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.