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III Millenium (Third Millenium)

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Once again Luis Royo has created a world of wonder for his fans. Anyone who is a serious collector of his work should own this book. His imagination has created a world of the future that only pure talent could capture on canvas, and make us believe that Three Millenium may look just as he presents it. Incredible!

This book will lead you into the future, as Royo sees it. It's dark, ice-cold, scary. Barren landscape, ruined cities, machine making love to astonishingly beautiful women; monkeys control humans. Fallen angels turned to stone, yet capable to make love to each other. The colors are grey, brown, green, which make the light even more vivid. The details are painstakingly taken care of - just like everything Royo makes. You will find women in this book (too) which you wish you'd meet in real life - if you're a guy, like me :)

I haven't found a Royo art book I didn't like, but this is one of the best ones. He depicts harsh future worlds: some with machines, some with fallen angels, others with a "Planet of the Apes" theme. One of my favorite types is the kind with a mostly abandoned world, complete with the skeletons of buildings and torn yet sexy clothing of the women who still inhabit that world.

His women certainly are sexy, but much more than that. The women suffer, but endure these future worlds, and often come out the stronger for it, making the illustrations more touching and powerful.

There are also a few cover arts for futuristic space novels by Julie E. Czerneda, which also have strong women as depicted in Royo art.

Being a long time fan of Luis Royo's art work, I expected some of the same poses, same features and same colors in III Millenium. To my wonderful suprise, he has taken a dip in the deep end of his talents and emerged with fantastic, horrific and touching artwork. He is, without a doubt, a master at his craft and transmits feelings to the viewer that are like a raw slap in face. For those of us who appreciate fine art, there is no comparison.

Sometimes, the problem with an artbook is not the artwork, but the size of the images and the sketches. When I buy a book like this I don't expect to find thumbnails inside or even half page pictures and sketches. In my opinion, Royo deserves one painting per page and every now and then a two-page spread.

With III Millennium you don't get exactly that.

As for Royo's art, whether it's sombre, erotic, futuristic or medieval, it is always top quality, and its most unique characteristic is, undoubtedly, the way he handles light - the reader's eyes are literally drawn to whatever he whishes.

SPECIFICS:
Page Count: 80
Number of images: 80
Small images: 37
Half page images: 6
Full page images: 26
2-page spreads: 11
BW images: 21

TEXT:
1 page introduction
Small paragraphs about the chapter's topic throughout the book
Title and year of some paintings

ART:
17 images: 5 stars
22 images: 4 stars
30 images: 3 stars
9 images: 2 stars
2 images: 1 star

Overall: 3,5 stars

I have always enjoyed fantasy art, but I merely enjoyed looking at the pictures. I never really delved into the actual meanings of the works. That is, until I saw this book. I was shuffling through it at a local bookstore when something caught my eye. "Sailing Beyond the Sunset" I believe was the poem on the facing page. The artwork that followed was unlike anything I had ever seen. The picture actually seemed to have a soul of its own. I then started looking through the rest of the book and realized that each painting seemed to have a separate life force. The subjects appeared to me not as two dimensional drawings, but actual living beings frozen in time. Since then, I have purchased all three collections, as well as the Black Tarot. Thanks to this book I will never look at art in the same way again. I sincerely thank you, Mr. Royo.

Wow! When I heard about Royo, I decided to look around for some of his work. When I bought this book I was delighted to see that my favourite picture, "The Announcement" was in it. The subtle blue in the eyes of the child are beautifully hypnotic. I personally enjoy drawing and I have to say Royo inspires me deeply. His blend of the female flesh with cold automatons is beautiful. What might seem like weird to individuals who look at this book, aesthetically, Royo has won my admiration because he is bold and different and that's what makes a unique artist.

Each drawing captures your imagination, and makes you wonder about the world he has drawn. Every detail contains some aspect of the story. A wonderful and brilliant book, if you love sci-fi and beautiful art you can't miss this book.

I love Luis Royos Work. His Pictures are astonishing brilliant! I've never seen something like this!!