Okay, the book is ready to go. You can buy it from here:
http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/994374
Now remember, there is free shipping on any blurb products until midnight 24 November (New York time). (that’s another day and a bit, so don’t dawdle)
To receive the free shipping offer use the following codes during the Blurb checkout process:
- For AUD: RedBubble-09
- For EUR: RedBubble-094
- For GBP: RedBubble-093
- For USD: RedBubble-092
The panel who selected the entries were Chris Wahl, Scott Robinson and Mimi Yoon. They are each accomplished illustrators in their own right, and have all said they were most impressed by the quality of work in the challenge. You should all feel very proud of what we’ve achieved.
Here are the final pieces and artists who made it, in the order that I’ve put them into the book.
street during 4 seasons by Anastasiia Kucherenko
Start talkin’ by matthew dunnart
Bec by Paul McClintock
aka boy by elsh
Giraffe Swing by David Barneda
Miss Emily Grace by Katie Young
100 dogs by mumblebee
Jumping Teds, Shrunken Heads and Punk Co-eds by Chris Wahl
Fall to Dust by Simon Sherry
Salt Lake by EeVien Tan
once an angel by Mimi Yoon
a picture is worth a thousand words by small world
Sea Turtle by fizzgig
Scooter Geisha by mikoto
Latte Macchiato Blues by Barbara Glatzeder
A Boy and His Monster by Damien Mason
Rocket Taxi by Firedrake
sky maze ink by ooodemocrazyooo
Lucha Libre by BigFatRobot
Mad Hatters Tea Party by AnitaInverarity
ashford boy by matt mawson
Escapism – print by Scott Robinson
figurehead… or fishing by Elisabetta Trevisan
72 Trees by Murray Swift
Sibling rivalry by Helena Babic
Midnight Stumbler by seventh fury
the decision by Sorina Williams
Londonia by Delosreyes75
Girl13, Smudged Mascara by Erica Rosario
lucy by wieslaw borkowski
Special by Skulldaggery
Soft Inside by rubyred
Mr. by Becc Orszag
And of course we can’t forget the awesome cover by Natalie Perkins

Jo O'Brien
I’ve been waiting for this. And as such, have promptly purchased a copy.
I can’t believe the talent in this book. Great work all round.
Damien Mason:
Yep, me too. Stunning work from all involved.
o0OdemocrazyO0o
sweeeeetness :D
o0OdemocrazyO0o
you send a copy to Computers Arts Magazine etc :D
Damien Mason:
I haven’t, but I’d love it if you all wanted to do some promoting. Get it out there, on facebook, twitter, myspace, any illustration or design blogs you might have or read. Tell the world :)
mikoto
awesome, love the cover!!!!
Damien Mason:
Yep, Natalie is my hero.
o0OdemocrazyO0o
is there a deadline how long it is on sale for?
Damien Mason:
Yep, the free shipping promo codes have a deadline (Midnight 24th November New York Time – that’s another 28 hours or so). I also got a promo code “HOLIDAY4” which gave me 20% off and $12 of the shipping.. so slightly better than the RB ones. No idea if that has an expiry date.
Chris Wahl
Congrats Damien for getting this together. Great work everyone!
Damien Mason:
Thanks Chris, all I had to do was put the pages together, it’s the work of the group that makes the book so kickarse, and the work from yourself, Scott and Mimi in selecting that would have been the really tough job.
chelsgus
Ace work – well done!
Damien Mason:
Thanks chelgus.. I hope next time we do one you’ll enter something too.. and join the group! ;)
Nick Ford
Top stuff people …. and just in time for Xmas!
Damien Mason:
I’m sure it would make a stunning Christmas gift for friends and family ;)
Ross Robinson
That looks absolutely brilliant. What a fantastic collection. Well done.
Damien Mason:
Thanks Ross.. yeah, the talent in our group completely blew me away. Before we started the challenge I didn’t know if we’d get enough work for a book, but as it was it was really difficult deciding what wouldn’t get in.
Troy Evans
This is fantastic!
I just bought one aswell =)
Well done to all of you
Damien Mason:
Thanks Troy!
Chris Wahl
Can you get RedBubble to feature this?
Kyra Webb
Awesome work!! A really good mix of artists :)
Damien Mason:
Thanks Kyra, and I agree.. I think having the panel members with different styles helped ensure a broad cross section of our membership..
Kyra Webb
Yay I bought one!! Can’t wait :)
Paul McClintock
Wow, the preview looks amazing! Also, Damien, you need to showered with praise for the amount of work you put into this. Man, I can’t decide whether to get hardcover or softcover! Damned choices!
Damien Mason:
Thanks Paul. Honestly, I’m a sucker for cool illustration books, so I was really just trying to put together one for myself. But honestly, all I did was facilitate everything.. the real work came from the panel and members.
I went with softcover, incidentally.. the cheaper option :)
Paul McClintock
need to be… that is…
Paul McClintock
facebooked… about to twitter this, and blog it… and what else is there? My contacts are going to be drowning in spam!
…but good spam.
Pip Gerard
Congrats to all. Some breathtaking work in there.
Pip Gerard
And I have to say… absolutely adore the cover!!
Damien Mason:
Yeah, seriously Natalie was just wonderful. We gave her such little notice, but she still took the time to make that fantastic cover, and some extra doodles for the first page and back cover. It was exactly the sort of cover I was hoping for.
mimi yoon
congratulations and thank you, damien and everyone who’s involved…
and i am truly honored to be one among the very best…. : )
Damien Mason:
Thanks to you too Mimi, you played a very large part in making sure the work was of the highest quality
BigFatRobot
just ordered a couple. Very honoured to be amongst such a wonderful bunch of talented folk! Well done Damien and thankyou!
Damien Mason:
It’s a well deserved inclusion Mike.
Paul McClintock
I bought the softcover one, just cuz it’s about half the price. Hopefully other people will get the hardcover and we can inundate our journals with photos of them all.
o0OdemocrazyO0o
woo bought one… hard cover…
three cheers (maybe chairs even) for Damien and the judges… (i am so biassed tho)
Damien Mason:
Your special thanks should go to Mimi ;)
matthewdunnart
It looks fantastic. I’m very excited to have my work printed alongside so many great artists. Congrats to everyone involved.
Damien Mason:
Big congrats to you too Matthew, your illustration is awesome
Simon Sherry
Thanks again for being included in this crazily-talented-showcase-of-illustrative-wonder! Looks like one helluva book.
Damien Mason:
I concur!
Katie Young
Yay… cant wait!
Damien Mason:
Yep, me too. I really hope it all looks good :S
theyellowfury
Can I be in the next one?
Damien Mason:
Hey theyellowfury.. I reckon if we do another it’ll be in the same way as we did this one, namely run a challenge and have a panel pick from the challenge entries.. so for sure, you can try for the next one. You might like to join the International Superheroes group though, so you know when it’s on.
Anita Inverarity
Yaaaaaaaaaaaaay :)))))) I got the soft cover coz I’m a bit strapped but I’ll go promote the hell out of it :))) xx
Damien Mason:
Sounds great Anita! Tell the world :) The promo code runs out in under 3 hours now, so I hope they get in quickly ;)
Rosemary Scott
Oh WOW!!! This looks awesome. You’ve done such a great job of it, & what a great idea!!
Well done Damian & all involved :))
Damien Mason:
Thanks Rosemary (it’s Damien btw). It’s been a great way to recognise the talent in the group, and there is certainly a lot of that.
Katie Young
im sure it will, some talent in here ;)
Rosemary Scott
my apologies Damien….
Matt Mawson
the preview looks wonderful … I’m flattered to be included
Pip Gerard
I think the link is wrong to picture is worth a thousand words by small world?
Damien Mason:
I took the link out because small world removed the artwork
littlearty
Really great collection of work. Well done!
Pip Gerard
ohh.. I see. Thanks Damien.. was just a little confused.
Lynsye Medalia
It looks fantastic guys! Congrats to all of the awesome artists that made it into the book!
Sarah ORourke
Wow looks awesome & such a great line-up!!! Congratulations indeed to everyone involved!!!
Xxx
peter
Terrific effort everyone!
Elucidate
whoop-whoop!
Sybille Sterk
The book is looking great! Has someone received one yet? What’s the quality/service like?
Damien Mason:
I’m pretty sure Jo and I ordered the first two copies, mine was shipped last week but can take up to three weeks to be delivered. Rest assured when it does arrive I’ll post a journal item with lots of photos :)
incidentally, the sales on the site only update when a book has been manufactured (not when the sale is placed) but so far it’s shown 17 books sold in the first two days. Well done everybody, although now I’m really feeling the pressure and hoping it all looks okay.