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Gods & Monsters: The Art of Shimhaq (Deluxe Edition)

Gods & Monsters: The Art of Shimhaq (Deluxe Edition)

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We are excited to announce Shimhaq's debut artist monograph Gods & Monsters, collecting the finest works from across his career into this essential hardcover volume.

Dynamism is the word. The more you search for it, the more you notice it. Sparks catching. Wind tearing. The earth cracking into bright shards. Sometimes, the paint itself seems alive.

Look! A fire giant stands and glares, flames coiling and flickering around his hands and wrists while his matted red beard is pulled about by the growing storm. Elsewhere, a darkwraith holds aloft a glowing crystal, crimson light pouring from it as their ragged cape flaps in tatters behind them. Even images of absolute stillness have this sense of energy. Energy contained, bottled, but only for this instant, and at what cost? Malenia leans forward mid-battle to carefully adjust her face mask. A small gesture. A quiet gesture. You can almost sense the void in your ears as the air around her seems to take a breath – but what's sure to come next?

This sense is everywhere in Gods & Monsters: there's always a lunging movement or an elemental force taking flight, always a wind to stir cloaks or tangled hair into movement. This is a particular kind of dynamism, too, the dynamism of huge, powerful things, knights and monsters and heroes, whose actions always come with great consequence.

Product Details

📐Dimensions

8.6" x 11.4" | 28cm x 21.4cm

📃Page Count

288 pages

©️Typesetting

Set in Goudy Oldstyle

🪡Binding

Bound in premium red buckram coated textile

📦Materials

Printed on 150 gsm Gardapat Klassica coated design paper

📜Endpapers

Printed endpapers featuring marbled B&W versions of Shimhaq brushwork

📄Page-edges

Red printed page fore-edges

🪶Cover

Cover printed on matte paper with brushed silver and red foil stamping.

Skull knight cover art.

About the Illustrator

Shimhaq was born on the small island S.Feydhoo, in the southernmost atoll of the Maldives. When he was young, his family moved to the capital Malé, in search of a better education for the children and a better life. Growing up, he was surrounded by creative people in his family, and took inspiration from cartoons like Thundercats, Transformers and Digimon, that encouraged him to draw. After high school, he returned to his art when he attended university.

Since then he has worked with major film studios like 20th Century Studios, Warner Bros. and Universal, alongside game studios like Bethesda, Sony Santa Monica and Naughty Dog. Collaborations with Blizzard and Larian have been personal highlights. He’s also been able to work with the team behind Berserk, a favourite manga. He is a regular on the convention circuit, meeting fans and inspiring artists in the UK, Europe, Asia and the USA.

Note

Gods & Monsters is not an official licensed product.

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