Alia

Hey everyone,
We’d like to introduce you to an artist very near to our hearts. Greg’s wife Alia El-Bermani. She’s a painter worth taking a good look at. Her pieces are amazing, her shows are fantastic and her career is astonishing. We are huge fans. We’re adding her to our links so you can continue to follow her efforts as a painter. Enjoy!

Journeymen

Hey everybody,

For those familiar with Insomniac Games, you may of heard of the new North Carolina sister studio on the way in January ’09. Well, I’m pleased to announce Greg and I will be part of the initial crew for the new team. This is an exciting opportunity for the both of us and we couldn’t be happier to be back East all while staying part of the amazing Insomniac family.

As a result, my wife and our two manic cats will be traveling across county next week. Our pilgrimage has been in the planning for quite some time and we’re looking forward to the journey. (I don’t know if I can say the same for our feline counterparts.) Greg will be on his way in the coming months once he wraps up a few odds and ends. As far as the website, we still plan to be very active with imagery and chatter so please be sure to stop by and visit. In regards to the store, effective immediately North Carolina residents will have sales tax applied to their order. All the California kids are now off the hook!

As always, Greg and I really appreciate the support from you all…we look forward to seeing you on the other side of the country as we polish our southern drawl.

Until next time,
dave

Sketchbook for Sale!

Hey everyone,

We’ve just finished putting together a small shopping cart for our 2008 Comic-Con Sketchbook: Thoughts, Scribbles, + Madness. If you’d like to pick up a copy, simply click on the image in the sidebar to be whisked away to our digital store. For all of our waiting list customers, if we have received payment your books are being shipped today! All remaining books are now on a first come first serve basis. Thanks so much for the support!

- the creatures

Comic Con Wrap Up!

Hey everybody!

After four amazing (and exhausting days) Comic Con came to an end. We had such a wonderful time meeting everyone who came by the booth. It was a great experience for us to finally put some faces to the names we’ve seen floating around the site. We also had the opportunity to share CreatureBox for the first time with many attendees. All in all, we couldn’t be happier with the results of the show – expect to see us again next year!

Major congrats to all our winners of Sketchbook Pro 2009 along with a big THANK YOU to our friends at Autodesk that made it happen. We’re extremely excited about the future of the software and encourage you all to give it a try if you’re looking for the most natural drawing software out there.

Also, thanks for all the support with the Sketchbook! We will be sending an email out shortly with instructions on how to order the “Waiting List” copies. Afterwards, any remaining sketchbooks will be sold through the site – we’ll keep you all posted!

Again, this was a great experience for us. Now to start planning for 2009!

- the creatures

*UPDATE*
For those of you who asked to be put on the mailing list, an email has been sent out with the instructions on how to get a copy. For everyone else who may be interested, we’re closing the waiting list for the time being. When all of the “Waiting List” orders have been filled, we will try to make available whatever stock we have left through the website. Thanks again for all the support!!!

CreatureBox at Alias Design Community

Hey everyone,

Over the last year, CreatureBox has had the pleasure of working with Autodesk on the beta version of the latest release of Sketchbook. We love working with them and are excited to be a part of such a great tool’s development.

Recently, we had the opportunity to talk about some of our process and our skewed insights into this weird little world of character design. The interview is on Alias Design Community and has a few images that peek into a bit more of the “process” behind the scenes.

As an added bonus, we have been given copies of Sketchbook Pro 2009 to give away at Comic-Con! That’s right, full licensed versions of our favorite drawing app. To keep everything fair, we’re having a raffle: anyone who picks up one of our ashcans gets the chance to draw a winning ticket and become the proud owner of Autodesk Sketchbook! So come on by and test your luck. And for those who don’t get a copy, well, we’ll have a little something to console you. It’ll be ok, we promise.

We look forward to seeing you all at the show (Booth #4502), and for those of you on the waiting list, we will be letting everyone know what’s left of our stash after the convention. It’s first come first serve. Thanks again for the support!

- the creatures

Thoughts, Scribbles, + Madness

Hi everybody!

Well, San Diego Comic-Con is almost upon us and we’re pleased to say our booth plans have come together. The banners arrived over the last few days and we can’t wait to hang them. They’re about the size of a football stadium…well, maybe a little smaller. Either way, the booth will be appropriately CreatureBox’d so please be sure to stop by and say hi if you’re in the area. Look us up at #4502!

We’re also excited to have for sale our first publishing venture in the form of a 28 page limited edition sketchbook. Thoughts, Scribbles, + Madness measures about 8.5 x 5.5 and contains a wild assortment of everything CreatureBox including monsters, spacemen, and robots. But that’s not all! Included in every copy is a progressive scan DVD containing over 40 minutes of time lapse character design. Imagine the previous videos from the site but on steroids presented in razor sharp widescreen glory.

We look forward to talking with everyone at the show…let the festivities begin!

- the creatures

*UPDATE*
We’ve had some requests for a waiting list for any copies left over after the show. If you would like to be included, please use the contact form and put “Sketchbook Waiting List” next to your name in the name field. Also, be sure to use a valid email address. We’ll sell the remaining copies in the order of the contacts we receive. Thanks!

*UPDATE #2*
The price of the sketchbook (which includes the DVD) will be 15.00 dollars. For internet orders after the show, 5 dollars will be added for domestic shipping and 10 dollars will be added for international shipping. Thanks for the great response to the book!