Category Archives: Artbooks / DVDs

Sean Andrew Murray website: www.seanandrewmurray.com blogspot: www.sketchsam.blogspot.com images and video copyright Sean Andrew Murray I recently got the chance to talk to the GREAT Sean Andrew Murray about his upcoming “Gateway: Book of Wizards Book”.  For those of you who … Continue reading →

Artbook-Passion.com is my FAVORITE site for artbook reviews.  Really AWESOME, fun and complete reviews of some of the COOLEST artbooks out! They recently did a video review of the AMAZING arbook  “The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia”!  Be sure to check … Continue reading →

Treasures of Long Gone John has been on my “most wanted dvds” list for a long time….too long!  I’ve wanted this dvd for MANY reasons. From Treasures of Long Gone John facebook: “The Treasures of Long Gone John” is a … Continue reading →

The Art of Star Wars, Episode I – The Phantom Menace Hardcover: 224 pages Publisher: Del Rey avaliable at Amazon.com In my opinon The Art of Star Wars Episode 1 is LEGENDARY!  For years I have been coming back to … Continue reading →

Exciting times are here!  Looks like Bobby Chiu with Imaginism Studios and Studio NX are pushing the art form of comic books to new levels with animated interactive comic books for the iPad and other tables!!!! The results of “NIKO … Continue reading →

Famous Monster Movie Art of Basil Gogos Paperback: 168 pages Publisher: VANGUARD PRODUCTIONS (March 24, 2006) (available at Amazon.com) “Famous Monster Movie Art of Basil Gogos” has been on my “must buy” list for far too long.  Its so great … Continue reading →

Drew Struzan’s “Conceiving and Creating the Hellboy Movie Poster Art” DVD Runtime: 100 min Available At: http://www.reelideas.com/drew/ and Amazon.com Drew Struzan’s “Conceiving and Creating the Hellboy Movie Poster Art” Instructional DVD has been on my want list for a long … Continue reading →

Sean Andrew Murray website: www.seanandrewmurray.com blogspot: www.sketchsam.blogspot.com images and video copyright Sean Andrew Murray So many exciting artbooks and DVDs coming out in 2013, but I would have to say none are more exciting than Sean Andrew Murray’s “Gateway: The … Continue reading →

I’m a HUGE fan of Ray Harryhausen and the amazing stop-motion work he has done in some of my favorite films, Clash of the Titans, Jason and the Argonauts and on and on!  Back in the 70′s and 80′s Ray … Continue reading →

Garbage Pail Kids Hardcover: 224 pages Publisher: Abrams ComicArts (April 1, 2012) (available at Amazon.com) One of the best gifts I got in 2012 was the Garbage Pail Kids book!  When I read on Garbage Pail Kids creator John Pound’s … Continue reading →

www.ThePerfectBait.com Bobby Chiu is an amazing artist.  He is also an incredibly successful artist!  From doing concept art on Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland film to starting his own art school, Schoolism! I look forward to posting a lot about … Continue reading →

One of my favorite DVDs to come out in a long time was  Fire and Ice (Two-Disc Limited Edition) (1983). As I posted recently the film is a favorite of mine for many reasons.  One is I love the film.  … Continue reading →

Will Elder: The Mad Playboy of Art http://amzn.com/1560976039 I’ve been wanting Will Elder’s artbook for a few years but never got around to getting it!  The art looks amazing! Amazon describes the book “The co-creator of MAD and Little Annie … Continue reading →

Jean-Baptiste Monge (link) is one of my favorite artists of all time.  And when you hear one of your favorite artist of all time is coming out with a new artbook based on illustration and concept art the hair on … Continue reading →

It is a bit dangerous giving the #2 best artbook of 2012 to a book that is’nt even released yet, haha!  The Gloaming Trilogy is set to come out with the first book in 2012 early 2013….I think.  Then a … Continue reading →

Drew Struzan is the greatest movie poster painter of all time, and one of the the greatest artists of all time in my opinion.  So, I was thrilled to hear Sharkey Productions  has taken the time to capture the history … Continue reading →

This book is actually from 2009, but since my site wasn’t up in 2009 and since the book is insanely amazing it remains timeless and I can say it was one of the best books of 2012. James Gurney (link) … Continue reading →

I just discovered Nick Edward’s (link) art this year and I can say my life has not yet been the same, haha.  So when I heard he came out with a book/comic I had to have it (I bought two … Continue reading →