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The Art of Alien: Isolation Hardcover – Illustrated, October 7, 2014
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- Print length176 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherTitan Books
- Publication dateOctober 7, 2014
- Dimensions9.28 x 0.75 x 12 inches
- ISBN-101781169314
- ISBN-13978-1781169315
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Editorial Reviews
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"Jaw-dropping." - Midroad Movie
"Not only is it a beautiful look behind the scenes, it’s also a nice breakdown and walkthrough of different techniques and elements that were mixed into the movie-inspired madness." - Midroad Movie
"Filled to the brim with slick character art, concept renderings of weapons and vehicles, ominous sketches and incredibly detailed re-creations from iconic scenes from the classic film" - Hey Poor Player
"The concept art does a fine job of showing the changes in design the team went through." - Destructoid
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- Publisher : Titan Books
- Publication date : October 7, 2014
- Edition : Illustrated
- Language : English
- Print length : 176 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1781169314
- ISBN-13 : 978-1781169315
- Item Weight : 7.4 ounces
- Dimensions : 9.28 x 0.75 x 12 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #184,682 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #65 in Digital Art
- #89 in Mixed Media (Books)
- #189 in Video Game Art (Books)
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Customers find this art book lavishly illustrated and packed with artwork, making it a perfect companion to the game. Moreover, the book provides extensive background information about everything in the game, with one customer noting its complete coverage of all aspects of game design. Additionally, they appreciate its creativity, with one review highlighting how the game's creators respectfully approached their inspiration.
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Customers appreciate the art content of the book, which is lavishly illustrated and packed with works, with one customer noting its focus on hand-drawn artwork.
"Great book. Lavish art and a look at the development process for the visual side of this outstanding game." Read more
"Good book, I’m tend to buy also if “art of” book and this one didn’t disappoint...." Read more
"Just skimmed thru it so far but... very nicely constructed book, heavyweight pages...." Read more
"the book is great and pack with a lot of art works from the game. I would recommend this to any fan or concept artist in the industry...." Read more
Customers appreciate the book's attention to detail, with wonderful explanations for the designs and comprehensive background information about everything in the game.
"...art books now this one is one of my favourites great pictures and information..." Read more
"...all, with over 100 pages of storyboards, background information about anything and everything in the game, and just the pictures and models..." Read more
"...this book it just simply amazing, it covers all aspects of the game and how they were able to stay true to the design of the movies...." Read more
"...In general, the explanations for the designs are wonderful and described in great detail." Read more
Customers find the book to be a perfect companion to the game, with one mentioning it serves as a great source for the new RPG.
"...Gotta have the art companions to games like these. One of the best games I have had the chance to play by far! Huge alien fan! Yes ah ha !" Read more
"A wonderful book about the art behind this great game...." Read more
"This is the perfect book to accompany the game...." Read more
"Absolutely gorgeous book. Loved the game and wanted to get a better look at the design process...." Read more
Customers appreciate the creativity of the book, with one noting how the game's creators respectfully approached their inspiration, while another mentions how well the video game elements are integrated.
"...Alien: Isolation is an innovative, standout title that will be spoken of for years to come, and this book gives a lot of insight to how the team..." Read more
"...What I found especially fascinating is how respectfully the game’s creators approached their inspiration, even going so far as to behave like..." Read more
"...is good to thumb through and read a little bit of the artists and designers muse and catch a glimpse of the Alien Isolation story...." Read more
"...These art books based on video games are done extremely well. Highly recommend if you’re a collector, or fan of Alien in general." Read more
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- Reviewed in the United States on July 6, 2025Good book, I’m tend to buy also if “art of” book and this one didn’t disappoint. I’m not sure what to add beyond what others have said, worth the money.
- Reviewed in the United States on October 7, 2014This is the perfect book to accompany the game. If you don't have the game yet or are just a fan of the series, it's still a nice companion piece.
For starters, this is a huge coffee table book. It's thick and beautifully bound, and has a nice slipcase.
It details some of the hard work Creative Assembly have put in to ensure Alien: Isolation was nothing short of a genuine Alien experience.
The book is broken down into chapters, each detailing different aspects of the game, from character design, to environmental models, to storyboards and beyond. It is lavishly illustrated and the pictures all have equally descriptive accompanying text.
Be aware that the later half of the book will contain spoilers towards the game's plot, so if you want to keep it a surprise, try to avoid it. (Hint: Starts around the Xenomorph chapter.)
I pre-ordered this back in March and I wasn't sure what I was expecting, but like the game itself this book blew me away. I could physically see CA's attention to detail in the short gameplay clips they shared with the gaming world, and in their screenshots, but the art book allowed for an elevated sense of appreciation and respect.
From a studio whose best-known works are real-time strategy games like Total War. Alien: Isolation is an innovative, standout title that will be spoken of for years to come, and this book gives a lot of insight to how the team molded it to be that way.
- Reviewed in the United States on July 24, 2023The art book itself is very nice over all, with over 100 pages of storyboards, background information about anything and everything in the game, and just the pictures and models themselves are very nice to look at. Only slight inconvenience is that the cover for the book is very flimsy and needs to be taped to the book itself. The cover being flimsy caused me to tear a bit of the corner when I was opening my package. But overall a very nice art book
- Reviewed in the United States on June 27, 2022This art book focuses on hand drawn artwork, story boards and a quite a few 3D renders of characters, objects (guns, posters, terminals, ect) and most of all: the ship. It's basically like any other video game art book. What's nice is that it includes a few references photos from the first movie for comparison.
However, this book skimps out on the enemies, giving the titular Xenomorph 14 pages, and the Working Joes a single spread. If you're specifically wanting something that has some of H.R. Giger's artwork in it, this book only has a single shrunken down reference.
Overall, this art book is enjoyable if you want to see the work put into the atmosphere and environment of this game.
- Reviewed in the United States on October 20, 2014The pictures of this book don't do it justice, this thing is beautiful. My book came plastic wrapped and was in very good shape, the book itself has a sleeve that can be taken off that revels what looks to be an illustration of the Alien drawn with green crayon, but it looks amazing. The content of
this book it just simply amazing, it covers all aspects of the game and how they were able to stay true to the design of the movies. I had to stop reading at mid way through because it dose contain spoilers and I haven't finished the game yet. My one gripe is not the content itself but the condition
of some pages, four pages seem to have a wax left over on them and has left nasty white lines on the pages. It would be a problem if it were in the written part but its on illustration pages. I will still give this 5 stars because it most likely wont happen to you. Amazing book, I highly recommend it
if your a fan of the movies or the game.
- Reviewed in the United States on March 10, 2019If you played this game, and every Alien fan should, you know how closely the game came to capturing the atmosphere of the first film. This book is further evidence of how much the development team cared about hitting that bullseye.
What I found especially fascinating is how respectfully the game’s creators approached their inspiration, even going so far as to behave like filmmakers of the 70’s, with hand drawn concept art, storyboards, costuming and set design. There are some CG renders in here, which I find the least interesting, but generally you are treated to good old fashioned creativity, it’s almost like the design bible for the first Alien film that never actually existed. It’s amazing and it makes me want to play the game again, maybe on hard this time.
- Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2016Good artwork, and good layout, but could have been a bit better with more works.
- Reviewed in the United States on November 4, 2016A wonderful book about the art behind this great game.
The Xenomorph is only part of the last section of the book, which I enjoyed, since I was mostly interested in the set design for the game, which is simply spectacular.
However, the thought process behind the first sketches of the alien is just wonderful.
In general, the explanations for the designs are wonderful and described in great detail.
Top reviews from other countries
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Jims33Reviewed in France on January 16, 20255.0 out of 5 stars Génial !
Un livre super détaillé sur un des meilleur et plus beau jeu d'horreur ainsi qu'un de mes préférés.
Il couvre pratiquement tout, des charactères au environnements.
Je le recommande fortement.
Purab YadavReviewed in India on February 6, 20255.0 out of 5 stars The Art of the scariest sci-fi survival horror
It's an absolutely fantastic Book, the art, the designs, the complete story behind the designing and making of the game... It's a really big and bulky book, not just great for reading and enjoy but as well for a display in your shelf.
Ein MenschReviewed in Germany on April 11, 20255.0 out of 5 stars Awesome book
Awesome book, has everything from concept designs and equipment to detailed views and information on environments and designs.
Jean Claude de La RondeReviewed in Canada on October 26, 20245.0 out of 5 stars A Must have for any Artist fan of this franchise
Great looking book and the amazing art inside is really inspiring and beautiful concept artwork from cover to cover.
A must have for any inspiring artist.
Aline Dutra VasconcellosReviewed in Brazil on October 15, 20245.0 out of 5 stars A dream artbook
I was hoping so much to find this artbook and now i'm really glad to have one despite living in Brazil and having difficulty to access those things. Happy that the store had this volume in such a good condition!









