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| Shadowline: The Art of Iain McCaig | 
 enlarge | Author: Iain Mccaig
Publisher: Insight Editions
Category: Book
List Price: $65.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 20631
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 240
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.6
Dimensions (in): 13.1 x 9.6 x 1.1
ISBN: 1933784245
Dewey Decimal Number: 791
EAN: 9781933784243
ASIN: 1933784245
Publication Date: October 7, 2008
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Product Description
"What is Shadowline? It is the place where things meet: light and shadows, hope and despair, good and evil. It is, to me, the most interesting place to hunt for stories." So begins this stunningly realized and beautifully rendered new work from master storyteller and artist Iain McCaig. McCaig is best known for his work as a principal designer on the three Star Wars prequels, including the iconic characters Queen Amidala and Darth Maul, as well as his work on many major motion pictures, television, and video games. His work can be seen in such acclaimed films as Terminator 2, Hook, Francis Ford Coppola's Dracula, Interview with a Vampire, and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
Shadowline presents a stunning portfolio of more than two decades of McCaig's masterful concept designs and storyboards, cover art and illustrations, as well as his private sketchbooks and personal paintings, all woven together within the confines of an engrossing, otherworldly tale.
"I've been telling stories for years, with paint, with words, with film and video cameras, and pixels on computer screens. I can't explain storytelling the way teachers explain math or history. To explain what I'm doing when I create would be like waking up while still dreaming. We are all storytellers night after night, for even the most inartistic of us can still dream like masters."
-Iain McCaig
"Iain McCaig's characters arrive on the page fully formed, their life stories expressed through every beautiful pencil stroke, from the lightest fairy tales to the darkest nightmares."
-Doug Chiang, Academy Award-winning designer of Terminator 2, The Mask, Attack of the Clones, and The Phantom Menace
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Nice addition to any Sci-Fi concept art library October 11, 2008
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
Nice large coffee-table size book filled with fantasy art by the author in a variety of media ranging from pencil sketches and mixed media to digital painting. It includes six small booklets on art fundamentals and story-boarding basics that echo McCaig entertaining conceptual art workshops at the Game Developers conference and provide useful exercises and a good starting point for beginning artists. The downside of the booklets is in that they are held in six separate tight paper sleeves mounted on 3 regular pages roughly in the middle of the book. Perhaps a sturdier and more elegant solution would have been to include them on an envelope/folio attached to the back of the book or to use thicker paper for those pages. While its nice to see much of his Star Wars work in a larger format, this material has already been published in the "Art of Star Wars" series. Personally I would have preferred to see more of McCaig unused Star Wars concepts, though probably Lucas owns the rights to those while saving them for future projects.
 Keep your expectations low October 17, 2008
5 out of 10 found this review helpful
I've always been a huge fan of Iain's work and I've waited for his artbook for years, but I have to say I'm disappointed with it. The impression it leaves me is too many gritty (some boring) sketches where I'd expected a lot more fullcolor, finished artwork. On top of that, I'd hoped to see a lot more of his earlier work, fx from the Fighting Fantasy books. I also have to agree with the other review, that a lot of the Star Wars material is covered in the Star Wars art books. I'd really hoped for something else from this book, cause I know he has done so much amazing work. Judging from the cover of the book, it just isn't what you get - at least in my opinion. But in spite of all this, I can still only recommend fans to buy the book - of cause it's a must-have :)
 Shadowline: A Journey into creativity November 2, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Art Books can be so predictable: A little art, a short biography, some more art, some sketches, and perhaps a listing of published art/projects. Shadowline is different. Yes, some of the art has been already been published in the Star Wars book, but some of the art has never been seen outside of Lucasfilm offices and sketchbooks. That is the cool part of the book, visually speaking. The concept/storyboards from unfinished projects like Peter pan, and John Carter of Mars is very welcome.
I have always wanted to see an animated version of John Carter, and perhaps the 3rd version from Disney will finally come through, although Dejah Thoris is always beautiful!
The imaginative part of this book is the interviewers journey to meeting Mr McCaig. The truth of the matter is that, the 10 year old concept of art is very true. When we draw withouth thinking what others think, we truly create. Nick Sagan and Mccaig give us a journey into art via the creative process, sorted by themes and storage locations.
Shadowlines is truly a unique book that lovers of fine art will appreciate.
Tim Lasiuta
inspired. November 5, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I found it hard to not gush while I opened the cover once Shadowline arrived in the mail.
As an artist myself I often find it hard to get inspiration and motivated to draw. Leafing through McCaigs sketches I couldn't help but let my imagination drift off. McCaig is a great storyteller both and images and words and has interlaced a charming tale into the book giving the book an added dimension I really didn't expect.
I bought this book expecting a bundle of his sketches with a quick foreword. Instead I got a fantastic tale interweaved with great sketches, illustrations and how-to booklets.
Thanks Ian, you've made another grown-up young again. Bring on the crayons!
Unbelievable Artwork from an Unbelievably Talented Man October 21, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I bought this for my nephew who is a fan of fantasy art, not knowing much about the artist. The cover just caught my eye. I just read the other reviews and I am coming at this from a different perspective, since I haven't been a fan for a long time. I think it is AMAZING...I can only guess what kind of talent lies in someone with this kind of mental imagination. Yes, I absolutely want to see another book and am sure this is only the tip of the iceberg for his work spans a long time. Maybe you can become so familiar with someone's art that you can't really see it any more. In any event, I bought a second copy for myself, am beginning to try sketching myself and was absolutely inspired by this man. I understand he also has a DVD series with storyboarding instruction that I am hoping Santa brings me. I especially like the breadth of his work, the softness of his lines and the sheer horror in some of the faces. I have never picked up a pencil to draw in my life, but I think we are all so fortunate to have an illustration master in our midst. May advice, buy it and give a copy to a friend...it is AWESOME!!
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