wayne douglas barlowe, which book?

[timpaatkins]

So yea, anyone have any tips? Im thinking barlowes inferno, for now.

[Sam Araya]

Inferno its awesome, get it, and while youre at it, try "Brushfire" Illuminations from the inferno" which has bigger reproctutions.

I dont know how good are "Expetion" and "the alien life of..." but I dare to presumme its still fantastic work. It all boils down to whatever you might prefer at the moment, moody horror stuff or donwright alien depictions.:^^:

There is also a discovery channel show based off on "Expection", which is a must seen if you havent! loads of rocking stuff.

And finally, lower in the list of priorities its "The Barlowes guide to fantasy creatures", dont get me wrong, its a good book, but contains major spoilers of the fantasy novels he choose to illustrate and somewhat its more enjoyable if have read throuhg them all, IMHO.

[timpaatkins]

Thansk Sam, I think Ill get both, they are 30 bucka at amazon fot the 2. I really wanted to get the fantastic art of beksinski, but that was 94 $ for 72 pages... And a used one for 64. Still pretty damn pricey.

[Elwell]

Alien Life of... is great because it has extensive discussion about each piece, background, thought processes, technique, etc.

[timpaatkins]

Thanks Elwell, maybe next time! here is what I ordered today:

 
"Egon Schiele: Drawings and Watercolors"
Jane Kallir; Hardcover; $22.02

 
"Goad: The Many Moods of Phil Hale"
Phil Hale; Hardcover; $19.79

 
"Barlowe's Inferno"
Wayne Douglas Barlowe; Hardcover; $15.72

 
"Brushfire: Illuminations from the Inferno"
Wayne Barlowe; Paperback; $13.57

 

[Sam Araya]

Goad is Teh Rockzords!! :) I forgot to mention, "Brushfire" features "new" illustrations, in the vein of "inferno", so you wont end up having two versions of the same picture!

Didnt knew that "Alien life" was going into exhaustive detail, thanks Elwell!!!

For extra Barlowes godness (TM), there is also "Hellboy: The art of the movie" where we can see the whole concept process of Sammael.

[loomer]

Aye mate - Glad you got that Schiele book. I have it as well and it's great.
And this way it will remind you of our romantic stroll throught the Schiele Exhibition holding hands.

Goad is great too. You might wanna check out his new book:
http://secure.grantbooks.com/z-titles-mocking.html
It isn't so much him fighting robots and that stuff...I guess this would be considered more "fine-art gallery stuff" than "illustration" - but I really like a good deal of it. If you can only get one, get GOAD.

[timpaatkins]

Yea, although I gotta wait til Feb 13 until they all arrive...
I really wanted to get the Beksinski book, but god damn, 94 bucks and out of print... only 72 pages.