Star Wars Art: Ralph McQuarrie

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As the reader immerses him or herself into this collection, they will find themselves taken to the very beginning of the "Star Wars" Saga as George Lucas and Mr. McQuarrie collaborate in bringing to life "a galaxy far, far away." From Mr. Lucas' sparse pencil sketches of his initial toughts on the designs of the X-Wing and Tie Fighter craft, Mr. McQuarrie's fully painted production illustrations of the distinctive space ships soaring into battle to the evolving realizations of the vast and various characters and worlds in the "Star Wars" universe, this multi-volume set can be considered the ultimate book of Genesis in understanding the birth and ever growing saga that is "Star Wars." A highlight of this tome are the expanded reproductions of many of Mr. McQuarrie's famous conceptual paintings. These "detail" images give the reader the opportunity to more closely examine the technique of the artist. As someone who has been fortunate enough to have actually seen some of Mr. McQuarrie's original production paintings at a "Star Wars Celebration" convention, this reviewer was very grateful to have the chance to more fully gaze at these remarkable renderings. The original works of concept art are surprisingly modest in their true dimensions but the power and sense of scope they invoke have always been awe-inspiring. Paging through these volumes, the reader will discover that sense of grandeur again and again. It's a good artbook overall, with great art but If you want more concept art and read about conceptualisation, I would still recommended the dedicated Art of Star Wars series. Some of the artworks in this book are in those books. This volume is a bit more interesting than the storyboard books since it covers artists' concepts from outside the trilogies (the first two), including Clone Wars and the novels. Unfortunately, there isn't much in the way of text. There are a couple of introductions at the beginning of the book, plus some artist profiles and one interview at the end. I am very pleased with what is included here, but I would have liked some more details about the stuff that isn't exactly self-explanatory, like the canceled games. Star Wars Art: Concept continues the Star Wars series of large oversized hardcover artbooks from publisher Harry N. Abrams. The books before are Star Wars Art: Illustration , Star Wars Art: Comics and Star Wars Art: Visions .

I didn't know what to make of this book before buying. It's about concept art but there are already has dedicated artbooks for all their six movies. The paintings are beautiful, standard and varies, but mostly look great. The rougher ones are the digital concept art paintings. A real big head-scratcher is the inclusion of Betty-droid centerfold pics. How is it concept art Star Wars? And how do erotic female robots fit in with the book. A waste of space there.As curated by George Lucas, the artwork that helped bring the Star Wars Saga to life is revealed in all its glory The third unlooked-for, Star Wars-related artbook from my sister's family (see my review of Star Wars Storyboards: The Original Trilogy). Magnificent in its size, weight and collected contents, "Star Wars Art: Ralph McQuarrie" is quite simply one of the greatest books ever published on the "Star Wars" Saga. It is a volume I happily give my very highest recommendation. This book seems pretty pricey for what you get, but if you go into it knowing that, it is very high quality and I enjoyed it. This book is just a series of concept pieces of artwork for a wide variety of Star Wars sources. I was surprised that probably 60% weren't related to the movies. Quite a few were related to video games that I've never even heard of (maybe they got cancelled) and I've played pretty much all of them.

Star Wars Art: Ralph McQuarrie is a comprehensive tribute to cinema’s most beloved and influential concept artist—presented in this two-hardcover-volume, slipcased gift set.Anyway, this is a book to admire the art and not learn anything about the decision making process or even what they were deciding. Well, this book features a mixture of concept art in the style of fully painted pieces, such as those from Ralph McQuarrie, some comic style art with outlines and markers, the very textural grayscale scenes you see from Doug Chiang and digital paintings. You can really see the transition from using traditional to digital media for creating art somewhere in the middle of the book. I definitely prefer the traditional media art, even though the digital paintings are also good. Spanning the years from 1975 to the present, Star Wars Art: Concept is a fascinating look at the process of conceptual design Spanning the years from 1975 to the present, Star Wars Art: Concept is a fascinating look at the process of conceptual design. From pen and paint and paper to the digital realm, the result is the creation of breathtaking iconic worlds, vehicles, and characters that successive generations have embraced and made their own.