Sencilla Finale [Paperback]

Ashley Wood (Author, Artist)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 12, 2006

The ultimate presentation of Ashley Wood's amazing sketchbook. Take one part sold-out Sencilla Fanta, combine it with a plethora of all-new and never-before-seen sketchwork from Spectrum Award-winning artist Wood, and you get this 400-page grand Finale!

Product Details

• Paperback: 400 pages
• Publisher: IDW Publishing (December 12, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1600100465
• ISBN-13: 978-1600100468
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.5 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,581,256 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful., May 8, 2007

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F. Tabares (The Lone Star State) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sencilla Finale (Paperback)

Ashley Wood's "Sencilla Finale" is a collection of sketch book drawings and illustrations from 2000 to 2006. Though Wood has many fingers (and maybe a toe or two) in many of the comic industry's pies, this book stands out as an omnibus for what may go on in the artist's head. There are no stories to tell here, ladies and gentleman. This is pure, black and white (literally) drawing at it's finest.

Wood's drawings are a result of work with pencil, marker, brush, ink and chisel tips. His is a classic approach to traditional figure drawing and the contemporary mechanized guns and robots. Yeah, I just wrote that. The beauty in Wood's work is his near effortless ability to exploit each device individually and create a number of different marks with, what is sometimes, just one tool. This book just may be mandatory investigation for an art student in any capacity.

Though the book can be described as raw, it would be a hard argument to call this series incohesive. The artist seems to make a nod towards elements of film noir (those being femme fatales, black shadows and bold lines paired with troubled men who could be friend or villain), retro styled robotic science fiction, sequential story telling, and maybe a hint of urban art or graffiti. Interspersed throughout the book are smooth line drawings of suggestive pin-ups that act as a counter balance to the machismo of firearms, man and machine. That being said, this isn't a book for your little one's break time between kindergarten and afterschool cookies.

Ashley Wood's "Sencilla Finale" is a beautiful example of analog artistry in a digitally changing environment. Where some artists choose to hide between high-definition flat panel monitors and the ubiquitous mouse, Wood makes a flagrant display of the relationship between eye, hand, mark making device with shameless attacks at blank space with lines, smudges, shapes and scribbles. As a sum, these add up to beautifully drawn figures that create a dynamic visual translation of Wood's thought process. His work is that stars-in-your-eyes gasp for fresh air after being held under water by the pervasive digital bully.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars just good., May 21, 2007

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C. Ozkurt "deluxe" (San Francisco) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sencilla Finale (Paperback)

It's not what I expected. It's only black and white quick sketches with marker and pencil. There is only 10 or 15 images is really good. The others are like Ashley made them while talking on the phone.
He is a great artist but I think he is not that great on quick sketches.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A dissapointment, April 13, 2007

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Hector L. Lopez, Sr. "hlcyberpad" (NJ, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sencilla Finale (Paperback)

Although he is a very talented and highly illustrator I get the feeling that he wanted to just whip out some drawings to get it published. There are pages where there is only a head or a small figure w/o reason. Most of the sketches (but not all ) looked hurried not worthy as publishing material. Be aware the sketches are only B/W.