The Art of Game of Thrones: The official book of design from Season 1 to Season 8

I wasn't sure exactly what this was going to be like as art department pretty much covers everything built on set but it is in fact concept art of all the major people and events from the tv series. Visually the book is stunning-the artists have perfectly captured the faces of all the main cast for later seasons when the stars have been cast, a few early ones with blank faces done before filming it seems. The double or full page art of the castles like the Eyrie with the stunning mountains and interior bird murals are gorgeous. Harrenhal was brooding and creepy, Dragonstone looked stunning, with the art showing the arrival of Dany and taking in the beach, castle, walkways and sea. It made me wish I was there and that I could draw like that! I could see myself living there as it is remote, secluded and beautiful!Niggles? A couple of minor ones. There are pages of black and white blueprints which really seem pointless with small writing beside them about constructing the set. There aren't too many of these pages but I don't find them that interesting to look at. There is not a lot of text in the book which allows for reading it easily in one night. However the people that write the actual text don't seem to have watched Game of Thrones as the information is often wrong. An example is the Three Eyed Raven telling Bran, Meera, Jojen and Hodor to flee because the Night King is coming to the cave-trouble is, Jojen dies before the group ever get inside the cave so how can he flee south with the others? Another weird one is Varys and Tyrion being in Volantis to negotiate the end of slavery and then getting on a ship to go back to Dany in Meereen. Um, it is Jorah who kidnaps Tyrion from Varys to take to Meereen where Tyrion meets Dany for the first time. I just find it lazy writing to not fact check this stuff before printing it and it is frustrating!The book is beautiful and I could look at the artwork many times so the book was certainly worth buying!

A very varied and deeply-rich art book. Absolutely essential to own for any Thrones nerds!

What a weight this not what I expect I know it was sale book at over £75 full price but it is so thick.An art book that is mostly colour plates of GOT not much text but not paying for book on Martin's books but on the TV series but in form of art. This very much in a Tolkien manner If you enjoy Martin's series but want to remember the show with out putting on the TV this perfect if want text book don't bother.Not only do get the colour art but get blue print b/w style of famous buildings like planing office builder getting ready to build, so if billionaire you could build the buildings so much detail.

The first thing to note is the size and quality of the book. When you open it, it is heavy and you certainly start to understand the £40 price tag (although that is still steep to be honest)The second thing to note is that there is a lot of work gone into the book which is obvious from the moment it arrives. It is carefully planned out and has a momentous amount of artwork and diagrams.The issue I have with it is, I like to read, especially detailed descriptions of how concepts have been born and kept/disregarded. The book starts off with a lot of summary but tails off to be fairly limited. There are lots of big pictures covering two pages with no description as to what we are seeing and how the concept differs from reality, or what ideas they should have kept. I'd like to have seen a bit of analysis and retrospect. Although I do realise the title of the book is 'Art of...' so the authors would argue that they are showcasing artwork and not background details.It has been mentioned already but there isn't much in the way of dragons.Other than that I was happy with it and will happily keep it alongside my other non-fiction ones in the bookcase.

Beautiful book, separated into the different locations of Westeros and Essos.A very interesting read and can provide you with hours upon hours of checking out the small details.It can also serve as a nice gift-the book is heavy and colorful, I’m sure many fans of the series/books would be delighted to receive it.The cover by itself is amazing (personally, it was my favorite scene from s8-so that’s even better)To sum things up, It’s always astonishing to see the process of creating such a complex and unique show; so a huge thank you is due to all the people involved, and I wish you good fortune in the projects to come! :)

Great book, top quality printing, heavy though and definitely need a tall bookshelf for it but its good as expect for costs.

This is a really excellent book. Mostly photos and designs. A must for any GOT fans.

Much more than I was expecting, a very high quality publication, packed with amazing images and information