Just as I was talkingabout Total War, colour and character, here we go: an art book featuring concept and promo pieces dating all the way back to the very beginning of the series.
https://kotaku.com/oh-hey-a-total-war-game-that-isnt-broken-1687836897
Published by Titan, it was released last month, and along with dev commentary and behind-the-scenes info it features a ton of great art, like the examples you can see below from artists like
Bjorn Hurri, Joe Ward, Sarah Ford, Howard Rayner, Nick Smith, Rado Javor, Pawel Wojs, Miroslaw Jakubiec, Angel Diaz, Jim Russell, Gilles Ketting and Ester Reeve.
https://kotaku.com/the-brutal-beautiful-video-game-art-of-bjorn-hurri-5815115
You can see a selection of images from the book below. Boy, that Shogun II was a pretty video game…
To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save them as wallpaper), click on the “expand” button in the top-left corner.
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