mjfmjfmjf's review
4.0
A snow day, so a good day to get back to the art books. This is definitely I'd not looked at in quite some time. Given the age, there could have been a lot more T&A - but in that case I probably wouldn't have bought it. The art is beautiful. And it was interesting to read about at least some of the process. Rowena made it clear in this book how much of her works are based on models, something I never really thought about. The Theodore Sturgeon portraits were a surprise standout. The text itself was a bit inconsistent, with the longer pieces the weaker.
ninj's review
5.0
Such vivid images. Most, though not all, of her characters have a very distinctive look about them. Dragon's nest and Shadows out of Hell have two of her best female and male characters, though there are many other images that work great as a whole. Plenty of elaboration from Rowena on the images, though very few feature early sketches or work. A lot of book covers, but also portraits and non-commissions.
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