Graphic L.A.

As a fellow visual development artist, this book was one of the solid buy within my collection of inspiration and knowledge.The Graphic L.A is a book that strongly portrays the storytelling based on simple, graphic, geometric shapes, which it is considered quite hard to some of the other artists where they tend to focus on details. This book on the other hand, teaches you to forcefully and critically think on how to come up with the most simplified, big, clear shapes and design language for the audience to understand.This method of simplification and storytelling is simply amazing by the farthest. From the simple, geometric shapes, limited value patterns & clear lighting situation, and limited color palettes to tell the mood of the story. Honestly, this book is meant to be an artistic bible of shape language, which I highly recommended anyone to those who wish to tell a story with strong, shape-based language.After reading the book written by the artist who worked on Spiderman: Into the Spider-verse, this is a great book to see his process and his critical thinking on how to tell a story with strong, shape-based language. As a concept artist and visual development artist who wish to create such pieces with design and story appeal, this book is highly recommended!

This man is a genuine master. Beautiful work, amazing use of three point perspective, and clear about how to graphically break down shapes, perspective & tone. With laconic accuracy which includes a series of step-by-step illustrations of his process, you can witness an image go from a thumbnail sketch to a final painting. If values, shapes, and perspective is what you are looking for then this is the "ne plus ultra" on the subject.But why four-stars? (I could not do 3.5 stars)Color palette is never addressed, hue is completely absent from the discussion; not illustrated at all. Frustrating since the artist has obviously mastered that subject as well but is completely silent on the subject.Hue also has value (tone) and the two subjects are nearly synonymous. This book could have been a "grand slam" and a "no-hitter" but rather it is just a home run.

This is a great book of the artist Robh Ruppel. The images and art are amazing in this book. I first learned about Ruppel's work while watching Brother Bear. He painted a lot of backgrounds for that Disney movie. Then I discovered his other art on Instagram and his website. This book concentrates around his paintings of L.A. and progression images on how he painted them. The images are accompanied by his thought process on how he approaches art and his paintings. Most of them are painted digital, but there are also some samples from his sketchbook. This book is a must have for visual developers who want to learn about making better compositions, work on their values and improving as a artist.

This book is beautiful. It came safely packaged and is obviously brand new.My only qualm is that some of the edges of the pages were stuck together like it hadn't been fully cut through. Other than that it's great!

worth it!

This book opened for me a whole new way of looking at art-making. I have no doubt that this little book will be one of the most influential art and design manuals for years to come.

Pretty insightful for those who are trying to understand form and how to break any scene down into it's most basic components. Useful for improving your composition.

I bought this book thinking only for the plein digital paintings and a peek for the LA through Ruppel's eyes. Turns out it was also filled with steps and learning advice that some artist much needed. Give this book a go!

Good little book, a lot of the images are a little underworked

Excellent

As a cocnept artist and a huge fan of Robh, I have to say this little book is a rare gem and full of helpful tips and absolutely worth every penny!

Un libro muy recomendable te guste o no la temática del mismo (ilustraciones de la ciudad de Los Ángeles), ya que, te guste más o menos la estética, o incluso aunque la odies, en realidad es lo de menos, ya que el libro está muy enfocado a los estudios de la composición de las escenas y sus niveles de color e iluminación.Muestra de forma muy sencilla bocetos y estudios sobre la mejor forma de plantear composiciones y nivelar las manchas visuales de la escena. Como, con formas muy sencillas componer un escenario que funcione a todos los niveles desde el primer momento, y a partir de ahí, empezar a detallarlo para conseguir una ilustración final.Ya digo, el libro está trabajado con ilustración digital, pero es lo de menos, ya que lo que muestra, se puede aplicar a prácticamente cualquier técnica pictórica. La composición, el contraste entre los elementos, las luces/sombras, los niveles, decidir si en una escena es mejor destacar este u otro objeto, etc...Es un libro muy sencillo pero muy práctico y visual, con el texto justo para explicar lo necesario.Muy recomendable si te dedicas al mundo de la pintura de cualquier tipo y quieres profundizar un poco más en temas de composición.

Il libro è molto bello e per gli appassionati del settore grafica/illustrazione digitale è un buono spunto per testate nuove tecniche. E' presente qualche step by step ma molto approssimativo e piccolo come immagini. Avrei preferito magari fosse strutturato maggiormente sulla tecnica con più esempi a colore e meno schizzi a pennarello. Comunque ne consiglio l'acquisto e come sempre Ottimo feedback per Amazon che spedisce senza il minimo ritardo.