Brandon Bird’s Astonishing World of Art will be in book stores everywhere September 1st, but you can pre-order now from Amazon or Barnes and Noble and get it a little early (both listings are using the old “Amazing” title, but trust me, it’s “Astonishing”)!

Most art books only do one thing: they sit there, and you look at them. This one has cut-outs, activities, pull-out postcards, a sheet of stickers, a slick insert of painting reproductions, and a bajillion pages (well, 80 or so) for you to color. I hope you’ll like it and tell your friends!

If you’d like info on planning a signing event, or know of a cool store in your town that should carry it, shoot me an e-mail, brandonbird@gmail.com.

For some reason I never got around to scanning & posting my own piece from The JP Show. Well here it is! Bodies by Okumura, foliage inspired by Galuszka.

This is from The Art Hustle series 3, available now. There’s a bio card (shown above), an artwork card (depicting Uncanny Valley), and randomly inserted signature and sketch cards, some of which you can see after the jump.

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