Structura: The Art of Sparth

I love this book. This is a great compilation of a great artist. The works contained here are true to the title of the book and I feel the art choosen is a great credit to the quality of work produced by Sparth. The pictures are detailed and wonderfully illustrated throughout the pages of the book with brief descriptions provided by the artist. I think this book works well for people who love art or want to gain inspiration for their own artwork.

Nicolas 'Sparth' Bouvier is a fantastic artist, and this book is filled with his works, so expectedly it's a fine book. It is a little on the small side in terms of it's physical dimensions, but the prints are nice. If you follow his work online, you probably won't see much here that you haven't seen on a website, but it's always nice to have a print that you can hold and look at, as opposed to just staring at glowing pixels. If you like sci-fi environments in particular, this won't let you down!

Sparth's work is great. The imagination is great, execution great and so on. This book is not just dedicated to "concept" art or imagination. There are a brief few pages packed with exteriors painted from life that really show you Sparth's skill. Many artists can't handle both speculative work and plein air equally, Sparth accomplishes both handily. The book is a nice flight of fancy and I'd happily recommend it. Others have provided more detail, I won't bore you with another recap.I do wish the book was larger and, probably more importantly, had a darker color for the "empty" portions of the pages. These are white and much of the art in the book has a distinctly darker palette. This contrast makes the work look muted, my 40-something year old eyes needed pretty bright light to be able to appreciate many of the works. The fact that it's digital art just adds to this. Digital art tends to be darker as a computer screen projects its own light (not something I think a lot of people stop and think about).

'structura: the art of sparth" is one of my favorite art books, it features artworks for numerous book covers and game design companies, fitting perfectly into the sci-fi fantasy world that i love. Each page is full of inspiration, with imagery of personal projects that are guaranteed to blow you away, i'm extremely happy with this purchase! 5 out of 5 stars!

I've been a huge fan of Sparth's work for years and have awaited the arrival of this book for almost as long. Sparth's work is warm and highly creative and his influence over a generation of digital fantasy artists is only beginning to be seen as his style is frequently imitated. It's certainly a great book and a must-own, especially for a concept art book at this price.My only disappointment is is the format size (which is why I still give this 5 stars, as I don't think this is the fault of the artist). These works deserve a much larger format than the medium/smallish 9 x 9 inches. Also, and this probably has more to do with who owns the image licenses than anything, there is a bit of "sameness", a slight lack of variety, about some of the work that's not apparent when viewing his website.Still, a great book by any standard and an essential addition to any fantasy/sci-fi/art lover's book collection.

I first saw this book in Europe and loved it. After searching for it I found multiple copies available at reasnable prices. This book contains some beautiful graphic art. If you love design for video games - you will love this book. My only complaint is that much of the art is printed rather small. However, considering the price, the book was a steal

Sparth is definitely a master at his craft. This hardcover, perfect bound book is a must-have item for any professional or aspiring concept artist. His work is exquisite even in some of his speed paintings. The only thing I wish that the book covered was his process of development on some of his pieces like Doug Chiang's book Mechanika. I'd like to know what custom brushes he has created and some insight on his methodology. I had the privilege of seeing him do a quick demo at gnomon. He's got a massive library of custom brushes. But his talent is what makes his work superb, not the tools.

Beautiful art, as expected of Sparth. But the way they are presented could have been done way better. There is quite a bit of white space on practically every page, the paintings are quite small and I can't appreciate the details as much as I like...I wish only that the layout had been planned a little more creatively, then maybe the art pieces could have stood out still more.

Ottima collezione di illustrazioni, studi e concept molto interessanti. Consigliato!

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Bought this as a Christmas gift for my boyfriend, who is obsessed with space/fantasy universes, stories and art, and he loved it. The book is really well made, the paper is really good, the pictures are big... The artworks just look stunning. The artwork selection is also really thought out, since there's a collection of both more finished pieces and more sketchy ones; it really gives you an insight into how Sparth builds an illustration, from start to finish, it's really good for aspiring concept artists. Also bought Structura 2 and 3, and I am not disappointed with them at all.

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