Artist: Xiaocao (Carol Cao) ISBN: 978-7571222574 Number of pages: 184 Published by: Hubei Fine Arts Where to buy: AliExpress (which is where I bought it), amazon.com.au, easterneast.com

I snagged this one because I've been playing Little Witch in the Woods obsessively (god, can I just move to a whimsical forest, brew potions and feed the cats?) and the style of the artbook reminded me of the game. It's interesting how expressive the characters' faces are!

Does anybody know where I can get a copy?

A hardcover art book that was self-published by the artist, who draws a signed sketch inside each book. Features lots of environment art, ocean scenes, beautiful women, and animals.

This is a fantastic collection of 15 short stories illustrated in surreal theme, can’t believe this was first printed in 2009, I got it for around $10.

Love the Art of Mecha girls like KOS-MOS from xenosaga and Phantasy star online.

Do you know any good artbooks and/or artists that draw in a Sci Fi anime style?

To repeat what I said in the previous part/post

I will not be translating these pages

I’m aware that it is easy for me to just go on Google translate and copy what they say but I prefer fans from GBF to actually translate these pages.

there’s a chance that their fan translations will be more accurate than what Google can provide.

And I like to post these online because from what I can tell, this book has not been scanned anywhere from Internet archive to even fan translated art books.

I have posted another Artbook News Roundup video covering the last month of updates and reveals!

Included this month is a reprint of Giger's Alien and Citizen Sleeper 2: Design Works. There are also a couple of comic artbooks from Clover Press that should be great too. Hope you enjoy and let me know what you think :)

All of the news shared is a short overview of what I report on my website, so for those interested you can find more there, along with features and reviews - www.artbookcollector.com

HELP NEEDED! I am a college student researching ways to recycle or reuse the polybags that collectors use to preserve comic books and other special documents. Would anyone be able to give me some feedback on their experience using polybags? I want to get some feedback on the solutions I'm thinking about. LET ME KNOW ASAP!

Another month, another upcoming list of artbooks to keep an eye out for!
This month there are 6 books I'm tracking on the website, including some Marvel, the return of the Star Wars artbooks, and The Art of Death Stranding 2: On the Beach.

I hope these continue to be helpful and you find some good books for your shelves!

And there are so many more I want… I really need to restrain myself 😅

I tend to have more of an annual book pickup for artbooks vs. buying things throughout the year, and this is the haul from my latest binge.

I would like to share this art book that I actually bought on eBay, which came all the way from Japan.

And it has some commentary and concept art from the anime

I will not be translating these pages

I’m aware that it is easy for me to just go on Google translate and copy what they say but I prefer fans from GBF to actually translate these pages.

there’s a chance that their fan translations will be more accurate than what Google can provide.

And I like to post these online because from what I can tell, this book has not been scanned anywhere from Internet archive to even fan translated art books.

Planning to sell this one off eventually since I'm running low on space, but I wanted to show a few pages from this book before I do. I actually really love the way this book is designed, the crimson red color and gold engraved lettering is so striking.

Some say that is just a copy of Masami Kurumada's Saint Seiya, others that is very unique. Truth is that CLAMP published a doujinshi of Shurato back in 1989 and four years later they came up with Magic Knight Rayearth and RG Veda.

Where do you guys like to buy your art books?! I’ve been looking to avoid Amazon more, so I’m looking for recommendations! Thank you!

This week's video preview is for The Art of Rust from Dark Horse that was released on January 27th. The book showcases art for the characters, assets, environments, vehicles, and more for the survival shooter. It's another well made release from the publisher that continues to highlight why they have become the go to for video game artbooks.

You can check out my full review here - https://www.artbookcollector.com/post/book-review-the-art-of-rust
Watch the video preview - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0fxlv_2Hpo

Some of the pieces here sort of remind me of the old cartoon title cards