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Guweiz: The Art of Gu Zheng Wei - with signed bookplate

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This book features an exclusive bookplate signed by Gu Zheng Wei and a free mini print.

Digital artist Gu Zheng Wei, AKA Guweiz, shares his anime-inspired world in this captivating book. His unique urban take on the popular manga and anime styles is gripping right from the first page, from his often poetic take on Japanese lifestyle to the fantastic narratives he creates. Embark on a journey through his imaginative world, and uncover a prolific portfolio packed with gritty details of the urban landscape and dark, surreal imagery.

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This book features an exclusive bookplate signed by Gu Zheng Wei and a free mini print.

Digital artist Gu Zheg Wei (AKA Guweiz) shares his anime-inspired world in this beautifully produced and insightful book, leading you through his fantasy world with a portfolio packed with gritty detail and a surreal vibe. Guweiz began drawing when he was 17, inspired by an anime art tutorial on YouTube. Discovering a natural talent, he carried on drawing and quickly amassed a fan-base for his edgy illustration style. Throughout this book, readers will discover his artistic journey from the very beginning, with behind-the-scenes details about how some of his most popular pieces were created. He reveals his secrets for turning influences into truly original digital art, including that all-important narrative that takes drawing and painting beyond the purely visual. Step-by-step tutorials share techniques and tips to help you create these sorts of effects in your art, resulting in images with the depth of detail and intrigue that Guweiz has made his trademark. The artist’s unique urban take on the popular manga/anime style is gripping right from the first page, from the surreal take on Japanese lifestyle to the urban fantasy he creates.

Hardback 152 pages
Dimensions: 301mm x 226mm
Paper quality: Full-color premium paper pages
ISBN: 978-1-912843-16-9

SKU: GUW
Part of series: Art-of
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About the artist
Guweiz began drawing when he was seventeen, inspired by an anime art tutorial on YouTube. Discovering a natural passion for the genre, he continued to learn and draw, and quickly amassed a fanbase for his edgy art style. Throughout this book, readers will discover his artistic story from the very beginning, with behind-the-scenes details about how some of his most popular pieces were created. Guweiz reveals his secrets for turning external influences into truly original digital art, including that all-important narrative that takes drawing and painting beyond the purely visual.
Special Features

This book features an exclusive bookplate signed by Gu Zheng Wei and a free mini print.

Reviews
  • 5 stars: 27 (93%)
  • 4 stars: 0 (0%)
  • 3 stars: 1 (3%)
  • 2 stars: 1 (3%)
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Juan De Dios Mujica
Loved it

Loved it

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Zlata Pavlickova
Beautiful modern looking book

The book showcasing earlier work of Guweiz is assembled well. I like the modern aesthetics throughout the book. Text editing has few hiccups with spacing but overall reads okay.

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Anonymous
I just love art of Guweiz

I just love art of Guweiz, book is amaizing :)

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Dominique Meier
Immersive Art

Guweiz creates really immersive Art

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Francisco Quintana
Fantastic art

Fantastic art, and good ideas on how to produce it. Very well explained too.

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Graham

Great book.

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Jade
A gem

I haven't finished yet reading the book but I already love it ! The book is beautiful and educational at the same time. Thank you for the amazing work!

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Samegod

Guweiz is just amazing! A lifelong fan!

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DK
A source of inspiration

Full of gorgeous artwork and lots of insightful advice for artists. Great use of shading and depth to create some very clean-looking paintings.

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Pascal Richter
Beautifully made

A very high quality book with veautiful artwork. Can absolutely recommend

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Paul Rosen
Gu Zheng Wei is very talent

Excellent artbook, very high printing quality. Very impressed with what I was sent. Thank you to the team here and I look forward to ordering more items.

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Kevin Rudd
Awesome

Beautiful book and love the hints, tips, and guidance it provides.

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Customer
Beautiful artwork overshadowed by disappointing print quality

I own the Kickstarter version of this book and not gonna lie, I was S U P E R disappointed when I first received this especially since Guweiz is one of my favorite artists. The production and printing behind this was terrible, considering that the crowdfund made $350k from an initial proposed $25k.

The print quality is SO BAD, I can’t even appreciate the artwork because I JUST CAN’T SEE THEM, THEY’RE SO DARK you can barely make out the fine details.

There is also a lot of recycled artwork and dry uninspired copy & pasted artist commentary that felt more like ipsum lorem speak that was just there for the sole purpose of making the book look like there's more content to offer than there actually was. Overall, super disappointed.

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Jonatan Dziedzic

It arrived safely and quality is great

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D.K.
Nice Bonus

It's a nice little quaility bonus to receieve

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D.K.
An Extraordinary Art Book

This is a high quality art book, containing fabulous artworks that I strive to draw. If you like this kind of art style, then it is a must buy to study from!

Edit: I just realised that the words on the cover glows in the dark! I did not know that was a function, very cool!

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Liz Hernandez
Beautiful

I appreciate the amount of work into one book. It feels like there's quite a bit I could learn from studying or admiring the work inside.

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Neil
stunning

Having this work in print of this quality and seeing the process and thought and progression is really inspiring

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Sajeel
Really cool print

I got this free wih the book purchase and the quality is really good. One for the colleciton :)

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Dorian

I love it

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Dorian

Best artbook

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Cocquempot Mickael
One of the best artist

I saw this book multiple times on some website and many people talking about it but I only bought it recently on your website, this is one of the best I've read. Everything, from the start of the author journey to the release of this book, is perfect and we learn so much from his experience. That's why I just bought his new book on kickstarter, I hope the quality will be the same!

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Yuuyu
Amazing artist, breathtakingly beautiful book

Guweiz is one of my art heroes and it was a pleasure to read his book. I learned a lot about him and his art style and it has made me appreciate his work even more. I enjoyed reading about his thought processes and looking at his WIPs; I find myself thinking about his advice as I work on my own pieces nowadays.

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Vy
Great art and great advice

At first I thought the art was too dark, but after reading about the author’s process and how he developed as an artist, I understand that’s his style. It’s a lovely style. I love the details and the backstory he has for each piece. I feel the advices he gives is very honest.

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Josie
Stunning artwork and amazing tips

Amazing work, the mood in the artworks created is very impressive. I think this is a great book for anyone, hobbyist or professional there is something for everyone to learn!

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Ekiri Dreams
Fantastic !

I'm an illustrator myself, and from only the few pages i've opened, i already learnt so much ! I feel like this book will help me improve on my art a lot ! ^^/

Also the art is super nice and advices are pretty clear for my art level.

Would absolutely recommend.

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Imran
The book I received is not as clear as what is in the preview.

I love Guwize art. I love this book; I love the contents, and it's well made thick and durable paper. Excellent cover. BUT I give it 3 out of 5 because what I receive is different than what is in the preview. The images are darker than what is in the preview, you barely see details, and it lacks vibrancy in some images.For instance, page 17, the girl with the cat in the swimming pool; the image in my book is very dark. And lack brightness and vibrancy. You barely see her face or the water or the buildings in the background; it's not like what you see in the preview. I am disappointed.

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AliceCR
Really nice book

This book is awesome! There are beautiful drawings, many infos on the creation process and it's really well made. I've gifted it to my husband, he really loved it.

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Chris
An absolutely gorgeous compilation of Gu Zheng Wei's work

After discovering Guweiz on Artstation, I knew I had to order this book as soon as it came out. My pre-order took a couple of months to fulfill (only fair given pre-order + COVID) but overall I got exactly what I expected and that was a great book filled with great art.

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