Sketchbooks

If you've never taken the opportunity to purchase and look at Comix Buro's Sketchbook series now's a good time to start.

Comix Buro recently released four more titles in its Sketchbook series of soft back books.  Measuring in a just a little smaller vertically as a comic book, the Sketchbook series are square bound, printed on heavy paper stock and contain a wide variety of art as reflected by the many artists the series spotlights.

This time around the releases cover Valley, Mazan, Mathot and CiVello.

Of the four CiVello's art is the most realistic-at as rendered.  The book is filled with realistic rendering along with fantasy sketches and drawings.  Of the four titles this one is my favorite.

Mathot's work is much more cartoonish with a heavy emphasis on character and costume design.  I especially like the pencil sketches.

Valley has a thing for urban art, specifically got urban chick-semi-nude urban chicks.  'Nuff said.

For less realistic cartoon figures Mazan fills the bill.  But, as if to demonstrate the talent of the artist, very realistic renderings of ancient archeological sites are also included.

Regardless of what book you choose to buy (Why not buy all of them?), Comix Buro's Sketchbook recent releases are a perfect choice.