The Art of Dead Space

This is an impressive book. Its hard cover with a dust jacket and weighs in at 192 pages and almost all of the art is color. Many of the pieces are full blown paintings. Most of the material in this book (about 45%) is concept art from Dead Space 3. While around 35% being from Dead Space 2, 15% from the first game and the rest from the graphical novel and spin off games. There are sections on Isaac Clarke, other characters, weapons, suits, the USG Ishimura, vehicles, Unitologists, Necromorphs, the Blood Moon, The Sprawl, Culture , Tau Volantis and the Wrecked Flotilla and the graphic novel. All of these sections are filled with commentary which is great. Having something to read in addition to the pictures always makes for a better, deeper and longer experience in an art book. I do have complaints. They all stem from one general complaint: I wish there was more! What's here is so amazing but there are some things missing. The other characters section only contains art from Dead Space 3. So no Nicole Brennan, Alex Stross, Hammond, Tiedemann or *spits* Kendra Daniels. There are a few suits missing from the second and third games. Some weapons are missing. I am sure this is because there is already an artbook for the previous two games and they didn't want to reproduce too much content but both of those are quite hard to come by. I hope they do another book with more art from the other games. The Necromorphs section is pretty thorough and cool beans. Slashers, wasters, stalkers, leapers, lurkers, The Snowbeast, The Tormentor, tripods, The Pack, alien necromorphs, The Nexus, crawlers, twitchers, exploders, Hunters (from 1 and 3), The Ubermorph, brutes and pukers are all present. Weirdly missing are Feeders from the new game. No bosses Proper from the first game are present. And no *sniff* Dividers. A great section though. Something else of merit to note is how large the environment sections are. Some paintings span two pages. This is great as in a lot of video game art books the environment sections are small and the art is reduced to puny thumbnail size. This book really lets these beautiful pieces shine. I love Dead Space. I love this book. I have already been through the new game three times in two weeks and I have been through this book twice as many times. This book is essential for fans of the series. Horror/sci fi enthusiasts would find joy in these pages also.

Very high quality. Incredible concept art, covering all the games and full of nice little surprises. This one is arguably the best dead space art book.

An excellent look into the art of Dead Space, spanning the three core games and Extraction. Everything included looked great and the layout was spot on. Even the cover art is a spectacular hero shot done over in black and red with the eerie blue glow from Isaac's suit. The art is gritty and wonderful, a true must have for any Dead Space fan. My only disappointment was in the content for the first game. When i pre-ordered the first Dead Space game back in 2008, I was given a free art book that offered really cool content and got me even more excited for the game. Sadly, the art work in this book for the first game is almost exclusively from that pre-order book, with little other new content. That was just a personal gripe because it is still some of my favorite artwork in the book. Otherwise, this is great buy for any Dead Space fan.

The Art of Dead Space is a superb art book that covers all three Dead Space games and includes art from the Dead Space comic. The one thing I’ve always liked about the publisher, Titan books, is that they include substantial paragraphs from the artists explaining why things were designed the way they were and why some ideas were scraped. Everything you expect to see in a video game art book is here. Includes creature designs (every form of necromorph) locations (from the Aegis VII to Tau Volantis) weapons (Plasma Cutter, Flamethrower, etc.) in game advertisements (Peng) outfits and ships. Every piece of artwork just oozes detail. Pictures and text are printed on high quality glossy paper. One complaint I usually have with other video game art books is that some features, like locations or landscapes, are given more attention than others. However with The Art of Dead Space I can’t seem to find any faults. If you love these games or are just a fan of science fiction/horror then you need this book.

Written before the remake of DS1, this book expertly breaks down challenges, successes and ultimate triumph that makes the Dead Space trilogy. Loaded with facts about the artists, production processes, and evolution of the series, I would urge any fan of the DS franchise to find a copy of this book.

The art's done well and it's a good looking book overall. It's really interesting to see the thoughts and reasoning behind certain design elements. As well as hearing from the creators about what they used as inspiration for designs for Isaac, environments, and the Necromorphs. Good inspiration and reference for anyone wanting to create their own horror based visuals or even someone looking for a reference to draw some good Dead Space fanart.

From what I was able to see already the Art Book provides quality concepts and ideation art from Original Dead Space. The art book itself is hardcover and really good looking tbh. For a Dead Space fan it is cool collector item.

I love concept art books, and this one was fantastic. Such creepy designs. If you like horror, sci-fi and undead mutant your art, it's worth it.

Es un gan libro de arte, las ilustraciones son muy buenas y la calidad es excelente. Llegó sin problema alguno y en perfecto estado, tuve la oportunidad de encontrarlo vendido y enviado por Amazon México en 530 pesos. No duden en adquirirlo si son fans de Dead Space o del arte de videojuegos.

Un genial e increíble libro sobre esta saga. Los bocetos y arte conceptual son alucinantes.

This book was a gift to my grandson. We lives in Japan. He studies computer design in the University of Arts and he wanted to win this book and he liked very much.

Secondo me, è da prendere sia da chi è fan e sia da chi no perché è veramente stupenda!! Già dalla copertina potete notare il dettaglio e l'estetica ricercata. All'interno troverete quello che cercate, sia sul tema che anche soltanto come ispirazione. Qualità top!!

Dead Space, das Horror-Sci-Fi-Franchise aus dem Hause Visceral Games, ist eine meiner Lieblings-Spielemarken der aktuellen Generation. Kein anderes Spiel bietet eine derart überzeugende Sci-Fi-Atmosphäre und ist darüber hinaus mit einem so grandiosen Artdesign gesegnet. Ich genieße die Reihe aktuell aber eher mit Vorsicht, denn über die Richtung, die der aktuell dritte Teil der Serie einschlägt, kann man sich streiten. Was als klaustrophobisches Survival-Horror-Game in den weiten des leeren Weltalls begann, ist nun zu einem Action-Blockbuster aller erster Güte verkommen. Hirn aus und ballern lautet die Devise. Die Geldmaschinerie läuft und der Produzent der Reihe (EA Games) dürfte sich die Hände reiben. Wen wundert es, denn mittlerweile ist dermaßen viel Merchandising zu Dead Space auf dem Markt, dass man schnell den Überblick verlieren kann. Filme, Comics, Actionfiguren und vieles mehr. Ein Artbook darf da natürlich nicht fehlen. Lohnenswerte Investition oder liebloses Beiwerk? Hier erfahrt ihr es. Das Hardcover-Artbook von Publisher Titan Books (die sich schon für Awakening: The Art of Halo 4 verantwortlich zeigten) ist hochwertig gebunden, umfasst 192 Seiten und bietet teils atemberaubende Bilder zur Horror-Spielemarke. Das Buch beschäfitgt sich dabei nicht nur mit allen Spielen der Serie, sondern auch - zu einem zugegebenermaßen kleinen Teil - mit den Comics, die auf eben diesen Games basieren. Wie auch schon beim Artbook zu Halo 4, melden sich die Designer ab und an in kurzen Kommentaren zu Wort und lassen durchblicken, was beim Entstehungsprozess der vielen Grafiken in ihren Köpfen vor sich ging. So basiert ein Großteil des Designs auf immer wiederkehrenden Elementen. Der Anzug der Hauptfigur Isaac Clarke besteht bspw. zum Großteil aus rippenähnlichen Elementen. Dasselbe trifft auf das Raumschiff - die Ishimura - sowie weitere Stationen aus dem ersten Teil zu. Außerdem erfährt man vieles über eine der wichtigsten Komponenten des Spiels: Das Licht. Erst durch die Beleuchtung der einzelnen Schauplätze wurde genau die Atmosphäre erreicht, die Dead Space so einzigartig macht. The Art of Dead Space wartet aber nicht nur mit schicken Umgebungsgrafiken auf, sondern bietet auch viele Charakter-, Waffen-, Anzug- und Fahrzeugdesigns. Die Designer erläutern unter anderem, wie die abscheulich schaurigen Antagonisten - die Necromorphs - entstanden sind und räumen hier direkt mit einem großen Internet-Gerücht auf, welches sich bei Erscheinen des ersten Teils verbreitet hat. Damals wurde berichtet, dass das eklige Gegnerdesign realisiert worden ist, indem man Unfallopfer und andere Leichen studiert hat. Das stimmt natürlich nicht. Wie es wirklich war, erfährt man im Buch. Das Artbook bietet hochwertige Drucke, die sich an der ein oder anderen Stelle gerne über zwei Seiten erstrecken, sehr dicke Seiten, einen Schutzumschlag, sowie einen lackierten Einband inklusive einem Prägedruck des Spielelogos. Die interessanten Erläuterungen bringen zudem viel Licht in das sonst so dunkle Franchise. Für dieses wunderschöne und gleichzeitig extrem schaurige Artbook kann ich eine klare Empfehlung aussprechen. Jeder Fan der Serie, sowie Freunde des gepflegten Sci-Fi-Horror Genres sollten dringend einen Blick riskieren. Es lohnt sich! Achtung! Entgegen der Produktbeschreibung sind keine Grafiken zu Dead Space: Ignition, sowie Dead Space: Extraction abgedruckt. Designs zu Dead Space 3 sind hingegen vorhanden. Weitere Bilder zum Artbook findet ihr auf meiner Homepage, welche ich in meinem Profil verlinkt habe. Viel Spaß!