Andreas Walters
Autore di Baby Bestiary Handbook Vol. 1
Serie
Opere di Andreas Walters
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Sesso
- female
Utenti
Recensioni
Premi e riconoscimenti
Statistiche
- Opere
- 9
- Utenti
- 54
- Popolarità
- #299,230
- Voto
- 4.3
- Recensioni
- 1
- ISBN
- 8
I was spellbound by intricate details about the life cycle of monsters, from the way satyrs treat friendship to how a detached hydra tongue can be used to predict the weather. I'm guessing that a lot of that helped shape me into becoming the author of Murder With Monsters.
And that's why I love this book.
Baby Bestiary Vol. 1 is entirely that kind of ecological and societal looks at monsters, as if David Attenborough started lecturing about chimera and griffins. Half the book are the single page write-ups on the lifestyles of the beasts, how easy they are to tame/raise as adopted children, and how they treat their human masters/parents when they grow up.
The other half of the book is the staggeringly beautiful artwork.
If you've followed my reviews at all, you know I love dumping large swaths of scanned artwork. I'm not doing that because I've communicated with the author, and I know he doesn't like his art reproduced without the proper logo. Still, here's one link he wouldn't mind me posting.
http://i1341.photobucket.com/albums/o754/iwritemonsters/759bd96579c9225a80ee025b...
Every single art page is that detailed, that lush, and that adorable. It's worth the price of admission to see how beholders, nightmares, and the friggin' D&D tarrasque are made cute.
The Bestiary test, as I've said before, if whether or not I'll pick up a book whenever its within arm's reach and lose five to ten minutes on it. This one passes with flying colors.
I can't wait for volume two.
Don't worry, nongamers. There's not a single block of algebraic stats to be found. Just amazing world-building.… (altro)