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title: "Persona 3: Official Design Works Paperback – July 3, 2012"
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# Persona 3: Official Design Works Paperback – July 3, 2012

**Brand:** atlusshigenori soejima
**Price:** ¥65076
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- **What is this?** Persona 3: Official Design Works Paperback – July 3, 2012 by atlusshigenori soejima
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Fan of the Series
  

*by S***N on Reviewed in the United States on January 19, 2014*

I love this mainly because I am a fan of the series and because it is Atlus. I especially love the gestures and character concepts, they're beautiful but I found it a bit disappointing to see very little emphasis on the character development. Sure they get a page or two but a lot of the work are in-game head-shots and expressions (most of which are too small and crammed together).Though, that is just my opinion. I was looking forward to a more gestural, rough, work-in-progress - which is why the last chapter by far is my favorite section of the whole book since it has a lot of the development art I'm looking for.Lastly, the book doesn't make much use of the white space around its borders. Could have included more content if they worked on placement.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Great Art Book for a Great Game
  

*by N***I on Reviewed in the United States on September 27, 2012*

First off, I just want to say that I am not a fan of most "art" books, even if I love the artist(s) or series. I don't buy a book just to LOOK at full page pictures. I want to see where the artist/design team first started when they came up with the idea and how it transformed into what we know now. I like being able to read their thoughts and comments on each step or the design over all. This book does NOT disappoint, and does a great job of letting the reader see into the minds' of the game's brilliant team.Persona 3: Official Design Works starts off with some nice promotional art and then leads into breakdowns of each character, all the story-relevant Personas, some shadows and enemies, the "world" itself, some color charts, and lastly into a lengthy interview with the game's producer and art director about the themes of the game. It's well composed, and has got some great early/rough drafts, some of which I almost wish they used instead. Ha.My only real complaint was that they only threw in the rough drafts for a handful of characters, some of which I believe didn't even really warrant the attention. I love rough drafts, because I believe they do a great job of letting you see... well everything I mentioned int he first paragraph. Yukari has the most, filling up a whole three pages, but many just have a sketch or two labeled "final design". I'd love to pretend the design team was so genius they got every character right the first time, but... I doubt it. I understand some early drafts might have been deemed so embarrassing, atrocious, or just plain unworthy to be seen by human eyes they decided not to include them, but a few more wouldn't have hurt.Besides that, overall it was a great buy and I definitely can't wait until my copy of Persona 4: Official Design Works shows up the mail!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    A must have for any Persona 3 fan.
  

*by H***Y on Reviewed in the United States on December 19, 2012*

Whether you are an old fan of Persona 3 or new to the series this is a must have art book.  It does include some of the art that was included with the original PS2 game's artbook, but it also has plenty of new material.  The book is well done and beautiful to look at.  Udon got the translation spot on, so you can read about the creation process in addition to enjoying the illustrations.You have characters, personas, creatures, and settings all available in seperate chapters.  If you haven't beaten the game though beware of spoilers, as can be expected they lurk within. Overall though is a great purchase for yourself or a gift for fans of the series.

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