This book packs as much punch as the first volume. It's actually 20 pages less than volume 1, Udon's Art of Capcom, but thicker overall as the paper stock is thicker.
The main bulk of art is on Street Fighter, and in lesser pages they feature Darkstalkers, Rival Schools, Marvel VS Capcom and some other stuff.
The art is fantastic, of course, with works from top UDON artists like Jeffrey Cruz, Joe Ng, Omar Dogan, Arnold Tsang, Alvin Lee, Long Vo and others. Many of these are beautiful full page art from book covers, pin-ups and other promotional material.
There's a very cool section on Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix which has the background stage art. The old SF2 stages updated to HD resolution is really nostalgic. There are even game sprite graphics of the different poses for all the characters.
The last chapter is on the versus series. You can see lots of fun art with the crossovers and all. You can see Megaman, Wolverine, Iron Man and the many other characters.
Wonderful book for fans of UDON and Street Fighter.
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7 Comments
wish it came with a poster of
Submitted by cetriy on
wish it came with a poster of the cover, that cover is so cool (or a wordless cover then I'd just enlarge it for my wall)
Finally you reviewed it, I
Submitted by SethSteiner on
Finally you reviewed it, I just wanted to make a review on the Forum.^^ As usual, it`s a really great book, thanks for the review parka, I think everyone who loves the SF and Capcom art should get this nice thing.
A question: Are there 2 versions of the first Art of Capcom?
@SethSteiner I think there's
Submitted by Teoh Yi Chie on
@SethSteiner
I think there's only one version for Volume 1.
Actually there are 2 versions
Submitted by Ninjatron on
Actually there are 2 versions of the first volume. Hardcover (with the noodle stand artwork) and softcover (with the Akumart artwork). The hardcover Udon books are generally convention exclusives. Pretty sure there is a hardcover of Vol 2 as well, but that the front artwork is the same.
Sayonara.
Thank you^^ I asked because I
Submitted by SethSteiner on
Thank you^^ I asked because I saw noodle stand artwork and wondered if this is a newer version.
Those hardcover editions are
Submitted by Teoh Yi Chie on
Those hardcover editions are usually 2-3 times more expensive.
If it weren't for your heads
Submitted by Melody Kitn on
If it weren't for your heads up, I never would have gotten the pretty book as quickly as I did.
Yummy yummy book. A bit disappointed that there wasn't as much art on the other capcom games as the design works book, but I suppose I should've expected as much.
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