UDON's Art of Capcom 1 - Hardcover Edition

Udon’s Art of Capcom #1

by Udon Entertainment

Collecting the early years of Capcom artwork produced by publisher and creative studio UDON Entertainment! This epic 320-page hardcover volume gathers more than 60 UDON artists’ renditions of the casts of Street Fighter, Darkstalkers, Rival Schools, and other classic Capcom franchises. Included are comic covers, card game art, video game endings, game box art, tribute illustrations, and much more!

Genres: Art, Video Games

320 pages, Hardcover

First published November 14, 2007

About the author

Udon Entertainment Corp. is a Canadian art studio and publisher.They publishes original and translated comic books, graphic novels, manga and art books related to anime and video games. It was founded in 2000 and is named after udon, a kind of Japanese noodle.

Reviews

[Henry Velasquez · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you can get your hands on the trio of these books
They are wonderful to enjoy the art. Not much else aside from some great art and designs. Nice little items to have and enjoy on occasion if you are into the concept

[Parka · Rating 5 out of 5]

(More pictures at parkablogs.com)

My copy of Udon's Art of Capcom has finally arrived from Amazon Canada, after 2 months of shipping! I must remind myself not to buy stuff from there again without choosing a faster shipping option.

This book is supposedly out of print. When I saw it on Amazon Canada in stock, I just grabbed it instantly. I'm pretty sure this is a reprint although nowhere inside the book suggested that. Currently, the book is back in availability in most places. Oh, the out-of-stock prices went over US$100 the other time.

Udon's Art of Capcom is Udon's art book tribute to Capcom published in 2007, signifying five years of working together.

This book isn't just about Street Fighter, although it takes up the main bulk of the book. It also contains art for Darkstalkers, Rival School, World of Capcom and Capcom Fighting Evolution. Many of these are full page colour illustrations.

The artistic style is mainly Japanese manga so I guess most of the artists are the comic artists. I've read other reviewers say that some of the images have appeared from the comic books, so there might be some repetition. I don't have the comics so I can't comment on that. Let's just say that the art is still great.

For Fighting Evolution, many comic panels for character endings are included.

Right at the end are two tutorials on how two of the illustrations are created, one being the cover art. The tutorials are from Arnold Tsang and Omar Dogan.

This is a recommended book to fans of Udon and character designers.

To see more of Udon's art, you can check out udoncrew.deviantart.com. If you're into more Street Fighter art, be sure to check out the fan-contributed art book Street Fighter Tribute.

[M.i. · Rating 4 out of 5]

The artwork is gorgeous and gives familiar characters from my childhood a different take.

[Shock Man · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a must purchase for any Capcom fan. Lots of goodies in this art book