[(Heavenly Bodies: The Art of Bruce Colero)] [ By (author) Bruce Colero, By (author) Sal Quartuccio ] [November, 2007]

This book is a stunning feat of what can be achieved with 3D art. I have enjoyed the works of many fantasy and pin-up artists (and too numerous to mention here) and have enjoyed Bruce's work no less. Each picture within the book features beautiful women of various themes and emotions, homages to comic book characters, pirates, mythical fables, movies, science fiction, traditional fantasy or just beautiful pin-ups. The work and level of detail that has gone into each piece of art is breath taking. The lighting, the colours, the scenery, his effects like fire and water...it is so impressive seeing what Bruce has achieved using the medium of 3D art and how his talent and imagination has brought each picture to life.

This book may be full to the brim with Heavenly Bodies but they sure don't come from Heaven. On the contrary, they come from all places other than Heaven.There are superheroines, pool playing shark bate, the ever sexy Vampirella and a nun who decided to mate with a fire demon. Also sirens and kitty cats, nymphs and Eve (without Adam), tattoos and body piercing, the list goes on.How could you pass a book that has so much to offer, and as a bonus, you get very sexy artwork that only asks for your undivided attention from buxom ladies who were definitely not made in Heaven.Add this collection to your library and marvel at the artwork of a man driven by the desire to paint nothing but Heavenly Bodies.

There's no doubt about it - Colero knows how to draw a gorgeous woman. She's slim, curvy, and richly endowed in the dairy department. She appears here in a range of settings: fantasy/SF, aquatic, indoor, urban, and more. Sometimes she appears clad only in her native charm, but scraps of clothes occasionally decorate her, without really covering. Truly, she's a gorgeous being.Unfortunately, it seems that Colero has practiced with only that one woman, over, and over, and over. Her trout pout, massive breasts, long and mostly-straight hair, European features and coloring - of all the many ways that women's beauty manifests, why just that one? And, although Colero renders that one woman lovingly, each image as a whole lacks Luis Royo's narrative, the physical drama of Vallejo or Bell, Olivia's kittenish teasing, and Jeffrey Jones's ability to create a mood.Figurative art can be so much more. These are beautiful, but just beautiful.-- wiredweird

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