The Art of Jim Burns: Hyperluminal

The media could not be loaded.  Jim Burns is an artist from Wales and started his career in the 1970s. He's a sci-fi artist whose artworks have appeared on numerous covers and that is what he's probably most well known for doing.The Art of Jim Burns: Hyperluminal features a collection of artworks from Burns's career from the 70s to the recent years up to 2014. You'll see the book cover art he created for authors such as Peter F Hamilton, George R R Martin and many more. The artworks are reproduced huge in this coffee table book compared to the novels. Because of the size, you can see more clearly the amount of detail he puts in the paintings.He uses primarily acrylics, occasionally oils and also took up digital painting. The details and defined edges of his acrylics paintings are impressive. The artworks are credited to the books they are for, year and medium.The artworks are beautiful, well reproduced, particularly the ones painted with traditional medium. Digital ones still look digital though. Most are sci-fi, some fantasy, and a few surreal ones. The sci-fi worlds he creates are quite unlike those from other artists with his choice of colours, realism, details and design. They belong more to the traditional sci-fi art in those days as compared to the busy video game style concept art commonly seen nowadays.I've a minor quibble for page 110 where a face was cut into half by the page gutter.Overall, a good book for fans of his art.The Art of Jim Burns: Hyperluminal is another wonderful addition to the sci-fi artbooks that Titan Books have published in the recent years such as for Fred Gambino, John Harris and Chris Foss.(See more pictures of the book on my blog. Just visit my Amazon profile for the link.)

Buy the damm thing already. Stop now and order a copy.Somewhat longer opinion: I own a number of books that have Jim Burns paintings as cover art, and have a copy of a previous collection, "Lightship". I was very excited to see a new collection being offered. Some works (perhaps two or three) were been in the earlier book, but the overwhelming majority is new: book covers, commissions, personal projects and experimentation.Burn's work is characterized by tremendous command of detail and form, colors explosive and vibrant, creating images that are at their *least* hyper-realistic scenes of futures so different from this world as to nearly be alien. This book is an embodiment of strangeness and wonder, windows to the fantastic. Each page is a story unto itself and can pull you in from a glance. There is writing in here, but I have no idea what it is about because I so quickly become inebriated by the imagery.Oversized, as have been most of Titan Books' recent offerings, so at least you now have additional reason to clear an extra-high shelf (get "The Art of John Harris" to keep this company, if you don't yet have a copy.) Which is, of course, a delight, because it gives more area to what lies within. The pictures themselves are a mix of traditional media (oil, acrylics, pencil) and computer. There is little difference in execution by which their origins might be told apart. Paper is heavy, printing wonderful, and a spine that is durable enough for the use of years.My only complaint about this book is that there isn't enough of it.

Does the cover look like Sophie, from GoT, or what? Artwork is very photo-like in it's depiction. Very good.

Jim Burns is my favorite sci-fi artist. I would highly recommend this book for anyone that enjoys sci-fi space Art. This book met all my expectations.

Expensive and not that interesting.

Jim Burns is an amazing artist with an imaginative and eye-catching style. Wonderful book.

Absolutely gorgeous.

Sci fi fans of a certain age will well remember Jim Burns artwork from the dozens of wonderous covers and posters he did in plentitude, and still does to this day.They were always striking and instantly recognizable.Indeed "Planet Story" remains one of my all time favorites, because typically it captures the real strength of Jim's talents,the ability to draft and paint truely imaginative worlds, with often stunningly drawn backgrounds and vehicles ,and beautifully done alien and human characters. I have collected every one of his volumes over the years, from "Planet Story " and "Lightship", to "Transluminal" and "Imago". This volume contains a range of images from all of them, plus more of his more recent work, which actually seems to become more incredibly detailed as he has made the switch to digital illustration.Kudos to him for learning some new techniques to supplement his other considerable skills in the illustrators mediums already. The quality of the hardback and the printing are superb, and they combine wonderfully to make a brilliant exhibition by showcasing the vivid beauty and detail of his work, so it is thanks once again to Titan,whose have managed ,like they did with the recent release of Chris Foss's "Hardware", to really cover best of his work over the decades and bring back some happy memories of other times and imagintitve spaces for me.I just wish I still had one of his old posters to stick on the wall like I used to. Buy it immediately without any chance of regret!!! Oh, and thanks to Amazon who got this to me in less than twenty four hours. I am amazed.

This is a fine showcase presentation of the work of Jim Burns the sci-fi/fantasy artist.The book is well illustrated covering a good deal of his output, with large colour reproductions of his oils, acrylics and latterly his digital work; there are even a few pages of his drawings.A good hardback reference volume or handy introduction to this talented and very meticulous artist – one of the old school, but still a marvellously imaginative figure on the scene.

Probably every major Sci-Fi and fantasy author had the privilege of working with Jim Burns on their covers. And the results are impressive. An illustrated history of the man behind the golden age of Science Fiction and one of the most extraordinary gallery in our minds of fantastical horizons.

Very good quality

Excellent book, good price.