Marvellous art book
The Art of Last of Us is a wonderful art book to Naughty Dog’s latest game. I also have the Uncharted 2 art book and I love that book. I love this one too.This book is packed with character designs and environment art. The concept art is top notch.All the characters and infected are drawn out in detail and colour. There are various designs for each character. Lots to see. The infected, if you have not played the game, are not traditional zombies. They have been infected by some deadly fungus that grows and consumes the human body. You get to see some interesting and scary designs that you would not get from typical zombies.The environment art are painted with astonishing amount of detail that makes everything seem so real. There are the devastated towns, rundown buildings, deserted streets and ransacked rooms. Most scenes depicted will make you wonder what the hell happened there. The level of realism you see here is unmatched even by big budget movie sets.Spoilers appear in the book either as text or pictures. So definitely play the game first before going through the book. Other than that, there’s not much text except the occasional comments on the art and game.This is a fantastic video game art book. Highly recommended.Oh, play the game first if you can.(There are more pictures of the book on my blog. Just visit my Amazon profile for the link.)

The best conceptual artwork assemble in a long time, but where are the credits?!
JUST BEAUTIFUL!This is certainly a big and beautiful assemble of the greatest conceptual artworks I ever saw together, I must say Naughty Dog have some of the most talented artists in the industry nowadays, the artworks are really beautiful and it’s nice to see some earlier versions of characters and environments of the game in those pages, it really added more dept in the understanding of the game goal and artistic vision.Why not give credits for the artists?As I said, Naughty Dog have some the most talented artists in the industry nowadays, like Maciej Kuciara, James Paick, Aaron Limonick, John Sweeney, Eytan Zana, Shaddy Safadi, Marek Okon, Nick Gindraux, Hyoung Nam, and Alexandria Neonakis, people that worked hard to make this game beautiful but in the end, this compilation or celebration of great artworks end up not having a single artist name on it. It’s a shame that they didn’t gave the artists some recognition for their big hit as well. I just couldn’t find credits for the artists anywhere in the book, just the directors are credited. I think it is a bit unfair and very close minded for a company with such a big creativity in making games.I know that from a company point of view give to much credit for a employee can be a path to lose them to another company, but in a internet generation of easy to find information, they should know that there are other and nicer ways to keep a employee happy enough to not leave the company. Anyway, just unfair.This is a GREAT BOOK! One of the best game art-books on the last 2 years.

Beautiful Down to the Last Detail
Let me start of by saying that I am an artist. I have an ever-evolving art style that switches between photo-realistic and idealistic. That being said, when I see the art in this book, I see true talent. Everything about the artwork is well thought out. Every detail makes them beautiful––the use of color to change the tone and feel of the piece, the use of natural, organic subjects for inspiration, and the realistic, contemporary, cinematic feel that each piece tries to, or does, denote. From the first page to the last, I was in awe by the sheer talent that each artist had and the care that they used for each stroke of the paintbrush. It is, quite simply, filled with masterpiece after masterpiece of stunningly inspirational pieces and each is better than the last. My one and only complaint, however, is this: not all of the art used in the game is included. Despite this small disappointment, it is a book that I will treasure for years to come; I’ll be looking at it whenever I need that extra boost of inspiration that’s required before I can finish a piece. This is a treasure to behold, and I recommend anyone, not just artists, to purchase this book. I promise you that your decision will not be regretted.

A Must Have for Fans
My hubby and I love, love, LOVE the game. It’s probably one of our all time favourites and when I saw this on deal for $30 I could not resist. My fingers did all the decision making and here it is.The quality of this book is superb. Hardback, not the cheap sort either, A4 size and each page is simply beautiful (okay infected aren’t exactly beautiful but, you know). Contains not just art and minor lore, but also takes a look at the development of certain characters or infected. I have yet to get all the way through it but the detail and page finish is stunning. Can’t wait to take a look at it, it’s the top fave of my Game Art/Guides books right now. I just want to put it in plastic to preserve how wonderful it smells and looks (sorry if too creepy?).Can not recommend this enough. If you enjoyed the game you will appreciate this beautiful book.Also the 1 star review here makes no sense. It’s not just images from the games so I’ve no idea what he was on. How the hardback could get less than a 5 I will never understand. If you get a damaged one why not talk to Amazon?

Da grandissima fan della saga,lo consiglio,pieno di illustrazioni e alcune scritte di spiegazione ..è semplicemente stupendo.Mi è stato regalato al compleanno e onestamente non potevano farmi regalo migliore! 😍💗💗🌟💞🌟💞

La entrega fue excelente, de hecho llego antes de lo establecido y el producto llego sin ningún problema.En cuanto al libro después de leerlo y ver el arte en su interior se ha convertido en uno de mis favoritos. El libro no solo contiene gran variedad de imágenes, también explica el proceso de diseño y creación del vídeo-juego por parte del equipo de Naughty Dog y el concepto y la visualización de su evolución.El libro esta dividido en capítulos que agrupan los diferentes apartados en el departamento de arte de la producción del proyecto. Así entonces tenemos el de personajes y como por medio de bocetos y experimentación se desarrolla su personalidad haciéndolos mas vivos y reales lo cual se nota en la calidad del vídeo-juego terminado. En otros de los capítulos se nos explica como los artistas se inspiraron en crear el mundo y las diferentes ciudades como Boston y Pittsburg donde transcurre la travesía de Elle y Joel.Para los que gusten del diseño conceptual creo que en el libro encontraran una muy buena fuente de inspiración ademas de los diferentes consejos y herramientas que los artistas de Naughty Dog usaron para crear no solo TLOU, sino también todos sus proyectos.En resumen un libro muy completo, con buenos materiales, imágenes conceptuales, bocetos, estudios de iluminación y descripciones de los artistas. 100% Recomendable.