Here’s an assortment of various art-related books, which you may find useful in your work.

Picking up books for artists is a tough task. I guess it’s easier to pick up guns for a hitman. There’s just so much personal in these choices, too much of your own taste. Nevertheless, 80.lv is here for artists, so we made a couple of wide guesses and picked up some very nice books, which will hopefully inspire you to do more great art. This list is not final, we’ll add more books as we go along. If you want to help, please add your picks in the comments. We’d love to add them and hear what you think. This post is inspired by the post in Najim Filali‘s Facebook feed.

Books by Simon Stålenhag

Simon Stålenhag is a real artistic legend. His images of Swedish landscapes blended with strange machines and robots made him a real star in the international art community. So far his works weren’t really featured much in games, but there’s a new table-top project coming from a small team of enthusiasts, which is fully based on his lovely images. Anyway, right now there are only two books of his available, but they are worth every dime.