Michal Dutkiewicz:  Girls ! - From Line To Color
                                             (2007 - SQP (Sal Quartuccio Publications))  

     Not appropriate for children and adolescents.  A 48-page book seemingly meant more as an illustrated conversation between the artist & reader than a standalone collection of his art.  While there are 20 large reproductions of his work, many of those pages are 'cluttered' with inserts of related sketches, other versions or just comments.  28 pages collect more than one presented image, but distracting information abounds on them as well.  Dutkiewicz relates a lot of computer techniques he uses to get his final effects and some more meta comments, like about the focus of the work, but as a non-artist, I can't really say how much someone could get out of the other narrative running throughout.  There's a lot of nudity and a bit of salaciousness, but I imagine only the super-vigilant among us might hide it away because a couple of the smaller images that go 'all the way'.  As the comments up above might suggest, the collection of the man's art would seem to be the better buy.


other books with possible instructional value

  Shannon Stirnweis - 80 Years Behind The Brush

  The Fantasy Art Techniques Of Tim Hildebrandt

  Empyrean - The Art Of Stephen Hickman

  The Art Of Dan Frazier - A Touch Of Fantasy

  Batman Masterpieces

  The Art Of Segrelles

  Imagination - The Art & Technique Of David A. Cherry

  The Guide To Fantasy Art Techniques

  The Fantasy Art Of Stephen Hickman

  Dynamic Light And Shade

  Fantasy Art Techniques  (Vallejo)

  Solson's Gary & Al books

  Pin-Up Art  (MacPherson)  [BELOW THE LINE]

  Fantasy Workshop - A Practical Guide  (Vallejo & Bell)  [BELOW THE LINE]

  Steve Rude Sketchbook  [BELOW THE LINE]


other SQP monographs

  SQP's Fastner & Larson books

  The Pin-Up Art Of Archie Dickens vols.1 & 2

  Girls On Top ! - The Pin-up Art Of Matt Dixon

  The Art Of Walter Girotto

  The Art Of John Bolton

  SQP's Dave Nestler books

  Barry Blair & Colin Walbridge:  Nymphettes

  Sorceress - The Mike Hoffman Sketchbook  (vol.1)

  Inferno - The Art Of Tomas Giorello

  SQP's Rich Larson books

  The Beast Within - The Art Of Ken Barr

  Nik Guerra:  Undressed - A Gallery Of Fetishwear

  The Art Of Gennadiy Koufay -  Heatwave

  The Art Of Rudy D. Nebres

  The Art Of Pelaez

  The Pin-Up Art Of Jay Scott Pike

  The Dark Art Of Tony Mauro

  Tommy Castillo:  Dragons, Myths & Mayhem

  The Daniel Horne Sketchbook

  The Savage Art Of Bob Larkin   vol.1

  Xotica - The Art Of Esteban Maroto

  Sanjulian - Master Visionary

  Fatal Beauty - The Boada Sketchbook

  The Art Of Monte M. Moore - Mystica

  The Art Of Michael Möbius - Sheer Desire

  The Art Of Ricky Carralero

  The Art of Andreas Raufeisen

  Spellbound - The Keith Parkinson Sketchbook

  Flesh & Fire 2 - The Blas Gallego Sketchbook vol.2

  Pucker - The Seductive Art Of Matt Busch

  SQP's Wolf books

  Cruel And Unusual - The Greg Loudon Sketchbook

  The Art Of Roca

  Savage Hearts - The Clyde Caldwell Sketchbook  Vol.1

  The Art Of Maxx Marshall

  Kingsgate:  The Art Of Keith Parkinson

  The Art Of Mitch Byrd

  Midnight High - The Deadly Art of Tom Artis

  Hellbent - The Art Of Flint Henry



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