo, and was very excited to see a best of book.
Why am I disappointed with this book? Because almost all of the images here are zoomed and extremely cropped. the zoomed pics show more detail than avaialable in Royo's other books, but no way does this make up for the what's missing from the complete pieces. Its more of a highlights of Royo than a true best of.
To add even more salt to the wound, this book contains alot of sketches of the final pieces, found in conceptions I & II.
Those Should of been excluded since theres no way they could be considered "best of".
If anyone is interested in buying this book I recommend you see it in person first. It's really a shame to see his art so edited and clipped. If not for the 2 or 3 new images found only in this book I would return it or sell it.
If youre looking for a good collection of the best of Royo, for the same price as this book, you could get his 3 first books Women, Malefic, & Secrets.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful book, February 8, 2005

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Mamacat (Indianapolis, IN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fantastic Art (Hardcover)

I found this book to be beautifully produced. Yes,it is made up of images that have been published before, but presented in a different way. The text gives new perspective on the images, and the art is as breathtaking as ever. If you are only going to buy one Royo book, I'd reccommend buying this one. If you have his other books, while this one is well worth the price, I would say look through it first, if possible.

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Art, Fantastic Book, July 14, 2008

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friendonline.org "Joost" (The Netherlands) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fantastic Art (Hardcover)

This book is great value for money, loaded with page filling prints, great detail. Wide selection of the work of Luis Royo!!