Sketchbook 2013 Shipping Out!

Last week I shipped out all the 2013 sketchbook orders!  We sold out of the DELUXE editions on day one, and now it's time to roll the dice and see who got what!

There is no rhyme or reason to these sketches, I just sit down and sketch for about 3 days and see what turns up. As the drawings are finished the sketchbooks are placed in order and then whatever number you are when you order, that is the one you get.

Sometimes you get wizards...

...And sometimes you get crocs.

And maybe more wizards.

And maybe a few Ents.

There were also a lot of mostly harmless dragons.

And a lot of angry dwarves.  

And some lucky person gets #43, which was probably my favorite of the bunch:

It was a good batch and I hope everyone likes them. Until next year...  

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To see the sketches from previous years:

Sketchbook 2010

Sketchbook 2011

Sketchbook 2012

Sketchbook 2013: The Four Dwarves

Sketchbook 2013 is going live today at 11am EST on Etsy HERE!

If you missed the previous post, the details are:
1. Sweet New Sketchbook. It's just like the old sketchbooks EXCEPT IT'S TOTALLY NEW.
2. It's out today.

Okay, one other thing: I am doing something a little different this year. In past years I have done the first 50 order receive a hand-drawn image on the front page.

For previous years results check out:
2011
2012
2010 Re-release

This has been a lot of fun, but has often-times ended in abject pandemonium. So, this year, I am experimenting with something new and am going to be offering 2 separate books.

The Standard Edition and The Deluxe Limited Edition.
That's right, Deluxe.

The Standard Edition will arrive hand-signed and is $20. It's just like the normal order from previous years.

The Deluxe Limited Edition will arrive, hand-signed and individually numbered (1-50), with an original drawing on the front page and it also includes a bookmark. The Deluxe Edition will be $40.  This one is limited to only 50, and once they are gone they are gone.

Deluxe Drawings!

Deluxe Bookmarks!

Deluxe Things!

(Deluxe Treasure Chest not included)

This is going to be available online for a limited time only: Tuesday, September 10th through Tuesday, October 15th.

I will also be offering 8"x10" signed prints this year of a number of my images. (More on this soon)  So get your Christmas shopping done early!

11AM. Tuesday, September 10th. www.etsy.com/shop/JustinGerard

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Also! The lovely Annie Stegg is going to be selling her new sketchbook: Thumbelina, at the same time on the same day. Check it out at 11am on Tuesday at: www.etsy.com/shop/AnnieIllustrations

An Announcement for an Announcement

Hi guys! Quick post today as I am drowning in oil paintings at the moment. These are a few teaser images today from this year's sketchbook which will be available this September.

This year's sketchbook will be a little different than previous year's books and will be leading up to something a lot bigger that I hope to release in 2014.  I've been doing some writing.  (More on this soon.)  

"What do you mean, 'some writing?' You have all the grammatical abilities of a three-legged goat.  

You couldn't write your way out of a paper bag Gerard!"

I hope it all works out.  More details next time!

Some Sketches for You

The new sketchbooks are shipping out right now! This past weekend (after some time to recover from a phenomenal time at Spectrum Live in Kansas City) I took some time and did some drawings in the first 30 orders.

The topics for these sketches ranged from men in strange hats...

 to ancient dragons...

to orcs with limited table manners...

To crocodiles who mean well...

And even into reliquaries of great power...

And finally, (as always) to princesses.  

Thank you guys for the support and the renewed interest in these. I love working on them and I'm looking forward to getting started on the 2013 one soon. We will be doing something a little different and a little bigger for 2013.  Stay Tuned...

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To see sketches from previous sketchbook releases check out:

2011 Sketchbook Sketches Post

2012 Sketchbook Sketches Post

To order one check them out at:
https://www.etsy.com/shop/JustinGerard

Sketchbooks are BACK!

The sketchbooks have arrived!  They will be up for sale Tuesday, May 14, 2013, at 11AM EST here:

https://www.etsy.com/shop/JustinGerard

And as I mentioned in a previous post, the first 10 orders of each book will be receiving a sketch in the front!  

To get an idea of what these sketched-in editions generally look like check out:

The 2011 Sketches

The 2012 Sketches

May the fastest refresher win!
One final note: I will be shipping these AFTER I return from Spectrum Live!  So please give me a little extra time to ship these before setting up any artillery batteries.  


Some images from the new edition of Sketchbook 2010: The Silver Age:

 https://www.etsy.com/shop/JustinGerard

Sketchbook 2012 Shipping Out!

Sketchbook 2012: Ents & Orcs ships out today!  

 The first 50 are individually numbered and have a personal drawing in them.  

#1 this year went to Dave from Kalamazoo, who managed to order in the first 15 seconds of it being live somehow. I believe that aliens were somehow involved. Dave isn't saying anything.  Either way, he will be getting a dragon. 

The sketches this year feature a lot of wizards, dragons, vikings, elves and as you might expect, a lot of Ents...

 ...and orcs. 

But there are also dwarves,

 And others of a less than savory nature...

As well as some old friends, 

And the Were-rabbit makes his return for #40:

If you haven't gotten one and are interested, there are still a few left on the Store.

And I will of course be selling them at DragonCon this weekend in Atlanta.  

Thanks again for all the orders and support! You guys are awesome. 

Sketchbook 2012: Ents & Orcs

Sketchbook 2012

9 x 6, 44 Pages, Full Color

Each year for the past few years I have been doing a new sketchbook based around one of my personal projects that I am engaged in at the time. Some previous examples are The Silver Age in 2010, and The St. George and Other Works in 2011, both of which were a a lot of fun for me.

This year, I am delving back into Tolkien. Specifically, I have been working on the struggle between the Ents and the Orcs from The Two Towers.  Apart from being some of Tolkien's most interesting characters, there is a dynamic that exists between Ents and Orcs that has always fascinated for me.

It is a curiously human relationship that seems to exist between these two distinctly non-human characters.  While they are constructions of fantasy, they offer a reflection of our own struggle to both master nature and at the same time care for it.

The Sketchbooks are going live today at 12 Noon EST and I will be selling them on my store HERE.  

All are signed, but as with last year, I will be doing drawings in the first 50 orders.

Click HERE to see how some of last year's first 50 turned out.

I will also be selling these at DragonCon in Atlanta later this month. Stop by and say hi if you happen to be out that way!