Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #40022 in Books
• Published on: 2007-12-21
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 240 pages

Customer Reviews

Great art book just lacking a biography
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R1APRF7OEV9Y3I Iain McCaig has been in the art industry doing work for movie studios for a long time. In this book contains the work done for Star Wars prequel, Harry Potter and his concept art for other projects. Most of his work are belong to the fantasy genre.

In this book, a fictional interviewer called Bryon is created to introduce readers to the artwork and bring them into Iain McCaig's imaginative world. It's pretty amusing and reads like some fantasy adventure. My minor quibble would be that there isn't a biography of his illustrious career.

Insight Editions is the publisher of this thick and big book at 240 pages. It's hardcover with a beautiful matte dust jacket.

Inside are lots of glorious concept art, mainly to character designs. They are made up of paintings and sketches. Each is reproduced brilliantly on the glossy paper, showing intricate details of ink, pencil or colour strokes as well as the texture of the medium. The large pages enhance the viewing pleasure.

While there are some digital paintings, most of the illustrations featured are done using traditional medium, showing texture and grain.

This book is highly recommended to fans of Iain McCaig, fantasy artists, concept artists and character designers. It's very inspiring and overflows with creativity.

There are more pictures of the book on my blog. Just visit my Amazon profile for the link.

Shadowline - The Art of Iain McCaig
I've allways been a big fan of Iain McCaig and I was pretty happy to know I could have an artbook of his amazing talent. When I was told about the book I was quick to order it hoping I would get a good artbook filled with gorgeous images. I got that, but I also got much more. The author goes into the effort of creating and engaging story around the book and his work, placing the reader in the position of someone that is experiencing art and it's development process
. Its a great book, filled with amazing images and a great story. It even comes with little tutorial booklets inside. Worth every penny and a must for any aspiring artist.

Shadowline :)
An excellent presentation of this artist's work, very well worth the price and effort to fight the temptation to flick past the text - it add's to the experience.Shadowline: The Art of Iain McCaig