Unhuman: The Elephantmen - The Art Of Ladronn (Hardcover)

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Product Description

Designed by Comicraft's Secret Weapon, John JG Roshell, and the perfect companion to Hip Flask: Concrete Jungle, this comprehensive collection of unpublished art, sketches, and drawings by Ladronn offered in a beautiful hardcover tome. The very first American art work by the Eisner award-winning artist! Spotlights the career of the cover artist behind the industry's biggest titles, including The Incredible Hulk!

Product Details

• Hardcover: 128 pages
• Publisher: Image Comics; illustrated edition edition (March 19, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1582408823
• ISBN-13: 978-1582408828
• Product Dimensions: 12.7 x 8.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #839,422 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Dedication screams out in this book, August 10, 2009

By	Parka (Singapore) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

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The hippo in a coat on the cover looks interesting enough for me to get the book. I've no idea what Elephantmen is. Well, according to wikipedia, The Elephantmen series is a spin-off from the series Hip Flask, set in the same universe and expanding on details of various minor characters from that series.

This book is the concept art book for the comic series drawn by José Ladrönn. Since the story is character based, there are tons of character designs for the unhumans as well as the humans. These are sketches, lineart, paintings and character profiles. There are lots of iterations included and you can see what works and not, and they are all explained.

Particularly impressive are the ridiculously detailed paintings which took months to draw. There are several pieces and each are shown with the work-in-progress shots from sketch to the colouring stage.

In some of the drawings, 3D models were created to help in painting the environments and vehicles. These 3D screenshots, with wireframes, are also included. The amount of effort and work is just staggering. Many of these are just going to appear small in the final art anyway but still...

Dedication screams out in this book. This Ladronn guy really works hard for his money.

There are more pictures of the book on my blog. Just visit my Amazon profile for the link.