The Art of 5th Cell

author: 5th Cell

name: Wayne

average rating: 4.00

book published: 2012

rating: 4

read at: 2014/11/10

date added: 2014/11/10

shelves: graphic-novels

review:

'The Art of 5th Cell' is a graphic celebration of an innovative game company. Their games on multiple platforms are creative and fun to play.



Five of the company's games or game franchises are featured in this book: Scribblenauts, Lock's Quest, Drawn To Life, Hybrid and Run Roo Run. From game conceptual art to magazine covers and promotional art and comics. Their ability to create recognizable art on smaller platforms is a highlight, but their work on Hybrid has detailed armor and guns that players can customize their avatars with.



The book concludes with an extended Edison Yan sketchbook with more concepts, and there is a list of all the 5th Cell original games, as well as ideas that didn't make it to game format. It's an interesting look into a game company. I always enjoy seeing what might have been and trying to see how the artists make decisions based on playability. Fun stuff.



I received a review copy of this ebook from Diamond Book Distributor, Udon Entertainment and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this ebook.





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