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Summary: Nice art, but hobbled by an extremely bland presentation
Review: Nice selection of art, though the obmission of any pieces by Timothy Bradstreet is notable given how popular he is and how prominently his artwork features in some of the sourcebooks. However, the presentation could be much better: It is bland in the extreme. Each image is centred on the middle of a white page. Opposite page is white, with small text indicating the title and artist. Very dry. I suppose this would suffice for a traditional artbook, but this is Shadowrun, people! The cyberpunk theme screams for visual overload. Some visual pizazz would have helped immensely. As would have comments by the artist of each piece. Worse still, the pictures all have a slightly faded quality to them. Indeed, comparing some pieces to the original book covers, the pieces here are noticeably less vibrant, looking rather washed out. Finally, the pieces are all forced to fit into the page with one-inch borders around each image. They'd have looked far better filling up as much page space as possible. It makes you want to scream in fustration. Even 'wide' pieces which you'd think would be presented sideways to maximise the size (such that you'd have to turn the book 90 degrees to view it) are instead presented vertically like all the other pages, thereby shrinking them to less than 1/5th the page size! The only good thing I can say about the presentation is that very glossy oversized thick paper stock has been used. Otherwise, this book is a major disappointment.
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Summary: Better than that other guy thinks
Review: Not a bad way to spend $10. Yeah some of the art could be bigger, and there could be more bells and whistles but the book itself is a quality product. Sturdy. All the great Shadowrun art (many of the same artists created for Battletech - there should be a "Art of Battletech book too!!!!) FOr those who still play the game in its new rendition this is a great way to get the feel of the picture that the original Shadowrun creators wanted you to get. It has a great forward and also info on each artist. Good book. I do not game and havent for years, so this is a perfect book to keep a the memory of the Shadowrun world alive.And if anyone cares, FASA corp is out of business. Get this book while you can!
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