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THE ART OF THE BOX – The Best in Video Game Cover Art"The Art Of The Box feiert eine treuherzige Zeit, in der Kaufentscheidungen oft von der Qualitt des Covers eines Spiels beeinflusst wurden. The Art Of The Box wirft ein lngst berflliges Licht auf die Talente von Legenden wie Bob Wakelin, Tom DuBois und Susumu Matsushita und ist ein Muss fr jeden Retro Gamer, der etwas auf sich hlt" 9 10, Nintendo Life Vor der Zeit der Markenbekanntheitskampagnen und des digitalen Marketings beschrnkte sich die einzige

"The Art Of The Box feiert eine treuherzige Zeit, in der Kaufentscheidungen oft von der Qualität des Covers eines Spiels beeinflusst wurden. The Art Of The Box wirft ein längst überfälliges Licht auf die Talente von Legenden wie Bob Wakelin, Tom DuBois und Susumu Matsushita und ist ein Muss für jeden Retro-Gamer, der etwas auf sich hält" 9/10, Nintendo Life

Vor der Zeit der Markenbekanntheitskampagnen und des digitalen Marketings beschränkte sich die einzige Werbequelle für ein Spiel oft auf die Verpackung, die man in den Regalen der Spieleläden sah. Da die frühen Spielegrafiken wenig visuelles Interesse boten, war es Aufgabe der Verpackung, fesselnde Bilder von Weltraumschlachten, mittelalterlichen Rittern und Zauberern, explosiven Militäroperationen und monströsen außerirdischen Kreaturen zu zaubern. Und jedes Cover musste von einem Künstler mit traditionellen Medien handgefertigt werden – oft mit einer kurzen Frist und den vagesten Vorgaben.

The Art Of The Box enthält 26 Biografien von Künstlern, die irgendwann in ihrer Karriere die Verpackungen von Videospielen illustriert haben, darunter Bob Wakelin, Steve Hendricks, Ken Macklin, Tom DuBois, Steinar Lund, Marc Ericksen, Julie Bell und Susumu Matsushita und viele andere. Mit Informationen aus Live-Interviews, wo immer es möglich war, sprechen wir über ihre Anfänge als Künstler, ihre Inspirationen und Einflüsse, die Spiele, die sie illustriert haben, und den Weg, den ihre künstlerische Karriere genommen hat.

Einige Künstler haben nur eine Handvoll Cover über einen kurzen Zeitraum hinweg gestaltet, andere waren maßgeblich an der Entwicklung des Erscheinungsbildes von Videospielmarken wie Ocean Software, Konami und Capcom beteiligt. Aber alle haben mit ihren prächtigen Originalwerken, von denen viele heute auf dem Sammlermarkt hohe Preise erzielen, einen unauslöschlichen Eindruck in der Branche hinterlassen.

Mit Künstlern aus Großbritannien, Europa, Nordamerika und Japan umfasst The Art Of The Box die gesamte Bandbreite der Illustration von Spieleverpackungen, von den Anfängen der kultigen VCS-Verpackungen von Atari bis hin zur modernen Zusammenarbeit zwischen Designern, CG-Künstlern und Spieleentwicklern für die neuesten AAA-Spiele. Jede Biografie wird von aufwändigen, vollfarbigen Schachtelgrafiken begleitet, die von den Künstlern selbst zur Verfügung gestellt wurden, und jedes Artwork wird ohne die üblichen Logos und Verkaufselemente präsentiert, damit jedes Stück so betrachtet werden kann, wie es der Künstler beabsichtigt hat.

Da sich die Spielewelt unwiderruflich in Richtung digitaler Downloads und Spieleabonnements bewegt, wird die traditionelle Schachtelkunst eines Tages der Vergangenheit angehören. Aber eine kleine Auswahl dieser lebhaften Höhenflüge der Fantasie wird in The Art Of The Box für immer gefeiert werden.

Dieses umfangreiche und gründlich recherchierte Buch umfasst 564 Seiten mit über 100.000 Wörtern und mehr als 350 Farbbildern. The Art Of The Box wird nach den gewohnt hohen Standards von Bitmap Books produziert und ist im gebundenen Format mit schwerem, glänzendem Papier, unglaublicher Druckqualität und einem Lesezeichen erhältlich.

Ausgewählte Künstler:
Charles Bae, Julie Bell, Gerald Brom, Frank Cirocco, Grzegorz Domaradzki, Tom DuBois, Marc Ericksen, Oliver Frey, Steve Hendricks, Paul Kidby, Michael Koelsch, Denis Loubet, Steinar Lund, Ken Macklin, Lee MacLeod, Susumu Matsushita, Rodney Matthews, Roger Motzkus, Shinkiro and Eisuke Ogura, Stephen Peringer, Dermot Power, David Rowe, Junior Tomlin, Dudu Torres, Bob Wakelin and Mike Winterbauer.

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