The Art of Bioshock Infinite Kindle & comiXology

as soon as this was available for pre-order, i had been waiting anxiously to see it. seeing it now, i am so happy with the contents!the book is a quality publication, from the hardcover, to the printed endpapers, to the sturdy pages. this book could easily be dismembered (as sad as it would be) to have images framed. it is a slick tome all the way around.the chapters are as follows:finding columbiaelizabethbooker dewittsongbirdfounders, citizens, & vox populiheavy hittersadvertisements & propagandavigorssky-hookweapons & airshipscolumbiai was thoroughly impressed with each chapter, but my favorites were finding columbia, advertisements & propaganda, vigors, and columbia. the concept art for the environments is AMAZING. beautiful, colorful, full-page images that are fine art in their own right. there are three full-page advertisements for vigors (shock jockey, devil's kiss, and possession) which are more than suitable for framing (which i very well might). the concept art for the vigors, showing their progression from start to finished product, is just unreal. there are so many talented folks at irrational.some of what i enjoyed most was what DIDN'T make it into the game. it must be a shame to have created such beautiful things, only to have them left out of the finished product. it makes me appreciate this book even more, as it is a love letter to all those gems we otherwise would never have gotten to see.my ONLY disappointment was that all the advertisements for the vigors weren't present. i would have loved to see bucking bronco and the rest of them. i was a huge fan of plasmids in the first and second bioshock, and vigors in the third, and the advertisement posters were some of my favorite art pieces.in conclusion, this book is the finest video game art book i've seen. from the quality of the publication itself, to the incredible images inside, it is worth ten times the price. if you are fan of bioshock, irrational games, video games, or art in general, you will be highly pleased with this purchase.

A beautiful, well-bound book that details the evolution of Bioshock Infinite. From Infinite's beginning as a sequel to 2007's Bioshock, complete with mechanized Big Daddies to the entirely separate but thematically similar universe actually used in Bioshock Infinite.The book is principally an art book, which is great because the art is spectacular and beautifully reproduced on high quality paper. If you've come for the art you will not be disappointed. If you were hoping for an insider's look into the development of Bioshock Infinite, you will leave a bit more empty-handed.While the art is very impressive, I do wish there had been more written about the various discarded designs, plot lines, and characters. It's very clear to anyone who has played Bioshock Infinite how many times the game was re-designed and re-imagined throughout its development and as a fan I would have loved the book more into 'what could have been' like Half Life 2: Raising the Bar did. I consider Raising the Bar to be one of the finest video game art books every produced and would give this one a close second and is well worth the money of anyone who appreciates the Bioshock series or video game art/development in general.If your biggest complaint about something is that you wanted more of it, that's usually a good sign.

I'm an avid collector of art books. I have the Mass Effect 3 art book by Dark Horse, I have Yoshitaka Amano: The Sky which is by far one of the best art book sets I have ever seen and probably will ever see. The Art of Bioshock: Infinite is definitely up there at the top of my list of most amazing art books.The quality on this book completely blew me away when I took it out of the box and removed the plastic wrap. The sleeve is a piece of art itself (literally). The cover of the book is a very unique take on art books and I think it gives it that much more character. All the pages were thicker and heavier in quality. It's a real treat to be able to see a lot of the sketches that went into designing characters and enemies.My favorite chapters were probably the ones on Columbia's production and finished style. The chapter on Vigors was a lot of fun too, to see how much the artist team put into each bottle's design. If you are a fan of Bioshock: Infinite, or just art books in general, I would definitely recommend ordering this product. Especially with the insanely good deal Amazon has going on right now. You don't want to miss out on this one!