what is your favourite-inspiring book

[adampof]

i have seen in conceprtart.org a wonderful thread where every artist post his favourite inpiring book whit a picture of the book so i wanted to make this for two reason for two reason the first is to help beginners like me and the 2nd is just that artists shares books names that can be helpful and inspirative to others


post book names and picture of the cover plzzz and you can post anything that has inspire you even if its not a book a game a dvd anything

[adampof]

i will start the book that inspire me is god of war artbook

[spaceboy412]

i honestly can't think of a book that i go to much now, but over the years these were a few i went to often. i have way too many sources of inspiration to count, well over a terabyte of images as well.

[Danny R]

Every photo-book from Joel Peter Witkin, as he is the only artist I know who can make the most beautiful images with human corpses and deformed people. Looking at his work is a spectacular conflict between beauty and horror.

Witness to Roswell, because no living soul can claim after reading this incredible well researched book that the Roswell UFO crash never occurred.
You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can't fool all of the people all of the time.
Inspiring? You bet!

[adampof]

guys why no body post

[adampof]

i forget a wonderful collection of books that have made a lot of great artiststhe andrew loomis collection if u ant to learn to draw this is the best waythis books was recommended by wonderful artists like alex ross ad others

[hell666]

Hi all!

I was asked very often from where I got the knowledge about human anatomie and I guess this is the right place now.

During the time I´ve learned it, one single book was following me every where I went (with my pencils).

Its a very fat, large and heavy book, tons of highly detailed drawings of really all parts of the human body. After studiing this book you will have no more questions about anatomie.

Here it is:

[adampof]

thnks guys for your participition
and hell666 i think i will buy this book

[BillyT]

i like art of books, such as art of kung fu panda, art of the incredibles, etc...also art of Gris Grimly, really anything to get the creative juices going. recently ordered a book called alien race which is sort of an art of book. lots of cool creature and character and environment art.

[adampof]

i love art of books
one is wonderful the art of assasin creeeeeeed

[Santis]

Well, I would say most of the stuff you can find here: http://www.ballisticpublishing.com/
And also Digital art masters, there are three Volumes and they are all inspiring to read.


I also get alot of my inspiration from reading good graphicall novels, such as these:

http://www.amazon.com/Arrival-Shaun-...99&sr=1-4#noop
http://www.amazon.com/Iron-West-Doug...2456594&sr=1-7

And of course good music

[Quintonius]

I agree with "santis" Ballistic's books are amazing and very inspirational, that was my first choice my second is this artbook:

http://www.amazon.com/Drawing-Cuttin...ref=pd_sim_b_1

Great stuff inside

[SadamHu]

Took me a while to remeber where I saw this thread but thought it was a good idea for people to put their inspiration in here.

Rowena Morrill:
A really talented traditional painter. I was given the book by my wifes friend and its my favourite. Google "Rowena morrill"




Patrick Woodroffe:
Most of his stuff is drawn on stones, really surreal. Google "Patrick Woodroffe"



When I think of some more I'll post them here.

[denzil40]

Nice thread, hands down Dinotopia!

Loved this book when I was a kid, loved dinosaurs.

Later now I can appreciate the artwork. Gurney is great and he blogs his guts out aswell.

[adampof]

thanks guys for your participation its mean a lot to me
denzil40 thanks alot and i have found another wonderful book by the creator of dinotopia i think i am gonna buy this book cause its wonderful

its called imaginative realism how to paint what doesn't exist