Massive Black: Volume 1 -- Our art book is DONE! pre-order sneak peak within

**TAD Admissions: Scott Richeson** · December 22nd, 2008, 05:47 PM

Hey everybody, This is Scott associate producer for Massive Black. I have received your emails and there have been a TON. Please be patient as it will take a while to sort this out + it's the holidays and were operating on a skeleton crew (i.e me) :-)
I appreciate your patience.

Thanks,

Scott

**paperX** · December 22nd, 2008, 07:04 PM

Hi scott, just a few stupid questions if you don't mind:

1. How much would international shipping cost for the limited edition? (New Zealand)

2. Ballistic usually publishes their books in hardcover and softcover formats, and then theres a "Limited Edition - for the serious art collecter" version which is bound in black leather with gold metallic embossing and all that jazz. I'm not sure if this is the case for the MB book but, I'm guessing this CA limited edition be just the hardcover version?

3. Final question will be the most stupid (sorry!), where it says "Get your original art grab bag here." does that mean theres an actual "bag" that comes with it, or is it just a figure of speech?

Thanks for your hardwork, hope you guys have a great christmas

**neuroballistic** · December 22nd, 2008, 10:59 PM

mine, miNE, MINE!

**Jason Manley** · December 22nd, 2008, 11:44 PM

grab bag is a figure of speech

the book, as said, is a hard cover slip style

cgsociety/ballistic runs their own promotions, you are right. this here dealeo is only available through conceptart.org.

no clue on intl. shipping. Scott will take a look next week after the holidays.

mucho thanks everyone!

**paperX** · December 23rd, 2008, 12:32 AM

thanks Jason, merry christmas to you!

**snootchy** · December 23rd, 2008, 12:33 AM

freaking suhweet job!! to those at MB and ballistic =0

what if u got nothing better to do and hit f5 waiting for new videos to come out and dl'd everyone that came out already, and was just wondering if those downloads could be used for future upcoming vids?

either way it's a steal without the downloads, 200pages of juicyness!

**Iridyse** · December 23rd, 2008, 01:14 AM

Just mailed, can't wait!

**Heat** · December 23rd, 2008, 01:45 AM

ill buy this but im not buying andrews new dragon master stuff kthx

**Jason Manley** · December 23rd, 2008, 04:57 AM

thanks everyone...the offers are for existing downloads only. i do not think anyone has purchased every download to date. I would have to check. if they did, we can make an exception, of course.

jason

**Nike** · December 23rd, 2008, 06:03 AM

Yay!

That the limited edition will contain an original sketch is a wonderful idea!

**Wasker** · December 23rd, 2008, 07:35 AM

Sweet, I'll definitely pick up a copy.

So do you massive blackers usually work att 300+ dpi?

**Jason Manley** · December 23rd, 2008, 12:50 PM

Yep..the team works high res on just about everything. The work is created with printing in mind as much of what we do gets used for marketing materials for the projects we work on.

j

**cesmls** · December 23rd, 2008, 01:44 PM

For those of you who already have downloads & a free download from MB would be redundant:

"Donate" your download back to MB so that they can give it free to someone who doesn't have the money to afford buying a download.

I plan on doing this with one of my downloads as there is only one on the current list that I really want - unless, of course, Jason makes his year-long awaited colour video available.

Happy Holidays & Happy New Year Massive Black!

**Xeom** · December 23rd, 2008, 02:27 PM

I think ill get the signature edition.Just one silly question, where does the book get signed?

Id rather have it signed on some blank page in the back rather then the cover or over some drawing.

**Zirngibism** · December 23rd, 2008, 02:41 PM

Another question about the signature edition: How many signatures are there?
Is it the whole Massive Black team? Is it the signatures of all the people who have their work in their book?

And while I am trying to assume they're originals, I have heard of books where people get an attached sheet with printed signatures... so the confirmation might be nice.

**Jason Manley** · December 23rd, 2008, 03:14 PM

original sigs...and it is the majority of the team SF signing them. We do not have the books in Shanghai/BKK so team SF is doing the signing and artwork inside.

**OldJake666** · December 23rd, 2008, 03:30 PM

There are only 13 pages?

**Man Made God** · December 23rd, 2008, 03:54 PM

Originally Posted by Jake Kobrin

There are only 13 pages?

This guy says 200

**Jason Snair** · December 23rd, 2008, 06:09 PM

Definitey want! My birthday is at the end of January...sooo this would a be a great gift to myself.

j.

**ManaBurn** · December 24th, 2008, 04:17 PM

Originally Posted by Jake Kobrin

There are only 13 pages?

I believe Jason said it was nearly 200 pages in his introduction, the sneak peak might be just chapter layouts.

Can we get Peter's video on sculpting as a download with this?

**Jason Manley** · December 26th, 2008, 12:24 AM

why would we make a book with thirteen pages? hahaha!! That isnt much of a book...that isnt even much of a portfolio.

anyway..thanks for the support, again. we appreciate it.

**Fraz** · December 26th, 2008, 09:18 AM

Awesome, I emailed [email protected] just now for the second one, I hope I have done it correctly.
This is gonna be awesome guys, can't wait.

**Nibras** · December 26th, 2008, 11:53 AM

Fuck.....
God I need £60! I want that limited edition!
Not very sure i'll get the limited addition cuz by the time i'll have the money it'll be sold out......
Still i'll get it!
Thank you guys at MB and everyone else for this!

**petitemistress** · December 26th, 2008, 12:23 PM

oh god... i have the money... but need to pay rent... GAH!!! I'll have to inner debate my responsible self for a couple of days on that one, and hope by the time my irrational self wins, there'll still be a copy for me!

...oh fuck it. I'm ordering.

**Man Made God** · December 26th, 2008, 12:42 PM

Originally Posted by lilnebo

Fuck.....
God I need £60! I want that limited edition!
Not very sure i'll get the limited addition cuz by the time i'll have the money it'll be sold out......
Still i'll get it!
Thank you guys at MB and everyone else for this!

It's more than £60, our conversion rates have went to crap

**Peantoo** · December 26th, 2008, 03:14 PM

And here I was trying to figure out what to spend my Christmas bonus on. Now it's time to wait for the reply to make sure I sent everything in correctly.

**Zebz** · December 26th, 2008, 06:24 PM

Put my order in, Jason! Can't wait to get a reply and a copy from Scott! I've been looking forward to something like this from you guys for a long time! Thanks for sharing as always!

**Idiot Apathy** · December 26th, 2008, 07:04 PM

Ordered

**angelo cordon** · December 26th, 2008, 11:44 PM

I put my order in a few days before christmas. I know that probably nobody's at massive black right now; but how long should I wait before I should start to freak out asking myself if I ordered it right or not?