The Art of The Last of Us

Allow me to start off with: The Last of Us was just a wonderful cinematic game. There hasn't been anything that could compare. Now being a big fan of the game, I was more importantly interested in the conceptual art due to being an Animation major, I have always admired their wonderful landscaping. When I saw they had it for such an amazing price on Amazon I had to get it. I was a bit wary because you can take a sneak peek of the book on here and thought maybe I had just seen the whole book on there. After ordering, it arrived ten days later in a box encased with padded bubble wrap and air cushions. What they show on the sneak peek is not even half of what you actually get in the book. The book has a beautiful hard cover and is sectioned off into "chapters" It goes in chronological order of what happened in the game. Everything from Young Joel and Sarah's conceptual design down to the University of Eastern Colorado's logo. There are pages and pages on Ellie's designs. It's interesting how it shows how she was a short-haired redhead once. It's also pretty hilarious how the infected designs are in the back, like the team that put the art book together were saving it for a big finale and boy, do they not disappoint. The infected conceptual art is mindblowingly amazing and creepy. They used to look really alien, I'm talking about severed heads being dragged behind by a two legged monster, but I'm glad they reigned it in and we got our Clickers. I could honestly go on and on about the book, but really take my word for it, it's worth every cent.

The Art of Last of Us is a wonderful art book to Naughty Dog's latest game. I also have the Uncharted 2 art book and I love that book. I love this one too. This book is packed with character designs and environment art. The concept art is top notch. All the characters and infected are drawn out in detail and colour. There are various designs for each character. Lots to see. The infected, if you have not played the game, are not traditional zombies. They have been infected by some deadly fungus that grows and consumes the human body. You get to see some interesting and scary designs that you would not get from typical zombies. The environment art are painted with astonishing amount of detail that makes everything seem so real. There are the devastated towns, rundown buildings, deserted streets and ransacked rooms. Most scenes depicted will make you wonder what the hell happened there. The level of realism you see here is unmatched even by big budget movie sets. Spoilers appear in the book either as text or pictures. So definitely play the game first before going through the book. Other than that, there's not much text except the occasional comments on the art and game. This is a fantastic video game art book. Highly recommended. Oh, play the game first if you can. (There are more pictures of the book on my blog. Just visit my Amazon profile for the link.)

An excellent option to know more about the design process of The Last Of Us, if you value the art of videogames, this is the product for you

If your into concept art for video games and if your a fan of the last of us, definitely check this book out.

Super awesome for big fans of the Last of us. Great quailty and a fun read.

JUST BEAUTIFUL! This is certainly a big and beautiful assemble of the greatest conceptual artworks I ever saw together, I must say Naughty Dog have some of the most talented artists in the industry nowadays, the artworks are really beautiful and it's nice to see some earlier versions of characters and environments of the game in those pages, it really added more dept in the understanding of the game goal and artistic vision. Why not give credits for the artists? As I said, Naughty Dog have some the most talented artists in the industry nowadays, like Maciej Kuciara, James Paick, Aaron Limonick, John Sweeney, Eytan Zana, Shaddy Safadi, Marek Okon, Nick Gindraux, Hyoung Nam, and Alexandria Neonakis, people that worked hard to make this game beautiful but in the end, this compilation or celebration of great artworks end up not having a single artist name on it. It's a shame that they didn't gave the artists some recognition for their big hit as well. I just couldn't find credits for the artists anywhere in the book, just the directors are credited. I think it is a bit unfair and very close minded for a company with such a big creativity in making games. I know that from a company point of view give to much credit for a employee can be a path to lose them to another company, but in a internet generation of easy to find information, they should know that there are other and nicer ways to keep a employee happy enough to not leave the company. Anyway, just unfair. This is a GREAT BOOK! One of the best game art-books on the last 2 years.

My hubby and I love, love, LOVE the game. It's probably one of our all time favourites and when I saw this on deal for $30 I could not resist. My fingers did all the decision making and here it is. The quality of this book is superb. Hardback, not the cheap sort either, A4 size and each page is simply beautiful (okay infected aren't exactly beautiful but, you know). Contains not just art and minor lore, but also takes a look at the development of certain characters or infected. I have yet to get all the way through it but the detail and page finish is stunning. Can't wait to take a look at it, it's the top fave of my Game Art/Guides books right now. I just want to put it in plastic to preserve how wonderful it smells and looks (sorry if too creepy?). Can not recommend this enough. If you enjoyed the game you will appreciate this beautiful book. Also the 1 star review here makes no sense. It's not just images from the games so I've no idea what he was on. How the hardback could get less than a 5 I will never understand. If you get a damaged one why not talk to Amazon?

I have a collection of 5 or 6 artbooks from some of my favorite games and this is definitely one of my favorites. The only downside is the book arrived with a slight dent in it, I wish amazon did a better job with packaging the books, maybe by adding some kind of protection in the box.

Böylesi oyun materyalleri posterler kitaplar çizgiromanlar ve kolleksiyonerlere yönelik (Deluxe Edition gibi) vb ürünleri, satıcısı AmazonTürkiye'de bulabilmek ve karta taksitle bile alabilmek çok iyi olmuş. Bu TLOUS Part 1 için Deluxe Editon ürünü sayılabilir. Ürün sayfasında da belirtildiği gibi çok kaliteli iç sayfalar görüntüler çok iyi dış kapak görseli bile tam posterli olmuş harika. AmazonTürkiye'den eksiksiz sağlam paketleme gönderim sorunsuz teslimat. AmazonTürkiye satıcısı olduğu, böylesi oyunlara yönelik daha fazla Deluxe Edition içeriği posterler kahve kupası anahtarlık metal ürünler (mümkünse Türkçe) kitaplar çizgiromanlar bekleriz.

Libro de arte del videojuego The Last of Us. Tapa dura, hojas de buena calidad e ilustraciones increíbles.

Este libro es increíble, no debe faltar a cualquier fan del juego. Viene una introducción donde explica cuánto tardaron en crear el primer juego y por qué. Incluye un sello de garantía, descripciones de como fueron creando a los personajes, ciertas localizaciones y edificaciones que aparecen. También se observan bocetos mostrando como le dieron vida al juego poco a poco.

I really like this game.good concept!

Nada como ter a oportunidade de ver parte do processo de criação de um dos jogos de maior nome dos últimos tempos. Mostrando como foi o primeiro design do Joel e da Ellie até o resultado final, ver como são grande as mudanças do começo do projeto até o produto final (o jogo). Até como mudança de grande parte do "enredo", como quem seria vilão da história. E também ver as artes que deram vida a esse universo e ainda com notas explicando certas escolhas. A qualidade do livro achei excelente, com fotos com resoluções muito boas. Chegou em perfeito estado sem nenhum dano. Valeu muito apena a aquisição. Recomendo a todos os fãs de The Last of Us e da Naughty Dog. E é um prazer enorme poder ter acesso a esse tipo de material.