Abominations by Björn Hurri

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May 6

Björn Hurri's Abominations is a book packed with creations that come from one of the most inventive minds in the gaming industry. No matter if you are a designer yourself or a gamer and consumer, this will be a worthy addition to your collection!

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Björn Hurri is an award-winning concept artist and art director. He has worked for all major publishers and with over 100+ titles (among them games like Horizon: Zero Dawn, Alien Isolation, God of War 4, Dishonored, League of Legends, and many more). He has also been teaching artists since 2008 and he also taught a highly popular character design class at CG Master Academy. Björn has shared his knowledge in lectures and demos at 15+ workshops and events in multiple countries and to thousands of people. Aside from all this, he is cultivating a community under the banner of 30min Warmup where he is teaching his approaches every morning and also on his Discord server. He also runs the popular art challenge called Unreal Björnament.

Björn and his family live in Latvia. He is often invited to international events for lectures and portfolio reviews and is engaging in a lot of community-driven activities.

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“Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.”

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Björn’s book was my first in a square format. Abominations is a 210 x 210 mm (8,3 inches) book with 224 pages of content. it is printed on 150g Munken arctic paper and is a hardcover book. We had options in the Stretchgoals, like black edges, and alternative finishes for the cover. This was one of the cases where the result was a positive surprise because Abominations is a heavy book. Solid. It has a good weight in your hand and the format makes it appealing to take it with you and look through it, to explore. I have known Björn for quite a while and I thought there wasn’t much that could have this kind of effect on him, but even he admitted that he felt the same way. I am super happy we got to collaborate on this and I am looking forward to many more projects with Björn.