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Book Review: The Art of
Thor: The Dark World
http://www.parkablogs.com/content/book-review-art-of-thor-dark-world
I'm impressed but also left with some mixed feelings after going
through the book.
Let's start with the good.
This book comes with a slipcase as well, just like the first Thor
movie artbook, but the book is even thicker at 272 pages. It feels
good just looking at how thick the book is.
Since the first book has already covered the character designs for
the main characters, coverage for them is smaller here and focuses
instead on the subtle design changes. The bulk of the character
designs are for the Vanir, Marauders, Malekith, Algrim, Kurse and
Dark Elves. The enemies have more pages. But overall, there are
lots of great designs and variations to look at, as well as some
props. There are the head prosthetics and final film stills to look
at.
Concepts for the locations are amazing, especially for Asgard which
is really beautiful. However, the art can sometimes be a bit rough
and have a very CGI look. Many of the environment art are printed
huge, sometimes across two pages, but some don't seem to have the
resolution to go that big and result in less than sharp images. At
least they captured the mood and atmosphere well.
Storyboards for selected sequences are included, some are animatic
storyboards.
Now for the bad part.
Some of the designs are too dark. I know the movie is called Thor:
The Dark World, but still... The details fading into darkness thing
can be a bit overkill in this book. I have a difficult time making
sense of the interior of the Dark Elves' Ark. Much is shrouded in
darkness. Many of the character designs also have their details
lost into the black. If I'm reading a comic book, that's pretty
stylish use of black, but this is a concept art book so I should at
least be able to see stuff clearly.
The concepts are good but the quality is marred by the images being
less sharp and too dark at times.
Overall, it's still worth a buy because it's a decent artbook with
plenty of stuff to see.
The Art of Thor: The Dark
World Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbC9744ssng
(Quelle:
http://www.parkablogs.com/content/book-review-art-of-thor-dark-world)
Grüße
Oktay