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The Art of Halo 3: Prima Official Art Book Hardcover – November 25, 2008

by Fernando Bueno (Author)
4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 39 ratings
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• Stunning layouts of hundreds of pieces of concept art from Halo 3. Enter the creative world behind the smash hit video game.
• Commentary from Bungie artists on their vision of the world of Halo.
• Hardcover, square trim book to showcase the art in a classic, lasting format.
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  1. Print length
    168 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Prima Games
  4. Publication date
    November 25, 2008
  5. Dimensions
    10.34 x 0.55 x 10.29 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0761560726
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0761560722
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Prima Games (November 25, 2008)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 168 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0761560726
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0761560722
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.85 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 10.34 x 0.55 x 10.29 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 39 ratings

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Electromotive Force
5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous publication!
Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2008
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If there was one thing about HALO I could always call my favorite in terms of pure, stunning visual entertainment, it's always been their art. And not just from Bungie themselves, mind you. The fan art out there is numerous and HQ.

This book is just amazing, and simply so. I believe their aim was to showcase the art, let it speak for itself, which it most certainly did. And I really appreciated the incredibly small captions in the Flood portion of the book, making you really dig deep into the writing if you wanted to learn interesting little tidbits about the UNSC's most formidable foe.

The visuals, as always, are very, very stunning. And images you may have seen before are not only even higher rez, but there are sometimes different permutations of them on the same page! And we definitely see some never-before-seen images that really tell a story of development in the artistic sense. And the capttions provide even more insight into the creative process that goes on behind the scenes.

WIthout giving too much away, I'll just say this was $20 well spent. I could keep picking up this book and I wouldn't get bored. As an avid fan of HALO, I recommend this.
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Rare Behemoth
5.0 out of 5 stars Halo 3 Art Book
Reviewed in the United States on October 18, 2010
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It's a real shame that such a great art book has become so hard to find (and so expensive). I got lucky and snagged one for only $60 bucks, and I have to say, if you are a fellow halo fan and the same opportunity comes your way don't pass it by.

It's a really fantastic art book, that actually gives some insight to the visual style that's used later in ODST and Reach, such as Mjolnir variants that are not featured in Halo 3 but do show up in Reach. Regrettably these books are not only hard to find now but insanely expensive as well, if you find one for cheap that's only missing a dust jacket, go for it, you won't be missing anything and won't be disappointed.
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Carter
5.0 out of 5 stars Ahh Halo 3, how I love you
Reviewed in the United States on September 16, 2019
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Since it is a old art book, and one in the Halo series, I had to get it. It's great, not the longest or most intensive of the original trilogy art/lore books, but still amazing. You never know when something like this disappears due to its age, get it while you can for a good price.
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Fancy Red Fox
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Book
Reviewed in the United States on July 16, 2012
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I always love to take a look behind the scenes and at the development of outstanding projects. I have had a long love for the Halo-verse, and as an artist myself, a wild appreciation for the content of this book. I love seeing the initial designs of well known characters, and I have drawn much inspiration from the artwork within. The illustrations are well detailed, and quite intriguing.
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Vien
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book. I love Bungie's commentary.
Reviewed in the United States on December 7, 2016
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Absolutely love this book. I've purchased The Art of Halo back in 2008, and I'm loving how Bungie held up after the Halo: CE - 2 days.
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Brandon Mileham
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on July 5, 2015
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the book arrived in perfect condition and i have loved the awesome detail and content inside
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Parka
5.0 out of 5 stars Mightily good
Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2008
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If you're awed by the fantastic visuals of Halo 3 on screen, this book will give you the concept art that were used to create them

It is filled with concept art on the characters, vehicles, weapons and the environment. Each character comes with lots of design variations. Master Chief itself has 15 variations, all fully painted to the point I can't tell if they are 3D or digital paint. Some of the characters include ODSTs, Arbiter, Brutes, Flood and Strato Sentinel. At the end of the book, several pages are devoted to paintings of Master Chief.

The second and third chapter contains the war vehicles and weapons. There are lots of sketches and paintings. The really cool part is they have included lots of different rifles that weren't use in the game. The captions that appear throughout explain very briefly the ideas behind designs, same goes for all illustrations in the book.

The next section is the environment paintings. All look really fantastic and they printed them big. There are a few beat boards and storyboards but not much.

The last chapter is filled with random stuff. There are photos of miniatures, t-shirts, promotional items and toys.

The book itself is hardcover without any dust jacket with low gloss pages. The paper stock is not thick enough. The paper became wavy from the glorious art printed on it. Luckily, it doesn't affect the visual quality of the pictures in anyway.

This is a wonderful book to complement the game, highly recommended to all concept artists, game developers and fans of Halo 3. For the price, it's worth every cent.

(More pictures are available on my blog. Just visit my Amazon profile for the link.)
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Eric Romano
1.0 out of 5 stars Ridicules
Reviewed in the United States on July 30, 2020
I’m a big halo fan but in no way will I be spending 1k on this book sorry not sorry.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Bellissimo💕
Reviewed in Italy on July 5, 2019
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Condizioni perfette!
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killy_lockheart
5.0 out of 5 stars magnifique
Reviewed in France on October 25, 2015
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l'un de mes premier artbook sur l'univers de halo 3.
le livre est tout simplement indispensable.il regorge de croquis ,artworks et dessins sur le jeu.le tout est en anglais bien sur mais pas difficilement compréhensible;)
malgré la taille moyenne du livre,le contenu est de grande qualité avec des photos pleine page et de bonne taille.ce qui est très agréable à lire.
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conner heron
5.0 out of 5 stars Just what I expected!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 27, 2009
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The book is very high quality with low gloss pages, the pages are quite thick (which I like) On the exterior there are no adverts, prices or corporate signs. The exterior is very clean and very asthetically pleasing inside is identical! There isn't one page which I would complain about and the commentary and image quality is outstanding. Absolutely no problems whats so ever. There is enough text, without it getting too heavy on the reading and enough to get a proper insight.

The book can be viewed by anyone, a fan of the game or otherwise. It doesn't talk too much about the game (In terms of gameplay and such)
It's all about the art. And I'm pretty sure that's important about an art book

All in all, a very authentic, beautiful art book worth every hard earned (insert currency here)
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Con
5.0 out of 5 stars こうだったのか
Reviewed in Japan on December 22, 2008
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　ヘイロー３を製作するに当たり考えられたデザインやイメージボード等ををまとめたもの。

　デザインはエリート族、スパルタンや海兵隊のユニフォームから火器、さらに銃弾まで載っていますが
コブナント側のデザインはブルートやビークルがメインで数も少ないです。
反面イメージボードは本の厚さも考えればかなりの枚数が載っていますので、こちらをメイン
に見たいという方であれば損した気分にはなりません。
ファンはもちろんクリエイターの方も良い刺激になるものが載っており面白いと思います。
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R.F.
3.0 out of 5 stars Tolle Concept Artworks, miserables Layout!
Reviewed in Germany on May 26, 2009
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Habe das Buch gerade bekommen und bin schwer am überlegen, ob ichs nicht gleich wieder zurückschicke.

Die Grafiken und Concept Artworks im Buch sind toll und für jeden, der sich für Illustrationen dieser Art begeistern kann schön anzusehen.

Das Manko:

Das Grafikdesign hat wohl ein Azubi verbrochen!

Auf einigen Seiten ist der Hintergrund in einem Dunkelgrau gehalten und der Text in einem etwas helleren Grau.
Das ist praktisch unlesbar!

Auf manchen Seiten sind grobe Skizzen sehr groß dargestellt, während darunter sehr detaillierte Zeichnungen mit Texterklärungen (ebenfalls nicht lesbar!) extrem verkleinert reingequetscht wurden.

Illustrationen 5 Sterne, Layout 1 Stern = 3 Sterne.
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