Despite the minor downsides, I would still highly recommend this book, as well as the first artbook. Overall, it feels like they've packed more artworks than the earlier book. I read another reviewer comment about the paper stock from Titan Books being thin as well. Note that there are two publishers for this book, Newmarket Press and Titan Books. If they make the paper any thinner, it would be magazine paper. My other complaint is the paper feels thinner and softer than the first book. There's a good amount of text talking about the story and art, but the lengthy passages are not easy to read because of the small font size. There aren't many of those but when they appear, they are breathtaking.Īlright, some downsides. There are many interesting creations, to name a few, such as the dragon wind vane, dragon feeding stations, houses and buildings, traps and war machines.Įnvironment paintings are really beautiful and scenic. There's Stoick's Skullcrusher, blacksmith Gobber's Grump, Valka's Cloudjumper, the two gigantic Bewilderbeast and of course other miscellaneous dragons.ĭesigns for the props and sets are also wonderful. Artist Zhaoping Wei provides the more finished look to the characters.īoth the viking and dragon designs are a joy to look at, and of course there new characters and dragons. He still uses traditional media to draw in similar style the expressive and almost cartoon-like characters. Nicolas Marlet is still the main character designer and a lot of his drawings are included. Hiccup and company from Berk are five years older now, and they are redesigned slightly to reflect their age. The concept art is split between designs for the characters, dragons, environment and props. In other words, it's a beautiful artbook. This book is as good as the artbook for the first film, The Art of How to Train Your Dragon.
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