Status
Available
Collection
Publication
Udon Entertainment (2008), Edition: 01, 288 pages
Description
Okami is one of the newest Capcom action games boasting a very uniqueart style, heavily inspired by Japanese watercolor painting. The OkamiOfficial Complete Works art book will take you behind the scenes to theamazing artwork that defines the wonderful world of this beautiful video game!The 288 full color pages are filled with character and location designs, conceptsketches and production notes from the creators giving you an in-depth look atthe fantasy world of Okami! A truly inspiring book, translated intoEnglish for the first time!
User reviews
LibraryThing member agis
After perpetual delays in the English translation, Udon did finally get around to releasing the (300-page, full color) "Okami" art book in June 2008. It was mostly worth the wait.
As with most art books, the "Okami: Official Complete Works" is a series of game and concept artwork with commentary
Since Okami got a great deal of praise for it's art direction, you'd expect the concept art to be beautiful, and it is. A lot of this was already used in the game - particularly the large pieces - but not all of it, and it's nice to have it printed out. The biggest disappointment here is actually that more of the pieces didn't get full page treatment, particularly some of the "leftover" pieces in the back. They got a number of different people to do the commentary on the early art - generally, whoever worked on it - and it's often informative (and occasionally very odd, in a "Only in Japan ..." kind of way) on the development of some the material. Okami was a unique game; a browse through the art is well worth it.
As with most art books, the "Okami: Official Complete Works" is a series of game and concept artwork with commentary
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from people involved - both in the creative process of the art and the game itself. There are, interestingly, musical cues to match parts of the art book, but as I don't have the soundtrack CD I can't check them. The (English) commentary is marked with what I presume to be kanji noting the author of the book; I can't read the language, but the English version of the names is given early on, so it still works as an author marker.Since Okami got a great deal of praise for it's art direction, you'd expect the concept art to be beautiful, and it is. A lot of this was already used in the game - particularly the large pieces - but not all of it, and it's nice to have it printed out. The biggest disappointment here is actually that more of the pieces didn't get full page treatment, particularly some of the "leftover" pieces in the back. They got a number of different people to do the commentary on the early art - generally, whoever worked on it - and it's often informative (and occasionally very odd, in a "Only in Japan ..." kind of way) on the development of some the material. Okami was a unique game; a browse through the art is well worth it.
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Language
Original language
English
Physical description
11.6 inches
ISBN
1897376022 / 9781897376027