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A review by meemzter
The Art of The Last of Us by Rachel Edidin
5.0
Does this count as a book? It’s gonna have to, because watching and then playing TLOU has triggered an epic reading slump for me so this is apparently the best I can do right now.
This was cool! The art is gorgeous but more than that it really made me appreciate the kind of ground up creation that goes in to making a game like this. Seeing the dozens of iterations for characters, infected, set pieces… it’s kind of mind boggling. Every little detail is crafted with such care and I find it overwhelming to even think about how much effort is required to make something this beautiful and detailed.
There are a few pages that I wish I could rip out and frame (except I would NEVER rip pages out of a book) and a few text blurbs (YES THERE WAS SOME ACTUAL READING INVOLVED) that felt like little gems of precious knowledge if you are a fan of the game. I mean lbr if you are a superfan of the game this is a must-own item and you probably already have it.
The Art of The Last of Us Part II is in the mail on its way to me and I am, I dare say, even more excited to “read” that one!
We all know that TLOU is a masterpiece, but this book made me appreciate the degree to which the specific artwork and design is a masterpiece in its own right.
This was cool! The art is gorgeous but more than that it really made me appreciate the kind of ground up creation that goes in to making a game like this. Seeing the dozens of iterations for characters, infected, set pieces… it’s kind of mind boggling. Every little detail is crafted with such care and I find it overwhelming to even think about how much effort is required to make something this beautiful and detailed.
There are a few pages that I wish I could rip out and frame (except I would NEVER rip pages out of a book) and a few text blurbs (YES THERE WAS SOME ACTUAL READING INVOLVED) that felt like little gems of precious knowledge if you are a fan of the game. I mean lbr if you are a superfan of the game this is a must-own item and you probably already have it.
The Art of The Last of Us Part II is in the mail on its way to me and I am, I dare say, even more excited to “read” that one!
We all know that TLOU is a masterpiece, but this book made me appreciate the degree to which the specific artwork and design is a masterpiece in its own right.