ParaElement: Faeries, Angels, Vampires
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PJ's QUICKIE POV:
Stunning is the first thing that comes to mind when I looked through this book. I was blow away by the visual explosion of the imagery. Often in fantasy art the imaginary will have a cheesy feel about it, all starbursts and unicorns with rainbows is the only way I can describe it. The type of artwork you pick up at the dollar store and see on the wall of 12 year olds or trailer parks (still have nothing wrong with trailers!). But, Corsentino's work I am drooling over. I can't believe he attained such realism with his shots. And I have to be honest, I had a very hard time actually reading the text because my eyes kept being drawn to the artwork. The story was just a little bit of bonus.
Review:
Afterlight, End of the World is the story of the Angels, which is dubbed the Angel Apocalypse. The world is ravaged by war and with the coming of the angels a renaissance period begins, but at the cost of our free will. A few humans revolt and the angels turn against the humans...it was quite a riveting story. Not quite as riviting as the imagery, but still something that held my attention. I would highly recommend this book for fantasy lovers - I want a big pretty book to sit on my coffee table and be able to flip through constantly. It is so very pretty. If you have the chance, check out 'Afterlight, End of the World' and here, love on some images to get your motivated.
14 comments:
THESE. LOOK. FREAKING. AWESOME. I mean, HOLY, I am speechless right now. I WANT so bad right now. Gorgeous, just purely gorgeous~
I know! They are simply amazing. I feel words can't do justice.
I feel like repeating Demijel- this is AWESOME! The images are, well they make me want to read it. The art is fantastic. I loved the salvation $5 work.
Beth ^_^
This sounds pretty cool. I love the character pictures. I've never done a graphic novel before though so I donno. Love the premise and the depictions of the characters though!
♥ Sarah @ I'm Loving Books
WOW those are so cool!
I'm not really into graphic novels, but these look awesome. Thanks for the post.
@Beth - me too, that was my favorite.
@Sarah - I'm never one for graphic novels either, but I couldn't pass this one up.
@Katie - thanks for stopping by!
I'm not much of a graphics novel person. But I'm definitely interested in this series now. I'm totally blown away by the artwork. It's georgeous and.... maybe a little heavenly?
Wow. Those are stunning!!!!! I'm not usually one to read those but dang, those covers make me reconsider! LOL!
These are seriously wicked cool. It's true that they can often feel cheesy, but these are stunning, as you mentioned. And I'm not a graphic novel person, but these go so far beyond that.
The art pieces have a bit of a Firefly/Serenity feel to them, especially Kup.
Beautiful, simply beautiful! Makes me want to find a pair of wings, maybe I can raid the Victorias Secret prop room...
Wow, those are some amazing images! I'm not really a graphic novel person, but I do appreciate good art! :)
The pictures are so gorgeous , I just love them ! Thanks for the review !
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