Darkwerks: The Art of Brom

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Summary: fantastic in every sense
Review: There is no living artist I envy more than Brom. His paintings are phenomenal in their detail, vision and execution. Dark, erotic and exotic, beautiful, menacing, bewitching and intense, it's gorgeous stuff. But I think the thing which particularly appeals to me about Brom's work is that he seems to share the same idea of what constitutes a beautiful person (surreal and unearthly as many of them may be) as I do. The difference being, of course, that he can put it on paper while I - sadly - cannot. I like fantasy art a lot, but one aspect that I'm often disappointed with is the faces of the people. Brom gets the faces right. In fact, he gets everything right. Just as he does a wonderful representation of beauty, he also has a nice line in creepy, twisted and macabre. I'd love to step into his worlds. 'Darkwerks' is an excellent collection of his creations from various sources, very well produced and presented on high quality paper with crisp, clear reproductions. A great book on a great artist.

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Summary: Brom is a master of the limited pallet
Review: There is no use comparing Brom to Vallejo or Franzetta. Brom has taken fantasy a step beyond the comic book muscles and garish colors of fanstasy artists like Rowena. Brom's use of a limited pallet (most of the works on in browns, grays, white and black with subtle bits of pigment) adds an ethreal quality to his elegant composition. And Brom has painted the best Elric ever. If you love fantasy art and literature, Brom's books are definately worth investing in.

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Summary: The Master........
Review: They say a picture is worth a thousand words...then Brom's are worth two thousand! Darkwerks is one of the rare art books that you can look at over and over again and never get tired of it. Brom has definately devoloped his own style. Within Darkwerks you'll see some of the most intense characters ever painted and you'll discover why Brom is the world's greatest artist.Not only do I recommend buying one, but two or three.

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Summary: A great Brom retrospective
Review: This book is astounding. If you're a fan of Brom specifically or dark fantasy in general, you should get this book. The book itself was originally published a while ago and has been out of print for years. This book has images ranging from his early TSR stuff to his most recent - and at least one never before published piece (a beautiful female vampire). Get it!

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Summary: The Gothic Art of Brom
Review: This book will stay on my shelf for years to come. I bought this book last year from...and it's one of my favorite. The illustrations are gothily beautiful and have dark monocramatic and neautral colors in most of the paintings.

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Summary: Great Purchase
Review: This is a great collection of works. As far as pictorial reference books go, if you are a Brom fan, you will not be disappointed. The only thing you will want after this book, is more.

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Summary: A Guidebook for Brom's Head
Review: This is a killer art book! I actually got it when it was first published by FPG (took a couple of months and my firstborn male child). Now that it's been brought back into print by Paper Tiger, there's no excuse not to grab it . . . you'll be glad that you did!

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Summary: A Must Have
Review: When I saw that this book was being released again I jumped at the chance to finally get my hands on it..... and I wasn't disappointed! As the title suggests the works are extremely dark, some images even turned my stomach but there is no denying the talent and incredible detail this artist posesses. He is also somewhat of a contradiction, his images are dark and disturbing, yet at the same time he uses the most beautiful and inspiring colours to bring his characters to life. The book also has been published beautifully, you won't find any images lost in the fold, and the introduction is terrific, for a change they have put the artists progression from childhood drawings to today. All I can say is you have to get this book, no fantasy lover's book case is complete without it.......so what are you waiting for!