Art book finished

Petar Meseldžija

Friday, June 28th, 2013

                                                                   By Petar Meseldzija

 
It has been a long and
exhausting journey, but my first art book The
Art of Petar Meseldzija has finally been wrapped up and sent off to the
printer. The release date is scheduled for August 20th.

For the last 6 months
I have been working very hard to put the book together, and I must say that I
would never achieve my objectives without help I received from a few people who
kindly offered their assistance and expertise. First off all, Dragan Bibin who
helped me design the most important features of the book; Dragan Polovina who helped
me finish the digital maquette of the book; Rian Gemei from Dark Dragon Books who
did the actual job of wrapping up the book; my lithographer Marcel Salome from
Re-Art who skillfully reworked all the digital files and by doing so “switched
on the lights” in the paintings; and last but not least, Greg Manchess who very
generously agreed to write the introduction, a very insightful and a wonderful
one, which, to be honest, still makes me blush when I read it.

But of course, all
this wouldn’t be possible without Amin Gemei, the publisher, who said “yes”
when I asked him if he would be willing to publish my art book.

This hardcover, 160
pages book, with the text in English, will be first presented in August at the comic
convention in Valkenswaard, the Netherlands. In September, I will be presenting
it at the IlluxCon show in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

In case you want to
know more about the book, here are a few links:

Dark Dragon Books

Facebook – The Art of Petar Meseldzija

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16 Comments

  3. Careless
    Careless on June 28, 2013 at 1:27 pm

    This is beautiful! Is there anywhere I can pre-order this in the US that is of more benefit to you, the artist or is the Dark Dragon site my best bet?

  4. bill
    bill on June 28, 2013 at 2:17 pm

    Incredible. I know I how hard this is to do. Looking forward to holding it.. Congratulations!

  5. j.p.
    j.p. on June 28, 2013 at 3:38 pm

    Congratulations Petar! I'll reserve a place for this next to Steel Bashaw on my bookshelf. I've actually been planning a trip to the Netherlands late this summer, so I might be able to swing by the convention and buy a copy.

  6. Jared Shear
    Jared Shear on June 28, 2013 at 3:55 pm

    Looks amazing Petar!….can't wait to get a copy!

  7. Dirk Steele
    Dirk Steele on June 28, 2013 at 4:25 pm

    This looks awesome, I love that you've included your pencil sketches too as I think it's really exciting seeing how a piece comes into being. Congratulations!

  8. Petar Meseldžija
    Petar Meseldžija on June 28, 2013 at 5:48 pm

    As far as I know, it is still not possible to pre-order this book in the US. Just email the publisher and they will help you rian@darkdragonbooks.com
    I think, for the time being, this is the only option to pre-order the book.

  12. Petar Meseldžija
    Petar Meseldžija on June 28, 2013 at 6:00 pm

    Dirk – There are about 70 drawings in this book, most of them are preliminary drawings 🙂

  13. serge birault
    serge birault on June 29, 2013 at 1:41 am

    Congratz Petar. It looks amazing !

  15. Duranial
    Duranial on July 4, 2013 at 10:34 am

    I”ll buy it sooner or later, wish I could buy it from amazon in my country, but I'll order through email if I Have to because the art of Petar it's impressive. (i showed it to one of my art teachers and he want to buy it too!)

  16. Petar Meseldžija
    Petar Meseldžija on July 6, 2013 at 9:08 pm

    Duranial, you will be able to find more info on how to purchase the book on The Art of Petar Meseldzija Facebook page once the book is published. Thanks!