How about Blade Runner, Batman’s Gotham City, Akira, Ghost In the Shell or literally dozens of other films and TV series?
In Amime Architecture, written by author Stefan Riekeles and published by Thames & Hudson, readers are invited to explore Imagined Worlds And Endless Megacities.
Futuristic cities are depicted often in modern movies and TV shows. With the advent of computer digital art constructing such cities is becoming increasingly easier.
Once a city grid is laid out and finished film-makers can adjust the city to various angles, age it and add lighting and atmospheric effects.
But, how difficult and time-consuming was it to do so before the introduction of computer generated images? Each view of said cities had to be created by hand including perspective, coloring, visual effects and much more.
In the deluxe hard-bound book author Stefan Riekeles delves into great detail about just how difficult and time-consuming constructing Anime architecture using the old-fashioned way-by hand.
The book is filled with art and photos of scenes and cities used in famous Anime films such as Akira, Ghost In The Shell, Metropolis and others.
Finished art is shown along with preliminary sketches, architectural renderings, layouts, animation cells, backgrounds and so much more.
As a graphic designer and artist myself I am impressed and in awe of the amount of work that went into each piece of art. The details are amazing as is the use of perspective, close-ups, color palettes and the overall designs.
As amazing as computer generated images are it’s important to note that without the creativity and hard work of artists who first used hands-on methods today’s modern imaging would have never taken place.
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