self published art books

Update 16 Nov 2013

Wow! The campaign has raised $330,000 with almost 4 days left! Check it out if you haven't.

Masters of Anatomy is a one-of-a-kind anatomy book drawn by 100 animators, illustrators and comic book artists. It features work from world-class artists like Joe Madureira, J. Scott Campbell, Humberto Ramos, Francisco Herrera, Pascal Campion, Florian Satzinger, Warren Louw, Loish and many others. The result is a volume unlike anything that exists today. A must have for any aspiring artist; digital or traditional.

Support this Kickstarter at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1302528630/masters-of-anatomy

Update 19 Oct 2013:
The Masters of Anatomy Kickstarter campaign has raised over $160,000 in 7 days! That's really incredible.

Kickstarter is also now accepting PayPal.

Matt Busch is releasing his Hollywood is Dead zombie movie poster artbook on Kickstarter.

Check it out at https://kck.st/16QqchF

Campaign ends 29 Nov 2013.

Also check out the 5 Questions interview with him that was published few days ago.

Heavens + Humans is a set of 5 beautifully illustrated books, silkscreen printed and hand-bound in San Francisco by Lena Gustafson and Peter Calderwood.

The art, prints and books look great.

The Kickstarter project ends on 14 Nov 2013. Check it out at https://kck.st/16j7G17

Brick by Brick is a comic book on mastering your artistic craft. It collects essays which are drawn in comics that talk about the creative process, things like setting goals, fighting procrastination, improving, dealing with failure. The presentation format is quite similar to Scott McCloud's Understanding Comics and Zen Pencils.

This is a book targeted at artists, or just about anyone with a creative soul.

The creator is Stephen McCranie from Doodle Alley.com.

The Kickstarter project ends on 14 Nov 2013. Check it out at https://kck.st/17rCME9

British tile artist Dominic Crinson has put up his book Pattern Colour on Kickstarter.

It going to collect the best of his 1000+ tile designs and also comes with information on tile production. This should be interesting to designers into pattern art.

Check out the project at: https://kck.st/15KEV0k

It ends on 15 Nov 2013.

The Hour of Meeting Evil Spirits is a illustrated manual of Japanese monsters, ghosts and demons. The project is by Matthew Meyer and is a sequel to his successful first book.

Check out more info at https://kck.st/1aGjEVH

Found this interesting book on Kickstarter that's about third party Transformers toys and accessories. It's by Philip Reed and apparently his first book campaign was a success and this book is the sequel to that.

Check out more info at https://kck.st/18dmhNb

A shoutout for Deadlines VOL. 4: The Art of Sanford Greene that's on Kickstarter currently. It's a collaborative artbook by Sanford Greene (blog | DeviantArt) and other artists.

Check out more info at https://kck.st/1bCbbXm

A Week in Venice is the self-published sketchbook of fervent sketcher Liz Steel and Borromini Bear. It's a travelogue sketchbook about their adventures in Venice in September 2010 with candid observations.

I got mine while Liz visited Singapore in 2012

Check out all the preview pages at Blurb. The book's sold there too. It's a 118-page paperback, about A5 size.

After the success of the Kickstarter campaign for the first sketchbook, Doug TenNapel is coming up with a second sketchbook. Doug TenNapel is the creator of Earthworm Jim, Neverhood and Catscratch.

The sketchbook will have 200 pages of sketches, complete notes on story writing and pitching for TV, ARMIKROG game designs and sketches, and pages from unfinished book Hixon Bragg.

Check out the project at https://kck.st/1bCztkZ