09Dec

Art Book Review: The Art Of Magic The Gathering – The Rath Cycle

Long before art books were such a common sight, one franchise already displayed a strong emphasis on the quality of their artworks: the now ubiquitous trading card game Magic The Gathering (MTG). This artbook was released in 1998 and displays an attention to detail akin to a Hollywood movie production artboard. Over the years it […]

Posted by Paul Takahashi
On December 9, 2020
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18May

Art Book Review: Clive Barker – Visions of Heaven and Hell

I wrote briefly about the relevance of Clive Barker in my life as an artist for my review of his older art book Clive Barker – Illustrator. Visions of Heaven and Hell is the great yang to Illustrator’s yin. Whereas the latter book presented a rather intimate look into Barker’s thought process and delicate ink […]

Posted by Paul Takahashi
On May 18, 2020
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Clive Barker, drawing, Illustration, painting

03Mar

Art book review: Clive Barker – Illustrator

My interest in Clive Barker’s universe has been so long-standing I cannot remember where I discovered him in the first place. It might have been through his Tortured Souls action figures, or some earlier reference to Hellraiser, but what I can say for sure is that it was perennialized through my reading of the […]

Posted by Paul Takahashi
On March 3, 2020
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Clive Barker, drawing

09Jan

Art book review: Simon Stålenhag & Anna Davour – Urtidsbilder

Happy new year 2020! What a decade. To kick off the next one, here’s my first book review, with a twist: I haven’t even read the book. Let me explain! I heard of Simon Stålenhag’s “dinosaur” series (really, it’s more about paleozoology in general) looking at the aptly named ‘Paleoart’ section of his website, and […]

Posted by Paul Takahashi
On January 9, 2020
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