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The art behind the art.
We buy the books, read them cover to cover and tell you honestly whether they deserve a place on your shelf — then show you every page on video.
What we do
Three things we promise
We actually read them
Every book on this site is one we own and went through page by page — printing quality, paper, how much concept art you really get.
You see every page
Each review comes with a full flip-through on YouTube, filmed in 4K — so you know exactly what's inside before you spend a cent.
No paid praise
Nobody pays us to like a book. If a book is thin on content or the reproduction is poor, we say so — that's the whole point.
Why we started
Artbooks are expensive. Blind buying hurts.
A good artbook can be a treasure and a bad one a $50 regret — and from a product photo you can rarely tell which is which. That's the gap this channel fills: real books, filmed in full, reviewed by someone who actually collects them.
The Artbook Vault covers “The Art of” books from Disney, Pixar, DreamWorks, Sony, Skydance and beyond — from out-of-print classics to this month's new releases.
Get in touch
Have a book you'd like us to review, or a question? Write to us — we read every message and we'd love to hear from you.
We usually reply within a few days. You can also reach us through the comments on our YouTube channel.
A note on images: book covers and any artwork shown on this site belong to their respective artists and publishers, and are used here only for the purpose of review and commentary.