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Out now, just in time for the spring collection, here are the covers I provided Art Direction for on The MET's latest board books, MET Colours and MET Black and White!

I hope you'll agree it's the season's must have accessory for the cultured kids in your life, and they are both very worthy of hanging in a gallery space themselves!

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In case anyone's interested, here are a few highlights from my visit to Belgium - good practise for my video editing skills if nothing else!

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An eclectic mix of books at first glance, but in fact it's very much a greatest hits pile of titles I've been involved in recently! 😃

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Only just discovered one of my book covers has made it's way onto breakfast TV in the states at the start of the year, as Lizzie Waterworth continues her tour de force promotion of How To Talk So People Will Listen in the US!

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With the launch of the latest game in the Tekken saga, here's a little something from the archives with my fighter of choice, Ling Xiaoyu!

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Hi Barbies! The results are in, and I can reveal that the "My Job is Just..." series on my Redbubble store has been the most popular items in my shop so far! See what all the fuss is about and pick up one for yourself! cgsketchbook.redbubble.com

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Happy New January! Here's some of my personal highlights from last year - From launching my Redbubble store, to winning awards and a whole lot of projects to be proud of! Looking forward to sharing what's coming down the pipeline in 2024 soon!

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Starwars.com has an article up to celeberate the launch of Dawn of Rebellion, with some new spreads from the book - including some interesting insights from the authors and a sneak peak at the spreads for Jedi in hiding Obi-Wan, the Twi'lek homeworld of Ryloth and Luthen's Fondor Haulcraft, as seen in Andor!

My thanks to everyone on the creative team for this project, who really made these pages and content sing!

#chris gould #cgsketchbook.com #star wars #book design #spread design #graphic design #art direction #illustration #publishing design #cross section #obi wan kenobi #ewan mcgregor #ryloth #twi'lek #luthen rael #andor

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Yes yes, I promise I'll stop banging on about it eventually, but for now here's ABC Pride's award in situ at the office! Please pick up your copy of the award winning ABC Pride today, and see what all the fuss is about!

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I wouldn't know how to do a Black Friday/ Cyber Monday sale if it bit me on the bum, but luckily Redbubble are doing one on my behalf!

So if for some reason you've been holding off getting your "My Job is just..." Secret Santa purchases, now's the time! https://lnkd.in/eXDKv5K7

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Blimey oh crikey - I can now update my resume to "award winning designer!" 🤩

Huge congratulations to the whole team of fabulous people who put this book together and a massive thank you for the librarians championing this title! 🥳

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Two of the biggest titles I've been involved with this year, now in my grubby little mitts as real life books, hurray!

Keep your eyes peeled for Star Wars Dawn of Rebellion: The Visual Guide and Star Wars: The High Republic Character Encyclopedia both on sale now - I hope they find their way onto your own shelves soon!

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Star Wars The High Republic Character Encyclopedia is only further enhanced in its awesomeness thanks to the beautiful cover art by the legendary Phil Noto, which I had the fantastic pleasure of commissioning for my cover design! Its a fabulous piece, filled to the brim with heroes and villains from the High Republic era - did your favourite make it on there?

#chris gould #cgsketchbook.com #star wars #book cover #book design #publishing design #graphic design #the high republic #high republic #star wars the high republic #phil noto #nameless #drengir #marchion ro #lourna dee #elzar mann #avar kriss #stellan gios #keeve trennis #bell zettifar #ember #avon starros #vildar mac #the mother #burryaga agaburry

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Feels like a long, long time has passed since this project began, but finally Star Wars The High Republic Character Encyclopedia is hitting the shelves and jam-packed full of familiar faces from the High Republic era of the Galaxy far, far away! My styling for this book evolved a little bit along the way, but I hope you'll agree, the finished results turned out great!

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Out now from DK, Lucasfilm's "Star Wars Dawn of Rebellion: The Visual Guide" takes a deep dive into the exciting era of the saga from order 66, through to the events leading up to the battle of Scarif, with plenty of content from Andor, Obi-Wan and Bad batch too - plus, there's a brand new cross section artwork from the amazing John R. Mullaney!

Very pleased with my cover design on this, and hope you like the styling for the spreads too - personally, I feel you can never have too much Rebel Orange in a Star Wars book!

#chris gould #cgsketchbook.com #star wars #book cover #book design #publishing design #spread design #cassian andor #obi wan kenobi #diego luna #ewan mcgregor #x wing #clone trooper nax #star wars clones #house organa #inquisitorius #ferrix #crimson dawn #tie fighter #jabba the hutt #john R Mullaney

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Out now from DK, the next title in the MET's What the Artist Saw series features the fabulous Frida Kahlo, with beautiful illustrations courtesy of Natalia Rojas Castro! I'm pleased to have been involved with the art direction on this cover and in helping to get this title out onto shelves - Frida's story is not one I was very familiar with before this project, so I'm glad to have learnt more about this fascinating figure through my involvement on this title! Hope you'll love it too when you pick up a copy for yourself!

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Hi barbies! If you need to keep track of who's who at your Mojo Dojo Casa House party, here's a little something from my store!

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