The Art of Death Stranding

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However, when it comes down to pure aesthetics, these visuals are very affecting and appropriately upsetting.

This is a subreddit for the fans of Hideo Kojima's action video game, Death Stranding, developed by Kojima Productions. In addition to all the content already featured with the Limited Edition, it also contains a tip-in sheet signed by Hideo Kojima himself and Yoji Shinkawa. The game was released by Sony Interactive Entertainment for the PlayStation 4, and by 505 Games for Windows. My personal favorite designs are Fragile (who, again, isn’t that fragile) and Higgs and the later gets a couple extra pages showing off all the different ideas that could’ve been in place of his gold skull mask.For example, several captions note ancient Egypt as a recurring point of inspiration for several designs which I didn’t catch at first, given how subtly the influence is woven in.

They only did so once Sam helped bring the Chiral Artist to the Junk Dealer safely, so that they could be together. The Art of Death Stranding is a huge 254-page hardcover video game art companion book that come with gold trimming on the edge of the pages. The older I get the more I appreciate the use of colour and lighting to give images a feeling of warmth or cold. The creative talent behind the seminal video game have collaborated with Titan Books to release these stunning Limited Editions of The Art of DEATH STRANDING.This may result in small marks to the dustjacket and title page, please also bear in mind that each signature will be a little different from the one we show here. Having just finished the notoriously difficult FromSoftware game Sekiro recently, I have now moved on to Death Stranding, one of the most highly anticipated games of 2019, developed by renowned game director Hideo Kojima and his studio Kojima Productions. Some of them are downright creepy, but no design in the game tops Fragile’s impractical, but very cool umbrella.

I thought the play experience of the game was just so-so, and the story was sci-fi/fantasy wankery, but I can’t fault the graphic design. From legendary game creator Hideo Kojima comes an all-new, genre-defying experience for the PlayStation(R)4 system, nominated for the DICE Game of the Year Award. After the collapse of civilization, Sam Bridges must journey across a ravaged landscape crawling with otherworldly threats to save mankind from the brink of extinction. Please Note: By their very nature, all signed books will have been handled several times before they get to you. The pages are lined with a glittery gold foil, so you’ll want to opt for the coffee table as to not hide the lovely trim.The Art of DEATH STRANDING is packed with hundreds of pieces of concept art for the characters, equipment, locations and creatures featured in the game, as well as early and unused concepts, including artwork by acclaimed artist Yoji Shinkawa. Barrenness is a key word when it comes to the feel of Death Stranding’s environments, but the artwork shown here emphasizes that barren does not necessarily mean ugly as these spreads are gorgeous to look at. As the protagonist, Sam Porter Bridges née Strand gets the most pages, showing off not only his earlier designs, but all of the gear he can equip throughout the game as well.

The links below are affiliate links, which means I earn some commission from each purchase, but at no extra cost to you. Yoji Shinkawa, known for designing the characters and mechs for the Zone of the Enders and doing the same for some other game series about snakes, is an artist whose work I can’t resist checking out. Not long after the marriage, both the Chiral Artist and Junk Dealer began fighting, [3] resulting in the Chiral Artist leaving and going back home to her mother, leaving them separated once again. There are occasional details outlining the particular challenges that were faced or why particular creative directions were taken, but you're largely left to muse on the creative process on your own.The section featuring landscapes offers gorgeous spreads of washed out vistas that manage to be both barren and beautiful. To enable personalised advertising (like interest-based ads), we may share your data with our marketing and advertising partners using cookies and other technologies. They got married soon thereafter, when they were able to contact a priest through the chiral network. These sorts of layouts always inspire a bit of awe in how deeply the artists consider the mechanisms which make these machines work.