The Art of Metal Gear Solid I-IV (2 Hardcover Books- Slipcased)

Book Review: The Art of Metal Gear Solid I-IV You can view the book by clicking the below video link. https://youtu.be/Q4Vz8sNqyz8 For those Art lovers and also Metal Gear Solid fans out there this is a collection that they should not miss. This slipcased 2 hardcover collection comes in a beautiful Slipcase. The book itself uses thick glossy paper and the binding is perfect. You can compare this book to Kim Jung Gi's books and at nearly the same price you get a very thicker collection of Art by the master Yoji Shinkawa. Finally, a solid artbook for the Metal Gear Solid franchise. I've reviewed a couple of MGS artbooks before, such as the Japanese artbook for MGS4, English one for MGS5 and Ashley Wood's interpretation of MGS. I've always wondered why there aren't any English artbooks for MGS I to IV until now. I guess the games are now so popular that it warrants coming out with this ultimate artbook collection. The Art of Metal Gear Solid I-IV is a two-book set housed in a huge slipcase. When I first saw this collection, I was nodding my head in acknowledgement. This is the type of collection that fans deserve. This box set is a collectors item indeed. My suggestion is, if you have enough money then quickly grab this book before it runs out of stock and if you don't have the fund then sell something to purchase this book. This will be the first edition with boxset so even though its a bit pricey its worth getting it for Yoji Shinkawa's art which is unique and also for the well presented book as detailed below. The two books total 800 pages. The binding is excellent for such thick books. The edge of the pages are trimmed with silver paint for that extra something. But be careful when flipping the pages because the silver trim can cause pages to stick together. Not just that, some of the heavily printed pages may also stick together at the edges. It's a minor issue. You just have to peel off a few pages carefully, that's all. The first book "Studio Works" is the collection of black and white concept art of characters, enemies, mechs and some set interiors. You'll get to see lots of sketches. You may have seen characteristic brush-style MGS art online. There are loads of them in this book. The second book "Gallery Works" features coloured illustrations. The style is similar to the first book, but with colour. There are also several high resolution 3D renders of the characters. The books only cover the first four games. Since there aren't any artbooks for the first four games except the Japanese artbook for MGS4, this can be considered the ultimate art collection for MGS. The art is fantastic and needless to say, it's a must-buy for MGS fans. Highly recommended. Yoji Shinkawa Yoji Shinkawa : Shinkawa Yōji, born December 25, 1971) is a Japanese artist. He is most famous for his character, environment and mechanical designs for the Metal Gear and Zone of the Enders series. Yoji Shinkawa  BornDecember 25, 1971(age 47) Hiroshima, JapanOccupationIllustrator Born in Hiroshima, Shinkawa began working for game developer Konami in 1994 after graduating from Kyoto Seika University. He first worked as a debugger for the PC-98version of Policenauts. He moved on to serve as art director for the later console ports of the game, then as the lead character and mecha designer for the Metal Gear Solidseries. He served as the art director for all the Kojima-directed Metal Gear Solid games, while also providing character designs for Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops and Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance. He is the lead artist and character, mechanical and environment designer on Kojima Productions. Shinkawa's illustration style is generally praised as original and artistic,[citation needed]yet technically accurate. According to himself he is inspired by anime-related artists like Yoshikazu Yasuhiko and Yoshitaka Amano,mbut also more western-related and less contemporary artists such as Frank Miller, Aubrey Beardsley and Willy Pogany[.and is also a big fan of French artists such as Mœbius. Shinkawa uses ink pens with a brush-like felt-tip preferring the Pentel Brush Pen and both Adobe Photoshop and Corel Painter for his creations.  He is a fan of heavy metal and artists such as Megadeth, Rage, Killswitch Engage and Yngwie Malmsteen. About this item Product information Publisher : Dark Horse Books Publication date : August 7, 2018 Language : English Product Dimensions : 10 x 3.8 x 14.6 inches Shipping Weight : 13.58 pounds Book length : 800 pages West Malaysia: 18 East Malaysia: 25