- Taschenbuch: 127 Seiten
- Verlag: S Q Prod Inc (31. Mai 2004)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0865620903
- ISBN-13: 978-0865620902
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 30,2 x 22,6 x 0,8 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 4.5 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (2 Kundenrezensionen)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 424.165 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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Keith Parkinson's work is immediately recognised as some of the finest in the field of fantasy art. Inside this book are cover paintings from best selling books by Terry Goodkind, David Eddings and R.A. Salvatore, computer game art from Everquest and Diablo, a look back at Keith's work at TSR plus never-before-seen sketches full colour plates and colourful commentary by the artist. The artist designed this book himself as well as doing a large part of the setting and layout. He hand picked the material from the last twenty years of his career and added to each of them a story, an anecdote about its creation or the memories it holds. This is, indeed, a truly personal book.
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Keith Parkinson's work is immediately recognized as some of the finest in the field of fantasy art. A long-time collaborator to the work of author Terry Goodkind, Keith has been able to conjure images for such works as Elflord, Dark Island, Dragonring, Demon Hunter, and many more. Now a collected volume of Keith's works are available in a showcase worthy of his art. With a foreword and additional commentary by Terry Goodkind, Parkinson gives you a gloriously detailed view of his imagination, with superb reproduction and high-quality stock.
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Kingsgate - The Art of Keith Parkinson ist das zweite gebundene Artbook des bekannten Fantasy Künstlers. Es beinhaltet viele Coverillustrationen bekannter und berühmter Bücher von Autoren wie R.A. Salvatore oder Terry Goodkind, Illustrationen aus bekannten Computerspielen wie Everquest und Diablo und viele Skizzen und colorierte Werke aus der kreativen Zeit bei TSR...
Wie beinahe alle Künstler, die unter dem Label von MG Publishing publizieren, ist auch Keith Parkinson ein Fantasy-Science Fiction Portrait Allroundkünstler. Keith erzielt in beinahe jedem Terrain hervorragende Ergebnisse und sogar Larry Elmore, Altmeister bei TSR lobt Keiths Fähigkeiten in hohen Tönen. Er sei der beste, wenn es darum ginge, mit den unmöglichsten Farbresten noch perfekte Ergebnisse zu erzielen. Kingsgate beweist dies eindrucksvoll und lässt die 1 1/2 Jahre Verspätung mit der das Buch veröffentlicht wurde, verzeihen.
Kingsgate teilt sich in fünf Bereiche auf, nämlich Guardians, The Plates Listing, Cover Work, TSR Covers und Everquest, jedes mit eindrucksvollen Farbbildern, die sich im Hoch- oder Querformat auf der rechten Buchseite finden, während die linke Seite den Titel, einen für ein MG Publishing Buch recht ausführlichen Kommentar und meist ein oder zwei kleinere Zeichnungen oder Skizzen enthält. Dies hat den Vorteil, dass man endlich einmal etwas mehr über die Bilder erfährt als nur deren Titel oder Copyrightinhaber, sondern erfährt, wo es Schwierigkeiten gab, worauf Keith besonders stolz ist, oder was er hätte besser machen können. Außerdem werden die wichtigen Details der Parkinson'schen Bilder nicht durch die Buchfalz in der Mitte der Seite verdeckt, wodurch man zwar kleinere, aber dafür intakte Bilder erhält.
Was mich jedoch persönlich an diesem Artbook stört, ist die Tatsache, dass es zweimal veröffentlicht wurde. Einmal unter dem Namen Art Fantastix Select Nummer 8 in Deutsch und einmal unter dem Titel Kingsgate in Englisch. Beide Bücher haben grundverschiedene Cover, der Inhalt ähnelt sich aber wie ein Ei dem anderen. Aus Unwissen darüber besitze ich nun also beide Exemplare und bin darüber ein wenig sauer, zumal der Preis der englischen Ausgabe niedriger war als der der deutschen Ausgabe. Davon abgesehen ist Kingsgate aber ein tolles Artbook und Keith Parkinson ein toller Künstler!
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Keith Parkinson is a fantasy genre illustrator using traditional medium. He has created countless illustrations for fantasy books, games and other commissions.
His costume design for characters looks natural and most importantly always believable for required fantasy setting. After looking at the costume language, I probably can't imagine the characters wearing anything else. It just feels right.
Majority of the paintings are on human characters, and the very few monsters illustrations look great too. There's a good physical form to all the characters he drawn.
For book covers printed on small novels, the amount of detail put into the paintings is amazing. I guess it's the level of detail that gives his illustrations that level of realism.
It is also interesting to observe the type of composition used in book covers. The characters and action are always stage inside the frame. Rarely are any characters cropped. It does feel strange if not told that most of them are covers.
There are more picture of the book on my blog. Just visit my Amazon profile for the link.
His costume design for characters looks natural and most importantly always believable for required fantasy setting. After looking at the costume language, I probably can't imagine the characters wearing anything else. It just feels right.
Majority of the paintings are on human characters, and the very few monsters illustrations look great too. There's a good physical form to all the characters he drawn.
For book covers printed on small novels, the amount of detail put into the paintings is amazing. I guess it's the level of detail that gives his illustrations that level of realism.
It is also interesting to observe the type of composition used in book covers. The characters and action are always stage inside the frame. Rarely are any characters cropped. It does feel strange if not told that most of them are covers.
There are more picture of the book on my blog. Just visit my Amazon profile for the link.
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WOW!
1. November 2005
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With this second collection of Keith's paintings, we finally have a book worthy of the art it contains. This all new material is a wonderful collection of paintings and renderings of fearsome dragons, hideous creatures, captivating women, and sword-wielding men of valor. Also included are cover paintings for bestselling books by Terry Goodkind and David Eddings, as well as computer game art for EverQuest and Diablo, never-before-seen sketches, colorful commentary by the artist, and a whole lot more. One of the "Fab Four" from the TSR glory years, his work never fails to kindle the imagination and whisk one away to the worlds he creates.
"Magnificent modern fantasy at its finest--sensual, richly colored, imaginative, powerful. He's on our 'A' list of contemporary fantasy painters; his previous book was a bestseller for us." - from the Bud Plant catalog
With the sad news of Keith's recent passing, this will likely be the last collection of new material, but what we have here, we can treasure forever. Rest In Peace Keith, and thank you for sharing your wonderful gift with us.
"Magnificent modern fantasy at its finest--sensual, richly colored, imaginative, powerful. He's on our 'A' list of contemporary fantasy painters; his previous book was a bestseller for us." - from the Bud Plant catalog
With the sad news of Keith's recent passing, this will likely be the last collection of new material, but what we have here, we can treasure forever. Rest In Peace Keith, and thank you for sharing your wonderful gift with us.
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Very fine portfolio of fantasy art
19. März 2009
Format:Taschenbuch
Keith Parkinson is a fantasy genre illustrator using traditional medium. He has created countless illustrations for fantasy books, games and other commissions.
His costume design for characters looks natural and most importantly always believable for required fantasy setting. After looking at the costume language, I probably can't imagine the characters wearing anything else. It just feels right.
Majority of the paintings are on human characters, and the very few monsters illustrations look great too. There's a good physical form to all the characters he drawn.
For book covers printed on small novels, the amount of detail put into the paintings is amazing. I guess it's the level of detail that gives his illustrations that level of realism.
It is also interesting to observe the type of composition used in book covers. The characters and action are always stage inside the frame. Rarely are any characters cropped. It does feel strange if not told that most of them are covers.
(More pictures are available on my blog. Just visit my Amazon profile for the link.)
His costume design for characters looks natural and most importantly always believable for required fantasy setting. After looking at the costume language, I probably can't imagine the characters wearing anything else. It just feels right.
Majority of the paintings are on human characters, and the very few monsters illustrations look great too. There's a good physical form to all the characters he drawn.
For book covers printed on small novels, the amount of detail put into the paintings is amazing. I guess it's the level of detail that gives his illustrations that level of realism.
It is also interesting to observe the type of composition used in book covers. The characters and action are always stage inside the frame. Rarely are any characters cropped. It does feel strange if not told that most of them are covers.
(More pictures are available on my blog. Just visit my Amazon profile for the link.)
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ONE OF THE TRUE GREATS!
8. Dezember 2005
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Along with Clyde Caldwell, Larry Elmore, and Jeff Easley, Keith Parkingson completes the "Fab Four" of fantasy artists. To think that all four were on staff at TSR at one time is mind boggling. One can only imagine the creative competition that took place between these four supremely talented artists. Kingsgate from SQP features 128 pages of Parkinson's paintings in full, lush color and printed on heavy stock paper. Bestselling fantasy writer Terry Goodkind provides an introduction to the book. Goodkind is an unabashed fan of Parkinson's who has done the covers to several of his books. Goodkind provides commentary on each cover and offers his unique insight on how the covers were devised. I think my favorite cover that Keith did for the Sword of Truth series was for Naked Empire showing the statue of a powerful warrior, long forgotten in the remote wilderness.
Parksinon's book covers are often enough to sell a book and he's done numerous book, RPG, and computer game covers over the years including one of Polgara, the David Edding's sorceress with her dark hair and trademark white steak, holding an owl in the forest. His fantasy calendars are always in a league of their own. There's a certain magic and myth to his work that's often missing in many artist's work. They seem to tell a story all on their own. Parkinson relates how Blizzard wanted him to do the cover for Diablo II but he was already tied up with other projects. So enamored of his work were they that they basically told him to give them anything as soon as he could and Keith would deliver a stunning painting that would be uses in promotional posters for the game.
Dungeons & Dragons fans will be sure to recognize many paintings from some of their favorite game accessories over the years including his group of skeletal kings in "Gods of Lanhkmar" and the "Temple of Elemental Evil" One of my favorites was always one of the Ravenloft Death Knight, Lord Soth. It's simply a gorgeous book that comes with an index to the paintings. A fitting collection by one of the genre's best artists.
Reviewed by Tim Janson
Parksinon's book covers are often enough to sell a book and he's done numerous book, RPG, and computer game covers over the years including one of Polgara, the David Edding's sorceress with her dark hair and trademark white steak, holding an owl in the forest. His fantasy calendars are always in a league of their own. There's a certain magic and myth to his work that's often missing in many artist's work. They seem to tell a story all on their own. Parkinson relates how Blizzard wanted him to do the cover for Diablo II but he was already tied up with other projects. So enamored of his work were they that they basically told him to give them anything as soon as he could and Keith would deliver a stunning painting that would be uses in promotional posters for the game.
Dungeons & Dragons fans will be sure to recognize many paintings from some of their favorite game accessories over the years including his group of skeletal kings in "Gods of Lanhkmar" and the "Temple of Elemental Evil" One of my favorites was always one of the Ravenloft Death Knight, Lord Soth. It's simply a gorgeous book that comes with an index to the paintings. A fitting collection by one of the genre's best artists.
Reviewed by Tim Janson
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