Aleksi Briclot

This was an impulse purchase inspired by the little sliver with Deadpool on the cover. I didn't recognize Aleksi Briclot's name, although I'm sure I've seen his art a bunch of times - he's done concept art for several Marvel movies, Magic: The Gathering (he apparently designed the five planeswalkers of Lorwyn), a game called Remember Me (which I've never played, although I recognized the related artwork in this book immediately), and more.

The book starts with a section on Briclot's show more movie-related artwork, then moves into graphic novels and book covers, then game art, and finally artwork Briclot has mostly done for himself or that is otherwise less conventional. The artwork is all accompanied by text written by Briclot (in parallel French and English).

One thing I wish had been given a little more attention was Briclot's mindmaps, sketchbook pages in which he worked through ideas for characters and projects. Several mindmaps were included in the book, but they were always small enough that it was difficult to really read through them. I did appreciate that Briclot discussed his mindmaps in part of the text, though.

Overall, this was a really nice art book.

(Original review posted on A Library Girl's Familiar Diversions.) show less