Nice book
After hurricane Katrina, I began rebuilding my collection of books on all types of art, including fantasy art. This is a beautiful book, and as usual, a great Amazon purchase!
Good For Artists...
...not so much for someone who likes to view the finished product. Still, I don't regret the purchase. As a Royo collector, it thickens my collection and is nice to reference when looking at the stages that he goes through to complete a work of art.
Disappointed
This book was disappointing to me for two reasons: First, it's a smaller format than many other Royo books. Secondly, this book contains only SIMPLE pencil drawings of some of Royo's artwork. It's just a rough sketchbook. The cover art is the most elaborate of all of the images in the entire volume. And although the pencil images are well done, they lack the amazing realism of his completed color paintings. Illustrators (or anyone who's aspiring to be one) may enjoy it, but others like me probably wouldn't. If you're just discovering Royo, I'd recommend getting Secrets, Malefic and Visions instead. In my opinion, Women isn't worth buying, because it simply doesn't reflect the mature Royo fans love (rather, it highlights Royo as cheesy 70's sci-fi cover artist).
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