Pictoplasma Reviews



Amazon.com Customer Reviews

eye candy - Review written on May 15, 2003
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Rating: 4 out of 5
2 customers found this review helpful, 1 did not.

As an illustrator I highly recommend this book for all character designers... great book.
Artistic Trash - Review written on March 06, 2003
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Rating: 1 out of 5
4 customers found this review helpful, 42 did not.

A good example of today's lost souls screaming for guidance. It's unfortunate that today's artist' have no imagination and that so many trees had to loose their lives to print this garbage.
Art book for geeks - Review written on November 07, 2002
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Rating: 4 out of 5
13 customers found this review helpful, 2 did not.

Art books are reaching new heights and Pictoplasma is one of the first I've seen. The book is a showcase of contemporary art created by international graphic designers, animators, artists, and production companies.

The art attempts to convey the artist's message emotionally while reaching out to its viewer in the hopes of bonding. The entire book is pure eye candy in every free hand drawing, pixel, vector graphic, 3-D objects, and an encyclopedia of resurfacing motifs. Even non-Internet surfers will recognize many of the colorful and creative designs because they are found other media including television, books, and video games.

The index lists all the titles of the art, contributors' names along with their email and Web addresses. As a confessed non-artist, I'm amazed as I flip through pages of expressive and colorfully rendered art. The book can be much more than just another art book, it can be an inspiration for those in the process of creating. This is the coffee table book for geeks and Web designers and it'll go just fine with the books containing the Monets, Picassos, and Renoirs.

The book has a companion Web site and you can view pages at the publisher's Web site.

pitcoplasma - Review written on November 06, 2002
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Rating: 5 out of 5
3 customers found this review helpful, 5 did not.

a must have for any artist or illustrator for reference and ideas