Book Review: Sergio Toppi's Sharaz-De: Tales from the Arabian Nights 

I look at this kind of work in complete awe and amazement, mostly at how someone can think this way. Just gorgeous! Thank you, Teoh, for sharing this! Cheers!

So lovely! Pen and ink was my passion many years ago. His rendering of texture is brilliant!

i'm glad that you like Sergio Toppi too :D ( I'm Italian and I have got that book, in italian of course, but here Sergio Toppi is'nt very well known )

Thank you for this review. Inspiring ink drawing technics. So much detail. Makes me want to keep practicing.

Holy, the artwork in this book is breathtaking!

Wow! That is amazingly detailed! The realism of the water buffalo! Two colors - black ink and white paper - and yet he's able to get quite an impressive grayscale. Thanks for the brief introduction to this artist! Keep up the good work!

Thank you for the review! Beautiful book.

Amazing... The colors he uses are ecoline and coloured ink, and I read he uses them combined with water and glue for creating a special effect, but I have no idea of the process he uses... by the way great review! You're responsible for the presence of lots of books in my library and of endless amazon wishlists 😂

Lovely Book! Espcially the art (amazing!) Great reviews as always! 😊

Wow! Thanks for sharing. He is amazing. His penwork...I didn't know it was possible. Worlds of possibilites opening. Wow! Bought an e-book immidiately. Cool!

Gorgeous linework and layout.

Right, got to have this!

Wow. That is very much an art style I love. Thank you for introducing me to this artist and their work! I think I know what to get my friend as a gift this year. Will be clicking your affiliate link as thanks.

Great artist!

A beautiful book. Ordered a copy via your link. Thanks for the review.

I so enjoy all your videos. It is very pleasant that I never have to wait very long to watch another one! I love that. I've just started getting into the idea of sketching, drawing and water coloring. I really like your book reviews and they so help me decide which books to purchase for myself. I was most impressed with the art in this book. It is on my wish list. Was wondering I'd you are familiar with the art of Brian Froud. He does some awesome fantasy pen and ink which sort of reminded me of this artist. His book Faeries was done in conjunction with Alan Lee. They are both British artists. Very worthy.

Love your book reviews. I wish more artists would do them. I'm curious: Does he use ink washes at all? It looks a lot like he shades using creative marks rather than ink washes.

Thanks for reminding me of this. I have a digital copy, but I need a physical copy. I bought a used copy. I hope that counts as a sale to your affiliate link.

Hi Teo, I had never heard of Toppi, and now I am hooked! The ink work is amazing, and you quickly understand how he used the textural stuff in a way that allowed him to be so very productive. I wish more of his books were in English, and think it is amazing that none of it looks dated at all. I bought the book and it arrived this morning! I am spinning out the pleasure.... Do you know what kind of pens he used? The coloured work is very lush. So I am interested in the coloured pen work especially, i am thinking a variety of fountain pens perhaps as his lines do not have the slightly sputtery look of dip pens? Thanks very much for this review, I am closer to being Toppi's contemporary than yours and he still came as a surprise and a great learning experience.

I see the art of splatoon!! Will you be doing a review of it?😍😍

why do u think of japanese manga & hk comic styles?

Have you got some artworks of him on Pinterest???

The book is out of print now. Very expensive now.

Do you read manga?

This kind of graphics style is very 1970s; other Euro comix artists -- such as Esteban Marotto -- used ink-spater in their inking techniques -- I LOVE IT...wish today's crop of illustrators treated the whole page like a frame-worthy work instead of a like movie storyboard of panels. I think late 1960s to1970s comic layouts (I mean the non mainstream stuff) were on the whole superior to much of today's comix -- just compare the Heavy Metal adaptation of Alien (1979) to the crap Dark Horse has been putting out to this day.

Teoh can you make a room tour video for youe office room please ?

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