Azarian Stories - Sleight Of Hand + Speedpaint (Patreon)

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It's time.

It's finally time.

It's been just a rumor so far, but I'm finally able to officially announce it: Azarian Stories - Sleight of Hand is getting PRINTED!

Last month, we have hit the $750 milestone and I wanted to take a moment to send a HUGE thank you to anyone who pledged so far! You guys are fantastic people, and the only way this book is getting printed, is thanks to you guys. <3

This story and series are very close to my heart, because they have been in the works for the longest time - long, long before Chakra or Africa. It's like a dream come true.

For this reason, I have huge, huge plans for this printing.

Over the following months, I will be digitally revamping all the images from the book, as well as rewriting it in better English and enriching the story a little.

See, Sleight of Hand was completed all the way back in 2014. My storytelling skills, along with my art, have evolved a lot since then.

I mean, just look at the old cover XD  https://www.deviantart.com/arven92/art/Azarian-Stories-Sleight-Of-Hand-Cover-461352010 

No, I want this project to look the absolute best it can for printing. It's going to be a ton of work, but it ill be absolutely worth it <3

And of course, you Patrons will be the first to see the new art and have the first peeks at the newly written chapters, not to mention I will be posting tons of exclusive concept art and studies for the illustrations.

And if that's not enough, when the time comes for the actual printing, all Patrons $5 and above will be mentioned in the printed book under a special thank you section, for making this project come to life.

If you ever felt like becoming a Patron, now is definitely the time to join the family <3 There is only awesomeness on the horizon!  https://www.patreon.com/arven 

The books will also be available to Patrons before they are to anyone else. When the time comes, I will be opening a preorder tier which will enable you to get the book early, signed, and with lots of goodies on the side <3

Speaking of goodies, I have big plans for lots of side artwork to go with the book itself. Aside from the classic prints, buttons and stickers, I am also hoping to make exclusive and unique merchandise, such as the map of Athar printed on actual scroll (parchment), a "making of" artbook with all the concept art from 10+ years of production, a pamphlet/booklet explaining the Azara/Azaroth species in detail (like a nature book of sorts, with scientific illustrations, genetics, and tons of info), and original, one-of-a-kind traditional artworks of the characters shipped to you.

This is a huge dream of mine, to be able to turn Azarian Stories into an actual world!

However, I fully understand that a project this huge cannot be achieved with my current means. For this reason, I was thinking of creating a fundraiser page for Azarian Stories (on Kickstarter or Indiegogo for example), especially for the goodies. This would enable me to bring all of this to life.

What do you guys think? Would this be worth it, and most importantly, would you be interested? Let me know, and once again thank you for your incredible support, it's what's making this entire project possible!!

I will see you very soon with the first exclusive concept art of Sleight of Hand! ;)