Uncharted 2 Art Book Unboxing
To say that I’m ‘a little bit keen’ on Naughty Dog’s awesome work on the Uncharted franchise, would be a mammoth understatement. I think that I’m mildly obsessed with Uncharted - I have played Uncharted Drake’s Fortune and Uncharted 2: Among Thieves on each difficulty, poring over the details and taking vigorous notes.
A friend of mine, who knows full well my obsession with Uncharted, linked me an article on CGSociety regarding a certain Art Book.
This wasn’t an ordinary art book, it was the Folio Edition - bound in leather, packed with images and delivered with a certificate of authenticity by way of Registered post.
Complete with gold seal, the certificate is signed by Naughty Dog’s Evan Wells (Co-President), Amy Hennig (Creative Director), Robh Ruppel (Art Director) and Erick Pangilinan (also Art Director). The certificate is signed using real ink – which is always a nice touch.
The production values of this book are glorious – a faithful testament to the stunningly lush environments of the game (which inspired my ‘palette’ exercises looking at colour schemes used in games).
This book is an absolute treat for a true fan like me. So I thought I would share the love around through photographs. Behold!
Was delivered to work. Agonising wait until home time.
Sealed in plastic to protect it from the elements in transit.
Closeup of the intricate gold phurba icon and lettering.
Plastic removed to the reveal suede leather presentation box.
Open the suede leather box to reveal the suede leather bound book!
Certificate of Authenticity confirmed by the undersigned (real ink!).
Close-up of the signatories and accompanying gold seal.
Inside the front cover (the certificate was originally placed here).
Inside the back cover.
May 5th, 2010 at 9:16 pm
That book looks amazing. I can imagine how much you were jumping around in excitement while unboxing it.
Can’t believe how happy I feel knowing that you are happy that you have this in your hands lol 
Hope this brings you one step closer to working your dream job at @naughty_dog
May 5th, 2010 at 9:19 pm
woah, letter of authenticity and everything. Even my piece of graduation paper does not have that detail of signature in ink!
btw, didnt know you had a blog!
May 5th, 2010 at 9:27 pm
Holy smokes – uncharted art book unboxing pics!!! Your love for everything naughty dog is truly hard.
May 5th, 2010 at 10:01 pm
That’s a thing of beauty there Katy! Real signatures definitely smell of limited editions to me
Thanks for giving us the sneak peek! I’ll have to maybe try this game some time!
May 5th, 2010 at 10:12 pm
Amazing looking collectors item. Well done on getting number twenty five of two hundred.
May 5th, 2010 at 10:19 pm
Awesome, #25 makes it all that much better! Did you open it a sealed climate controlled room with CSI outfit on?
May 5th, 2010 at 10:37 pm
@Bryce I very nearly did. But I didn’t want to take pictures with my hands in the shot in cotton gloves (and risk looking like a total noob).
May 6th, 2010 at 10:04 am
Now for the Crash Bandicoot limited numbered edition collector’s box-set with graphic novel (penned by Crash himself), a bottle of exquisite bandicoot musk and packet of spicy bandicoot flavour corn chips!
May 6th, 2010 at 11:25 am
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May 6th, 2010 at 3:33 pm
woo woo thats awesome. it looks so new.
I don’t think I’ve ever felt excited reading about an unboxing before. UNCHARTED! I wonder if @naughty_dog have realised you’re their biggest fan yet?
Feature request: more pics of the art book. DO WANT
May 12th, 2010 at 10:29 pm
Really excited to see an unboxing of a Ballistic book!
For anyone interested in seeing the preview, you can flip your way through every page on the Ballistic site: http://www.ballisticpublishing.com/books/uncharted2/
We’ve got some more news to come soon on another game art book.