Eyah so I gave in and bought "D'ARTISTE Character Modeling".
I was curious on how Francisco Cortina makes his models and I was blown away with his attention for detail. Book also features works by Pascal Blanché, Steven Stahlberg and a bunchload of awesome 3d artists ;3; Now I need to sit down and read this book properly.
Book comes with a slip case
Cortina did the character design/models of FFIX, which explains a lot about the game's simultaneous US/Japan release.
Low res to 'final' low res
Detailing eyes/nose/mouth/ears
UVs with checkered box texture
Aki Ross' face
Aki's eye
Works by other artists:
Speaking of which I ordered a duplicate copy by mistake so now I have an extra book on my hands.
SOLD BITCHES!
I'm selling it for $55 USD if anyone is interested. I'll pay for the shipping (US buyers). I checked the package and made sure everything is in A+ condition. Apparently the second one came in with the publisher's box so the book was nestled snuggly inside. The one I'm keeping didn't have the box and it had a dent on its slip casing :(