EXPOSÉ Limited Edition, Page Layouts, and Making Of

[MarkSnoswell]

One thing more -- those images of the Limited Eddition are some renders I did yesterday... they are very close to what the actual book will look like based on samples from the binder -- but we can't guatantee they will be *exactly* the same.

[paintbox]

Jaw-dropping excellence ! This book will be THE cg-art book :thumbsup:

[Sandpiper]

For those who were fortunate enough to make it in the book, is there still a bulk e-mail in the works about how to order the discounted rate on the limited edition?

[bentllama]

once again, great job guys.

[Meaty]

Originally posted by Mark.Snoswell
One thing more -- those images of the Limited Eddition are some renders I did yesterday... they are very close to what the actual book will look like based on samples from the binder -- but we can't guatantee they will be *exactly* the same.

those are renders? wow, you should put your renders of Expose in Expose :cool:

[MarkSnoswell]

Originally posted by Sandpiper
For those who were fortunate enough to make it in the book, is there still a bulk e-mail in the works about how to order the discounted rate on the limited edition?

Yes, it went out an hour ago. If you haven't received it, email helen@ballisticpublishing.com.

[MarkSnoswell]

Originally posted by Meaty
those are renders? wow, you should put your renders of Expose in Expose :cool:

You want to see the full rez ones?

[proton]

THis is going to be my favorite book in my collection!

[spm]

hand bound? 999 copies? nowadays? dont think so :)

[ceql]

Wow, Awesome!! :bounce: :bounce: :applause:

[MarkSnoswell]

Originally posted by spm
hand bound? 999 copies? nowadays? dont think so :)

It *really* is hand bound -- you can't automate that sort of binding. The binder gave us the OK to go down and video him at work. We are planning to make a web + video documentary come educational piece on the making of the book... when we get a chance.

[Garma]

Does "exposé 1" mean that you guys are already working on an "exposé 2"? would be :thumbsup:

I`m gonna be proud of having this one. Great work.

[iNFERNiS]

first of all, it looks awesome! :thumbsup:

but how about payment methods? Is it credit card only? I don't have a credit card :shrug:

[Mentat7]

Wow that is beautfiful! I preorderd my special edition copy last week. Haven't heard anything back on that yet, they are supposed to get in contact with us regarding credit card purchases, but hopefully they received it. Can't wait to get it in my greedy little hands.:bounce:

[Leonard]

Originally posted by Mentat7
Wow that is beautfiful! I preorderd my special edition copy last week. Haven't heard anything back on that yet, they are supposed to get in contact with us regarding credit card purchases, but hopefully they received it. Can't wait to get it in my greedy little hands.:bounce:

Hey Mentat I sent the emails out 20 mins ago. Did you get it?

Leo

[Sandpiper]

Originally posted by Mark.Snoswell
Yes, it went out an hour ago. If you haven't received it, email helen@ballisticpublishing.com.

Ah, ok. Just call me Mr. Impatient! :)

Great layouts btw...I'm really excited about this book!

[BBicknell]

Great!!!
Hey, some of the guys in the EXPOSÉ entered our competition at voidstudios.net - We will order few copies.

[BnE]

hi! Exposé must be incredible! i'm from France, and i'd like to know if i can order the book without any problem. In the page for the billing/shipping adress, ect... there is the state field that i HAVE to fill, but in France there are no states at all... we have something called regions but no states like in US. Laws are the same everywhere in France, so should I consider my region like a state and fill the state field with my region name? and yes, what is the shipping delay? since i just have the money for Exposé, i don't want to take any risk... i hope somebody can help me...
thanx! :)

[Scilynt]

I got the email, and just now paid for it. :)


I have to say seeing the "render" of the limited is just jaw dropping, really a work of art and perfect to present the work inside!

In fact, I was curious about shipping...because I am sure I will be silly and won't want to mess up my limited edition I was thinking about also ordering a paper-back version as well which I will use to thumb through while keeping my limited all nice and pretty heh. So, if I also order a paper-back would they be shipped together for a bit cheaper or will they be shipped seperate with full shipping. Sorry for the question, I am not cheap, just waaay over my budget already and every dollar counts lol :rolleyes:.

Not sure if it's too early for an official "Congrats" on getting this thing put together so fast and still be at the quality it will be at, but who cares. Again, it is just completely beautiful.

[Leonard]

Originally posted by BnE
hi! Exposé must be incredible! i'm from France, and i'd like to know if i can order the book without any problem. In the page for the billing/shipping adress, ect... there is the state field that i HAVE to fill, but in France there are no states at all... we have something called regions but no states like in US. Laws are the same everywhere in France, so should I consider my region like a state and fill the state field with my region name? and yes, what is the shipping delay? since i just have the money for Exposé, i don't want to take any risk... i hope somebody can help me...
thanx! :)

Hey man. Just put a "-" in the state if it's blank. We make sure it's required so that there are no problems in the other areas of the world where state is an absolute requirement (e.g. US)

Leonard

[proton]

I just ordered my copies !:bounce:

[Seven]

Totally fantastic!!!!

Ive got a question.. i have pre ordered the hard back version, is there still time to change that order to the leather special edition one?

The web site says yes there is.. never mind :)

Sev

[BnE]

thanx Leonard!!!!

[MarkSnoswell]

full rez renders of the Limited Edition book are now at

http://www.cgtalk.com/cgtalk_happenings/expose_limited_edition.jpg

quite apart from needing to show very accurately what the book would look like I had great fun whipping up these from scratch, no scanned textures or anything (scanning black leather isn't really a viable option) -- less than a days work and all done in 3ds max with no extra plugins or renderers.

[CGmonkey]

:bowdown:

This is breathtaking.. I can't wait until I recieve my copy. DAMN! :)

Damn I haven't recieved any mail about my order *sniff sniff*

[KingMob]

damn I wish I could afoord one of those... Looks really great guys,

congrats to everyone who got in, and everyone who busted a hump getting it done, I am sure it wasnn't easy.

Out of curiosity any chance stores like barnes and noble might carry these? maybe I can hide one till I get a job :beer:

awesome stuff :D

[Roasturkey]

placed my order!! :beer:

[MarkSnoswell]

Originally posted by Scilynt
I got the email, and just now paid for it. :)
<snip> In fact, I was curious about shipping...because I am sure I will be silly and won't want to mess up my limited edition I was thinking about also ordering a paper-back version as well which I will use to thumb through while keeping my limited all nice and pretty heh. So, if I also order a paper-back would they be shipped together for a bit cheaper or will they be shipped seperate with full shipping. <snip>

Not sure if it's too early for an official "Congrats" on getting this thing put together so fast and still be at the quality it will be at, but who cares. Again, it is just completely beautiful.

We already have some fantastic shipping rates from FedEx ... we are trying to get them even lower but to reach a point where a single order gets a better rate we need to ship 40Kg of stuff to the one address! -- so orders of a few books will go together, but we all have to pay the same per Kg shipping rates of A$20 per book -- each book weighs about 1Kg.

Thanks for all the compiment -- very much apreciated by everyone who worked on getting the book together.

[pica$$0]

So those in the US how much did you end up paying for this book? It says it's in AUD. Also what advantage do you get to pre order?

[Joviex]

Does the Number following the order info I.E. Limited Edition 52 on mine, mean I get #52 ??

I think it would be excellent to get the original artists to sign some of the artwork, that would make a truely amazing collectable.

[MarkSnoswell]

Originally posted by pica$$0
So those in the US how much did you end up paying for this book? It says it's in AUD. Also what advantage do you get to pre order?

This instant AUD 99 works out to about USD 67 or Euro 57 and GBP 37


Why order now? -- the reason is that had such a strong early reservation for the Limited Eddition that we know the whole run will sell out way before it ever gets of the press. ... and with the hand binding it will take 4 weeks from start to finish just to bind them. So people who get in first will get their books first. If you wait to long you will miss out altogether.

The softcover and harcover edditions wont run out -- and so there isn't the same urgency to get the order page for those up just now -- soon.

[urgaffel]

Aw yeah, I gots me number 16 :D Great looking book guys, really looking forward to holding it my hands. ETA 1-2 months?

[Leonard]

Originally posted by amorano
Does the Number following the order info I.E. Limited Edition 52 on mine, mean I get #52 ??

I think it would be excellent to get the original artists to sign some of the artwork, that would make a truely amazing collectable.

No that's not the number. That's the order ID so that we can track everything. The actualy numbers will go sequentially from the first order to the last.

Leo

[Onno]

One heading for The Netherlands! :)

This limited edition has got me :drool:'ing all over my keyboard.

Awesome stuff guys, makes me want to work even harder and try to get into Expose 2!

:thumbsup:

[Joviex]

Originally posted by Leonard
No that's not the number. That's the order ID so that we can track everything. The actualy numbers will go sequentially from the first order to the last.

Leo

Ok, kool. How much extra to pay the guy who sorts the orders, preferably with mine on the top ? :scream:

[beaker]

Sorry if these questions have allready been asked in a previous thread. Are you guys looking at selling this through any national booksellers like Amazon or Barns and Nobel? Also, are you guys going to make this book like Spectrum where it is only printed for a year untill the next edition comes out and then its gone(untill the current stock is gone). I know spectrum #1-#5 go for like $150-300 USD.

[Leonard]

Originally posted by beaker
Sorry if these questions have allready been asked in a previous thread. Are you guys looking at selling this through any national booksellers like Amazon or Barns and Nobel? Also, are you guys going to make this book like Spectrum where it is only printed for a year untill the next edition comes out and then its gone(untill the current stock is gone). I know spectrum #1-#5 go for like $150-300 USD.

Deke where you been man??? :)

We're not going to sell this first book through Amazon as they demand a straight 55% cut and will slash the book price by 25% to undercut everyone else on the net. This means that for us to recover our costs from production, we have to raise the RRP to over double what it is now.

Secondly, this is going to be an annual book. Hence, the title is EXPOSÉ 1.

Cheers

L.

[cgwolf]

Fantastic. My favorite as well

[onlooker]

Originally posted by Mark.Snoswell

The softcover and harcover edditions wont run out -- and so there isn't the same urgency to get the order page for those up just now -- soon.

I didn't pre-order the Special Edition Animal Skin version, I went for the hard cover. I am curious as to how long until the regular hardcover order/payment page is going up? Like: Day's, Week's, Month's? Any clues, or hints? :)

[Leonard]

Originally posted by onlooker
I didn't pre-order the Special Edition Animal Skin version, I went for the hard cover. I am curious as to how long until the regular hardcover order/payment page is going up? Like: Day's, Week's, Month's? Any clues, or hints? :)

A couple of weeks at most. We're working out the kinks right now and developing the site. The Limited Edition has to go out first cuz well....it's too damn cool!

Leo

[dmeyer]

order complete! muahahah :twisted:

[Eudaimic]

I can't access the link beneath the images of the book :(

I was wondering what the price was gonna be?

[Vandal]

If I order right now, June 18th 2pm Eastern.. approx how long will it take before it's shipped out and on my door step?

[Leonard]

Originally posted by Vandal
If I order right now, June 18th 2pm Eastern.. approx how long will it take before it's shipped out and on my door step?

In late July. The books roll off the press on 23rd July and go to the binders to have the covers put on. Then they will be shipped out sequentially - those who order first get their books first.

Leo

[Rye]

Originally posted by Eudaimic
I can't access the link beneath the images of the book :(

I was wondering what the price was gonna be?

If you go to http://www.ballisticpublishing.com and then click on the link for preordering, that should work for ya. :)

[show]

I cant remember what was said in one of the other threads about this but i remember the ltd editions would be numbered and would be sent in order of .... final purchase or reservation ?

Doesnt matter much but im slightly curious :P

[Julez4001]

I got a creditcard failure (and I have money in the account so thats not it) when I tred to pay for my pre-order leatherbound edition and I am guessing if you havn't recieve an email about your entry then you didn't get in the book.

[TuLe]

Beautiful... Just marvelous this release!
I've been watching the entries and i know i just have to have this book...!
I asked my brother since i don't have an international credit card, and maybe he'll give ne a hand on purchasing this item...

Awesome release... Congrats for eveyone involved in the production of this incredible book!

[tyio]

It that possible to see hig res render in the front page ? Or i have to buy the book ? But it seems to be an record of all render or that something else ? (sorry for the question but i don't know the aim of the book)

[Matt-Clark]

The whole thing is looking great!

I suddenly feel very lazy... scanning through the proof sheets I reckon I'm the only guy to exhibit untextured models!.... :shrug:

I'll have to knock out something a bit more special for Expose 2 :D

[westmeadow]

this limited edition looks great, good job! uummmm... so it will basically cost around 47GBP inc p&p?

Edit: Just found the soft and hardback prices(soft: £22 and hard: £28 for all those like me and forget to look for them) ;)

Assie

[Laa-Yosh]

Originally posted by Matt Clark
The whole thing is looking great!

I suddenly feel very lazy... scanning through the proof sheets I reckon I'm the only guy to exhibit untextured models!.... :shrug:

I'll have to knock out something a bit more special for Expose 2 :D

Bah, you at least have something in Exposé... I've got nothing - yet :) But now there's a nice big goal to work for. Late night vertex pushing, prepare for me! :))))

[Mentat7]

Woot!! Just paid for mine! I think this is going to give a a fresh perspective on things as far as inspiration goes :buttrock: Also since this is going to be an annual thing I now have something to work towards...didn't have anything of quality that could go into number 1. Woo hoo...Xmas is coming early!

[katon]

yippeee i just ordered mine, this is awesome, some very inspirational stuf to open up when we need a boost, also like every one said it is something for us cg artist to work towards now every year. this rocks:buttrock:

[ambassador]

when/where do we pay for the pre-ordered ones, that we pre ordered about a month ago? the softcovers:shrug:

[bigB]

I got a problem (I know it has been asked it already but I couldn't find the answer)

what if I don't have a credit card??......any other paying method?

[PaxtonGerrish]

-QUOTE- (Making of Expose Web-Page') : :The actual selection and layout of the images is as much a skilled art as the creation of the images themselves.

http://www.ballisticpublishing.com/quality.html

no offence, im sure your layout skills are really good.. :rolleyes:
but somehow I doubt it took as much time, patience or artistic ability as a single one of these amazing artists images..


was that comment not ment to be taken literally..??? :hmm:

also.... I think the artists should get a slice of my 65 bucks:thumbsup:

[PaxtonGerrish]

maybe i read it wrong.
not meaning to offend anyone:D

[PaxtonGerrish]

I was also wondering the same thng as Big B...
can we still get a copy if we dont have a credit card?

[iNFERNiS]

I hope so :cry:

[Netrab]

saw it,
already love it ,
ordered it,

Can't wait for it to arrive here in Holland.

[relativity]

Just ordered it :)

[moovieboy]

:bounce: :bounce: Could not resist it any longer!:bounce: :bounce:

Ya just HAD to show it in leather, huh? I figured, "what the hell, this place has given me so much, why not get the 'super-combo-meal-deluxe' version?" :D

Now, can I get a bucket to contain my drool until it ships? Do we have an ETA on when the leather boys get put onto the planes??? Huh, huh? :p

-Tom

[Vandal]

Originally posted by Leonard
In late July. The books roll off the press on 23rd July and go to the binders to have the covers put on. Then they will be shipped out sequentially - those who order first get their books first.

Leo

[MarkSnoswell]

Uh ... back after a very short nap ;)

OK... it looks like most people are working things out -- thanks to everyone who has been jumping in and answering questions and for all the great compliments :bounce:

I'm going to be a bit quiet for a day as we have a huge task of doing the very final check of the whole book and every image in it before it goes to pre-press tomorrow.

For now though, here are some answers to common questions:


Question: "How do I get it if I don't have a credit card?"

Answer: Find a friend, relative, co-worker or anyone with a credit card who can order it for you.


Question: "Will it be available from normal book distributors and resellers"

Answer: Yes and no. Yes, we already have a number of book store and other reseller enquiries and it will be available from resellers. No. it wont be available from the big book distributors because we would have to almost double the price to put it through them and cover all the production costs at the moment. We do want our books to be available through the big book distributors in the future -- but that's probably going to have to be special production runs of just the softcover edition to a lower standard -- the same content but without the same print process and finishing ... well that's a possibility .


Question: "When will the Softcover and Hard Cover order pages go up"

Answer: As soon as we can. Right now the main delay is getting exact shipping costs for everywhere in the world. We decided to just go for it on the Limited Edition and just eat any losses on shipping to some countries and just set a flat shipping rate. But,
particularly for the cheapest issue - the Softcover - we want exact shipping costs to everywhere in the world. We also want the exact bulk shipping costs. FedEx and UPS are both bidding to get our business and we have pretty good idea of shipping costs to North America and Europe for single units.


Question: " I can't complete my transaction to buy the book"

Answer: argggrrr... it appears to be the banks fault -- so don't panic. It's not you or your credit card. It's either the banks server or some connection into it that seems to not be keeping up when it gets multiple transaction requests at the same time. Needless to say we are less than impressed and will be hassling the bank to fix things pretty quickly -- As soon as we can we want to move to doing all banking in US currency as it's about the closest thing to a global standard. But we can't do that quickly -- trying to get a bank to set up a foreign company account set up with on line trading is not fast or fun.

[vrf]

Wahoo! I just ordered the special ed leather version. Question: My order seemed to go through fine, so am I guaranteed a copy of the book? I know that some online stores don't have running tallies of their current inventory, so an order can be processed without a product in stock to send. Did I get one of the 999 copies?

Thanks.

Vance

[Rubberduckie]

:drool: mmm...i gotta get me one o' these...mmm the colors...

[ajouvenat]

I am going to purchase mine in about a week. I am still in shock about how low the price is for a leather bound copy of this wonderful book filled with excellent artwork. Congrats to those that made it in this year, and to those who didn't don't give up, strive to become better.

-Aaron

[SuperMax]

Any Chance of giving away a free prize copy of Expose to a member of Cgtalk?

Say for e.g you can win yourself a Copy in one of the Current challenge or make a completely new challenge to win yourself a free copy of Expose`?


*Hint Hint*
*Wink Wink*
*Nudge Nudge*
*Kiss Kiss* ;)

:applause:

The book looks absolutely beautiful

[BoulYaBase]

Argh. :annoyed:

I went to the site and 'reserved' a Limited Edition copy back when you first starting accepting them. To date, though, I've received no e-mails about the release.

By sheer luck, I happened to check the forums tonight, and saw this thread. Good thing, too -- it looks like the copies are going fast.

Went to the site and tried to order, and sure enough, the transaction was refused. Three times.

I've sent an e-mail to info@ballisticpublishing.com as per the instructions on the 'payment failure' page, but geez... :hmm:

[Leonard]

No wait a minute. I sent out an email to everyone who reserved a copy (limited edition only) 14 hours ago. You sure you reserved a limited edition and not any other edition?

Leo

Originally posted by BoulYaBase
Argh. :annoyed:

I went to the site and 'reserved' a Limited Edition copy back when you first starting accepting them. To date, though, I've received no e-mails about the release.

By sheer luck, I happened to check the forums tonight, and saw this thread. Good thing, too -- it looks like the copies are going fast.

Went to the site and tried to order, and sure enough, the transaction was refused. Three times.

I've sent an e-mail to info@ballisticpublishing.com as per the instructions on the 'payment failure' page, but geez... :hmm:

[eli0806]

Cant wait to get a copy of the book!

I dont have a credit card, but I live in the Adelaide area and was wondering if it is possible to reserve a copy of the leather bound edition and drop by and pay with cash?

Thanks,
Eli

[sasquatch]

Yay! Just ordered a copy for the folks who are, at present, welling up with relief that their son didn't waste his formative years doodling and arsing about on computers after all.

The layouts for the book look ace; it's nice that it's hand-bound too, although I pity the poor bookbinder. D'you think he or she could still work with the stumps left after their fingers have dropped off? ;)

[Aaron Moore]

Ok... originally i figured it would be just a book i'd eventually pickup from amazon. But i must admit, once I saw the render of the book cover, i just couldn't let that pass me by!


I figure if I don't eat for a week i could afford this book :P

Anyhow, great job, and I definatly look forward to getting the book.

BTW all the people in the US... its $80 not $120 US!!! 80 includes shipping!!! great deal!!!

BTW is there any way i could get book number '007' or anything else specific... I actually care... funny me

Anyhow, thanks guys and hope this helps to keep cg network alive

-Aaron Oki Moore

[BoulYaBase]

Originally posted by Leonard
No wait a minute. I sent out an email to everyone who reserved a copy (limited edition only) 14 hours ago. You sure you reserved a limited edition and not any other edition?

Leo


I've got good news and bad news for you, Leo...

The good news is, I somehow managed to NOT stick the reservation message in the Trash. I've pasted the relevant portion below.

The bad news is, your e-mail from 14+ hours ago may not have made it to other people as well.


---------------------
Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2003 21:43:36 +0000
From: Ballistic Publishing <info@ballisticpublishing.com>
Subject: =?UNKNOWN?Q?EXPOS=C9_-?= Copies Reserved for Michael Morrison
To: mike@singleflame.com

Dear Michael Morrison,
Thank you for reserving a copy of EXPOSÉ. Reserving your copy ensures that you will be able to get the book first, as print quantities will be limited of this first volume.
Online credit card pre-orders will be available in June 2003. You will be contacted personally for payment and confirmation of shipping details shortly.
The following details were submitted:
Edition: limited
Name: Michael Morrison
Email: mike@singleflame.com

[snip]

Quantity: 1
Newsletter: 1
If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact us by replying to this email.
Yours sincerely,
Ballistic Publishing
http://www.ballisticpublishing.com
---------------------

[BiTMAP]

wow, your printing process is... unique? lol :D good work, i want to get me a special edition but i don't know how possible it is, whats the price in canadian?? Anyways its also really really good to hear that Ballistic will be funding CGtalk.com and other sites... great commitment and definatly cuases you to stand apart, you guys are really working the right way, instead of starting a publishing company and waiting for people to need you, you started one and set your self apart right away, whats next? you going to start hiring Cgtalkers to do graphic design and digital media for you? :D (i hope so! lol).

welp God's Blessing on ya all!

[cooldev]

Wow, this looks great! I've ordered and I'm looking forward to getting mine. :drool:

Only one itty bitty aside - hardly worth mentioning but something to keep in mind for future editions: I wish that the cover image with the little girl was different. I appreciate the art, and it's a fine picture worthy of the book, but this is a book people will want to leave out on the coffee table and some people might look at that image and take it the wrong way... :hmm:

Anyway, I wish you guys huge success with this!

[Sliv]

For such talented people some of your sure seem lazy! :wip:

Send for currency convertion questions to XE: http://www.xe.com/ucc/

I'll be ordering my special edition as soon as my CC slave, ergh.. friend shows up :p

[LoTekK]

Well, after agonizing for the better part of a day over the US$80 that I'd have to shell out for the book, I finally made the leap of faith and ordered it. :) I can't wait to get this beauty in my grubby little hands. :p

[Nebelis]

Pre-Ordered one to Israel...
Now, Im waiting.

[Equinoxx]

Leonard, Mark, and anyone else involved, GREAT work.
it looks excellent. it looks so good in fact that i just ordered my copy :)

[Vash T Stampede]

damn i dont have the money !

[colkai]

Just ordered my limited edition.
Says there are 671 left at present, so I guess I'm around No. 330

Will have to cut back on spending for a month or two, but Damn! - Just a 'gotta have' book. :drool:

Maybe one day, I'll get good enough to apply some work without making everyone fall off their chairs laughing ;) :p

[blasphemy3_d]

Hi. I have a doubt

I have recibed this "You do not need to order a copy of the Limited Edition, unless you want
extra copies."

Must I preorder a special edition or not? I only recibed a mail and I don´t know if order or not.


Thanks!

[Leonard]

Juan,

You got in the book - there are artist copies that are already reserved for people who got in the book at a heavily discounted price.

Only if you want extra copies of the Limited Edition, then you have to purchase it.

Leo

Originally posted by blasphemy3_d
Hi. I have a doubt

I have recibed this "You do not need to order a copy of the Limited Edition, unless you want
extra copies."

Must I preorder a special edition or not? I only recibed a mail and I don´t know if order or not.


Thanks!

[danylyon]

Originally posted by blasphemy3_d
Hi. I have a doubt

I have recibed this "You do not need to order a copy of the Limited Edition, unless you want
extra copies."

Must I preorder a special edition or not? I only recibed a mail and I don´t know if order or not.


Thanks!

We get the "uber special limited artists edition". :applause:

I can't wait for this.. it looks soo amazing.

And guys.. seriously.. GET IT! I have the feeling the price is under it's value! (In switzerland you pay about this much for a softcover edition of an artbook!)

[MarkSnoswell]

Originally posted by danylyon
We get the "uber special limited artists edition". :applause:

I can't wait for this.. it looks soo amazing.

And guys.. seriously.. GET IT! I have the feeling the price is under it's value! (In switzerland you pay about this much for a softcover edition of an artbook!)


Yea -- to be honest we messed up a little on the price for the Limited Edition -- it should have been way more expensive ... but then we thought, what the heck, as long as we don't actually loose money it gives us a nice fuzzy warm feeling to provide something of this quality at this price for this very first edition ever of EXPOSÉ. ... that's one of the reasons that we have to sell it directly and we cant adsorb the shipping costs.

Oh, and another thing ... Numbers 1 - 10 are reserved. We are getting special presentation boxes made for these and they will be auctioned as soon as the Limited Edition series sells out.
We expect that the bidding will be fierce and that this will establish a value for the books that is way above the regular selling price -- so by the time people get their Limited Edition books they will already have a market value way over what you paid for them ! ... not that we expect anyone will re-sell them for profit, but it's nice to know you own something that has appreciated in value so fast!

[Psybah]

woohoo!! ordered limited ed. Expose. I look forward to seeing all the great work and effort put behind this project.

[Bruzundanga]

Just can't wait for the artist-limited edition order page....

But I'm wondering if I still can do a bulk order including this artist version so as to get the shipping discount for me and friends.

Ahh, you made an artist version to every person who entered exposé or do I have to order mine as quick as I can to get it?

btw,
by any chance, is there a way to know how many artists from Brazil entered the book? By this time we have 4 known artists in there, but we would be glad to meet more "neighboors", hehe :beer:

[RezaMisaghi]

Can I get a copy in iran ??
Or there is something ............................

Reza M.

[TVeyes]

Ordered mine as soon as I saw the e-mail:) Although I probably have many of the pics lying on the harddrive already, nothing beats sitting on the can with a leather bound book in your hands;) And if an emergency strikes I could use the pages for......NO, strike that last remark, I'd rather use my underpants:)

Everything seems great about this initiative, the price, the printing quality, the money going back into CGtalk:thumbsup: I only hope I can persuade my buddies to also buy a copy. Thanks alot for making this book possible:thumbsup:

[skritter]

First off great book guys, I've seen the number of books sold jump 29 scince I been at the computer. One of them to me.

How about making it that thoughs of us who order the special edition for Expose 1 - :buttrock: get the first option to order the special edition for Expose 2 :bounce: (assuming you have a special editon for Expose 2)

[vuka]

:applause:

Ordered the Limited Edition today!

You don´t get that quality cg-books (the quality of the artwork in the book and the book itself, mmhhh.... black leather:drool: ) plublished here in Germany.

Thanks alot to the guys downunder!:beer: :thumbsup:

[MarkSnoswell]

Originally posted by skritter
First off great book guys, I've seen the number of books sold jump 29 scince I been at the computer. One of them to me.

<snip> (assuming you have a special editon for Expose 2)

everythings going Ballistic :bounce: ... and you can betcha sweet ass that ther's gonna be Limited Edition for EXPOSÉ 2

Seriously though -- we have been staggered by just how well everything is going. Your'e all part of of a history making event here :thumbsup:

gota get back to it now ... 2:30 AM and I'm still going flat out like a lizard drinking to finish of final colour balance before we go to pre-press... and we have the Grand Master award pages done now -- that's still a big secret that we have not announced yet -- it's what the blank spreads on the page layouts were for.

[bigB]

:thumbsup: Yes, A copie is coming to my adress...:)
haha happely my dad got a credit card...but I am afraid I have to pay it back to him..:(


:buttrock:

[carlnzlton]

Hi
I just heard about this book and i MUST get one !
but as ordering there is a problem with the payment, he doesn t want to aknowledge my credit card (VISA) and so i can t pay and so i can t get my book
if you could help me plz
i already sent two mails one to info@ballisticpublishing.com & the other one to mark@ballisticpublishing.com but i hadn t any response yet and i m afraid there is no one left for me :(((
If somebody can help me with this i would be thankful for the rest of my days.
Cya
CaRL

[moovieboy]

:eek:Zoinks! I can't believe over half of them are gone already!!! This is incredible!:eek:

Congrats to all you CGTalkers responsible for such a staggeringly great accomplishment! :thumbsup:


I absolutely must find time to enter something for Expose 2!

This is just so freaking amazing... I keep imagining the feel of the pages, the smell of the hand-bound cover.

Yep, I'm a freak, but I know I'm not the only one! :p

-Tom

[carlnzlton]

ok great
i was the 642nd to order the book and because a problem of the system i can t get it... too bad :( i have tried two credit cards with funds and everything ok, but didn t want to :scream:
god didn t want me to have this book approaching from the perfection.
Regards
Anton

[Leonard]

Hi all,

The artist edition of EXPOSÉ for artists who got in the book is ready for ordering and all artists have been notified by email on the secure webpage - if you did not receive this email, please email me immediately. leonard@ballisticpublishing.com

Thanks

Leo

[Matty]

Just ordered my limited edition copy.

And will probably order the hardback version next month so I can keep my limited edition in good condition.

[ambassador]

hehe, order _1234:thumbsup: thats my name in pager code

[MarkSnoswell]

Just so people know --

The order number is the agregate order number from our system. Lots of people who ordered the Limited Eddition thought the order number was the number of the Limited Eddition seris -- it's not.

There are still a couple of hundred Limted Eddition books left -- but you want to tell your friends to get in quick as they will probably sell out before the end of the week.

There are plenty (for now) of Soft and Hard cover books.

[Milho]

I ordered one some days ago (the web counter was around 700)....actually a friend ordered it to my address, because I don't own a credit card....I wonder if he got an email allready....

:wip:

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