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Massive Black: Volume 2 Paperback – January 8, 2013

by Kemp Remillard (Author, Editor), Mark Thomas (Compiler), Ronnie Gramazio (Editor)
4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 13 ratings
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Massive Black is a powerhouse of the entertainment industry—particularly in the areas of concept art, illustration, 3-D, animation, and intellectual property development. Massive Black: Volume 2 shows a selection of art from the more than two hundred projects and a staggering thirty thousand pieces of concept art for games, film, television, graphic novels, toys, and advertising.

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  1. Print length
    208 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Ballistic Publishing
  4. Publication date
    January 8, 2013
  5. Dimensions
    9 x 1.25 x 14.25 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1921002859
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1921002854
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Ballistic Publishing; Box Slp edition (January 8, 2013)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 208 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1921002859
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1921002854
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 3.4 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9 x 1.25 x 14.25 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 13 ratings

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Kemp Remillard

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I've been a digital Concept Artist/Illustrator since 2005. Most notably as a Senior Artist with Massive Black: A commercial digital art house that services Movie, Video Game and Commercial clients among many others.

In 2015, I had the distinct pleasure of illustrating Star Wars: The Force Awakens Incredible Cross-Sections

Besides that, I'm probably best known for my Concept work for Hasbro properties including G.I.Joe and Transformers, the tanks in Red Faction: Guerrilla, the dropship in Killzone 2, the tanks in EVE: DUST 514, and the 300i in Star Citizen,

I also edited, designed, wrote and directed Massive Black: Vol 2. While editing, directing and co-designing Massive Black: Vol 1

I enjoy art, design, humans, vehicles, characters, war, peace, space and lots of other subjects that I attempt to use as delicious ingredients in a hearty conceptual and artistic medley.

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Sibir
5.0 out of 5 stars Massive Black is awesome
Reviewed in the United States on July 16, 2014
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An awesome artbook filled with beautiful digital drawings and renders. This covers the major projects Massive Black has worked on, including Hasbro, Infamous, Red Faction, and many more. It's mostly movie and video games, though there is also a small section on commercials. I like the insightful commentary that accompanied many of the drawings.
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Curtis Cooper III
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Artwork
Reviewed in the United States on March 2, 2013
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I own the first volume and I enjoyed it as well. I'm a 3D modeler and in volume one there where more 3D works, But this volume is great as well very inspiring. I really enjoy the thought process of production and Hey!!! its really just great artwork.
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józsef czakó
5.0 out of 5 stars maaan....the massive black
Reviewed in the United States on April 7, 2013
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Fantastic amount of high quality character/vehicle artwork in this book, represents why are these guys one of the best in this industry. Great inspiration, and many thing to learn during gnaw this excellent artbook.
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André Meister
5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome
Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2013
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Fantastic. Working using this as reference really takes your art to another level. Everybody who works on illustration would make their money worth the while by buying this.
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Lisa
5.0 out of 5 stars I LOVE IT...
Reviewed in the United States on April 7, 2013
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Lots of bold new work from these guys! Great stiff! Better than Volume 1. It is a great addition to my growing library of digital art books!
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Geoffrey Soudant
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing work
Reviewed in the United States on March 20, 2013
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Really nice prop's artworks (less main moment shots than the first) , loved the first volume and now waiting for the volume 3 !!!!
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Parka
5.0 out of 5 stars Heavy on character designs
Reviewed in the United States on December 22, 2012
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 Massive Black Volume 2 is finally here. That's a four year gap from the first artbook  Massive Black Volume 1  that was released in 2008.

As with most artbooks from Ballistic Publishing, this title comes in various editions. There are three, namely the Slipcase, Special Leather and Folio editions. The Special Leather and Folio editions are only available at Ballistic Publishing's website. For early buyers, they are giving some posters.

For the past four years, they have been busy creating concept art for movies and video games. This book collects those and also a small portion of advertising art.

There's a section dedicated to content they created themselves. There are video game concepts for titles like Zombie Playground, Mothhead and Proxy, and a comic called Transient Man created by Justin 'Coro' Kaufman.

The book is heavy on character designs. a bit on weapons and vehicles and not much on environments. The character designs are mainly from games, such as from Infamous, Silent Hill, Red Faction: Armageddon and many more. The most eye-catching ones are the creature designs, especially from the untitled SEGA project which required them to draw 'Baroque-style' monsters with crazy amount of detail. There are also many artworks from concepts that never materialize.

There isn't much 3D work in the book. Even those from Transformers are 2D concept art.

I also enjoyed reading all the inspiring design commentary.

I felt the book could be much thicker though. Figuratively speaking, 196 pages is considered thin for four years of work from Massive Black. But for what it's worth, everything included are awesome.

This is a fantastic concept art book.

Highly recommended.

(There are more pictures of the book on my blog. Just visit my Amazon profile for the link.)
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一瀬 勇人
5.0 out of 5 stars 美しい
Reviewed in Japan on August 22, 2023
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とにかくボリュームがあり、未使用のコンセプトアート含め一見の価値アリです。
中古で購入しましたが目立った傷もなく良い状態のものが届きました。
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Fabio Danisi
5.0 out of 5 stars impressionante
Reviewed in Italy on December 31, 2012
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Più character design del volume 1, lavori superlativi, lo consiglio a tutti gli appassionati del background creativo di film e videogiochi.
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C. Cousins
3.0 out of 5 stars Great work, average book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 8, 2013
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Great work shown, high quality with a wide range of subjects. The book is very thin for the price though, and the printing/repro is very average; muddy colours and most of the artwork is too dark to see clearly.
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