Okay, here we are only a couple of days late, a sneak preview of some art from Goliath!
Click here for a zoomable version. You can zoom it up REAL BIG.
In other news, there’s a new book out now called The Steampunk Bible. It has interviews and art from a bunch of steampunk authors and artists, including three pages about me and Leviathan.
Here’s what it looks like:
Click here to read more about it.
More blogging soon. Thanks for your patience!
May 3rd, 2011 08:37
Woo! first comment!
So yeah, It is awesomeee!
lol “Steampunk bible” <- awesomeness right there =D
May 3rd, 2011 08:39
Sweet!! I wonder what the package is. Is Deryn the one on the bottom?
May 3rd, 2011 08:46
Awesome! “Bears as big as houses”.
Is that a body kite sort of like Lilit’s?
May 3rd, 2011 08:53
Can hardly wait for Goliath now!
Illustration is pure brilliance.
May 3rd, 2011 08:56
the bottom one is Deryn. you can tell by the knife on her boot, which was shown in the first art reveal.
yayyyyy for the picture! and is that Newkirk up there, doing something useful?
May 3rd, 2011 09:12
Thr art is very beastly. I’m anxious for the Goliath. It looks action-packed. I’m in so much suspence. It feels like I’m watching an Alfred Hichcock film! The audience was always leaning off the edge of their seats in suspence whenever they watched his movies.
The monster in the picture also looks pretty trippy. I think the beasts are one of the best aspects of this series.
May 3rd, 2011 09:16
I’ve been interested in the Russian Fighting Bears for a while….
May 3rd, 2011 09:20
:O awesome picture!!!! *wondering what the package is*
That Steampunk bible is just something i have to have.
Is it available in Australia??
May 3rd, 2011 09:40
SO SO SO SO SO AWEEEEESSSSOOOOOMMMMEEEE!!!!!!!
May 3rd, 2011 10:01
Oh-ho-ho. Hullo, Russia. ?
(Lovely art, and I see why you chose it for an art reveal. Loads of action, plenty of curiosity piquing, and no faces. Well played!)
May 3rd, 2011 10:06
D:
Why cant Goliath come out SOONER!!!???
May 3rd, 2011 11:00
Oh man that looks amazing. GAH I CANNOT WAIT! one of them HAS to be Deryn. Becuase Deryn is the only one who can pull off something that BADASS.
You know, funny thing really, I pre-ordered The Steampunk Bible back in January. Now that I know you’re going to be in it, I REALLY CAN’T WAIT TO PICK IT UP *foam*
May 3rd, 2011 13:00
Thanks Scott <3
It looks great cant wait till Goliath comes out now!!!!!!!!!!!
May 3rd, 2011 13:30
Russia is a bear, therefore they are in Russia. Oooh yeah, they’re going to Siberia. HELL TO THE YES!
May 3rd, 2011 15:32
Omg I need the “Steampunk Bible”!!!! xD well I TOTALLY LOVE THE ART AND IT MADE ME FANGIRL OUT MORE THEN USUAL. xDD
May 3rd, 2011 16:11
The Steampunk Bible…. Thats my kind of Bible!
Also gots to agree with Shelni, only Deryn could pull that off, not Alek, not Newkirk, Deryn.
I also hope thats a Russian fighting bear those things are freakin’ awesome.
May 3rd, 2011 18:56
I think Alek could do something like that. Althought the people in the picture are clearly Darwinist. I never imagined fighting bears being so big.
May 3rd, 2011 19:07
Fighting bears do have to fight the walkers, maybe I think. Also, showed this to my leviathan buddy (she isn’t as big of a fan) and she asked me if the fighting bear was Bovril. Does that make sense? Not to me.
May 3rd, 2011 19:19
I don’t know about all this russia speculation. It looks as if the creature has a pointy cone hat (so technical) on, just they wear in China/Japan.
As usual, Keith’s work is astounding!
THE ANTICIPATION. o_O
May 3rd, 2011 19:33
@Alice, Bovril on steroids perhaps.
May 3rd, 2011 19:38
Hat?! What are you…….Holy crap your right.. So what do we call IT. Can’t believe I didn’t notice the hat..
Four or five god forsaken months to go…
May 3rd, 2011 20:52
That is WICKED. Scott are you trying to kill us with anticipation?
May 3rd, 2011 21:08
Neat! I like the helicopter contraption. Steampunk Bible. That’s something to look for at the book store!
May 4th, 2011 00:29
Oooh…it DOES have a hat!
I like things in hats. Especially if they are dashing English gentlemen who solve puzzles in top hats.
May 4th, 2011 01:45
@ TheWordMaster
Are you makign a refrence to the Professor Layton games? If so, I agree wholeheartedly.
I wonder if that’s Newkirk or Alek on top. Prob. Newkirk.
AND OMG, IT DOES HAVE A HAT!
Still not as charming as that certian English genteleman, though.
May 4th, 2011 01:46
Oh, and by the way Mr. Westerfeld, if we all die of anticipation, you won’t have much of a fanbase anymore.
Just somethig to keep in mind
May 4th, 2011 02:23
yay! I suspected they were going to Russia ever since i saw the two headed bird!
May 4th, 2011 02:47
i might just read those three pages!
May 4th, 2011 02:52
i thought they were going to japan
May 4th, 2011 02:54
XD when the Americans joining the war want to see the draw-clank fussion thing
May 4th, 2011 03:00
Hey Scott… um… could you tell us who the two British dudes in the picture are? Okay thanks bye!
May 4th, 2011 03:01
@someone
you have to go through Russia to get to Japan
May 4th, 2011 03:16
Omg imma spazzing right now! This pic rox! Omg! I believe that beastie is a Russian fighting bear…. Sigh
I can’t wait 4 Goliath!!!! Eepppppp!!!
May 4th, 2011 03:19
O_O The size was not exaggerated….Those are some BIG bears. X’D Looks like something I’D never want to come into contact with. *goes to scrutinize image*
And now I must go buy the Steampunk Bible e.e I can’t wait ^-^
May 4th, 2011 03:47
Oh, look, it’s a teddy bear!
May 4th, 2011 03:58
It’s a CareBear!
May 4th, 2011 03:59
Oh, no, it’s just a bear.
May 4th, 2011 04:23
@Puddles: aha! I KNEW someone on here would get my reference!
And yes, everything is better when it has a hat.
May 4th, 2011 04:57
Someone should make a Leviathan line of stuffed animals like a message lizard, or a hydrogen sniffer ect. along with lego stormwalkers.
@TheWordMaster and Puddles: Everything is better with hats. Even the April fools day pic, everybody has to admit in that pic Aleks hat was pretty awesome. And I agree that Proff. Layton games is intense.
May 4th, 2011 05:21
?An awful Lot of Running to Doooooooo??
May 4th, 2011 05:58
Joining the hat debate:
When you use the zoom, the three other people riding the “bear” are definitely wearing Russian style fur hats. Can’t tell if they are ushankas with the ear flaps tied up but definitely NOT conical Asian-style hats.
Everything looks better with a hat.
May 4th, 2011 06:09
Maybe they are wearing hats because they just came back from the royal wedding.
May 4th, 2011 07:08
@Brittany
And that, by the way, is one epic beastie.
May 4th, 2011 08:14
I think it’s obviously Deryn, only she’d have the guts to go near the beastie, and for the one with the wings i think its Alek ( who i assume is really hoping he wont drop deryn) , Newkirk isnt brave enough for that!
May 4th, 2011 14:00
I love the picture! I can’t wait for Goliath!
Okay so last night I had the worst nightmare, I dreamed that my school library got all of Scott’s books in. (Finally! It’s tragic) and when I went to check them out they disappeared right as I touched them!! Worst nightmare ever!!! I woke up depressed.
May 4th, 2011 22:51
@alice- I came close to shedding a few tears with the Diabolical Box ending…but I bawled like a baby with Unwound Future. So yeah, those games ARE intense.
May 5th, 2011 01:59
Yay! The people who voted for chapter 3 got to see it in the end
thanks Scott, and your emotions about …that news was much felt and appreciated <3
May 5th, 2011 02:06
that looks amaaaaazing!
May 5th, 2011 02:12
@ TheWordMaster
The Diobolical Box ending I cried for a bit yeah. Unwound Future…I broke my DS while running for a box of tissues. I think I might have caused a flood. That was one of the saddest things I’ve EVER seen. *bawls*
I can’t belive there are three of us Laytoniers on here. Everyone else must think we’re nuts.
and @ Rouge, well put, and ditto.
May 5th, 2011 03:14
@alice
I’d totally buy a line of Leviathan stuffed animals!
May 5th, 2011 03:17
SWEEEEEEEET!
I’m soexcited about what this might be….. a badger thing? And who are the two characters here? alek? deryn? newkirk?
May 5th, 2011 03:26
Awesome picture! Can’t wait to read about this great action scene, and I’m dead curious to know who the people are. One has to be Deryn, but I am a bit unsure on the top person with the glider.
Also, Steampunk Bible! I must search for this next time I visit a bookstore. ^^
May 5th, 2011 04:08
http://nicolepoliti.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/1p_leviathan_jkt_small.jpg
Don’t know if the link will work, but I found this on google… hope you like it!
May 5th, 2011 06:08
TAkING A WILD GUESS is that a Russian bear?
May 5th, 2011 08:35
There’s a large airship in the top left corner. Hard to tell, but it doesn’t seem of Darwinist design (not the underside of the Leviathan at any rate). I love all the new Clanker tech being shown! Finally, something to wet my appetite for godless machines! Much better than godless beasties. ‘Cept the lori (lorises?) especially Bovril. I just can’t wait to learn about the Glider/ Ornothopter/ Flying machine!
The ‘package’ appears to be an elephant of some sort, that is, unless that is just a part of the bear I’m looking at. In any case, there is a big loop just begging to get hooked by the Clankers!
Am I the only one who realises that the ‘knife’ on the boots is actually a strap? Ooh! The one with the hoock is hoocked to the airship above and as is the hoock itself while the flyboy with his Clanker device is left to his own devices. So sad.
May 5th, 2011 19:07
Happy Birthday, Scott-la!! (its May 5th here in America)
May 5th, 2011 19:48
happy b-day so how old are you now?
May 5th, 2011 20:44
Happy Birthday! Mine is in 25 days! (memorial day) Last year I looked up interesting facts about my birthday date and it turns out Joan of Arc was burned at the stake on my birthday date however long ago that was. Though today is also Cinco de Mayo (the fifth of may) in Mexico, like an independence day, or somethin.
May 5th, 2011 22:17
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SCOTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
May 5th, 2011 23:33
It’s your birthday? Cool. I would give you a cake, but we all know I’d be lying
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Anywhooms…..hi everyone.
May 5th, 2011 23:35
Happy birthday!
May 5th, 2011 23:39
@Puddles:
Poor little Luke’s breakdown was what sent me over the edge. *sniff* But…Layton hatless in the snow….*Sobs*
Currently however, I seem to fixated on that green-haired guy from Pokemon Black/White. Hope this isn’t as weird as my obsession with Dimitri Allen from Unwound Future….
May 5th, 2011 23:43
Still your birthday over here – so HAPPY BIRTHDAY Scott-la!
May 5th, 2011 23:43
@Puddles:
Poor little Luke’s breakdown was what sent me over the edge. *sniff* But…Layton hatless in the snow….*Sobs*
Currently however, I seem to be fixated on that green-haired guy from Pokemon Black/White. Hope this isn’t as weird as my obsession with Dimitri Allen from Unwound Future….
May 6th, 2011 00:03
@Puddles thank you, you too
May 6th, 2011 00:45
@ Wordmaster…I KNOW!!!!!!! My sister walked in and went “Wow, so he doesn’t have a tumor.” I could have thrown something at her but I couldn’t see too well because I was crying so hard.
To be honest, Dimitri Allen kinda creeped me out. But Clive was awesome….
@ Raouge, no problem!
@ Mr. Westerfeld: HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!! (again)
@ everyone else, Happy Cinco De Mayo!
May 6th, 2011 00:55
Happy Birthday!
May 6th, 2011 03:25
Whoa, wait, what? It’s Scott-la’s birthday? How do you people find out this stuff?! Anyways, happy birthday, Scott!
@all who mentioned el cinco de mayo: It’s not actually a Mexican holiday. ^^; It signifies a victory over the French by the Mexicans in some war I forgot the name of (just watch it be something like the French-Mexican War), but I don’t think it’s even celebrated in Mexico. If it is, it’s on a much smaller scale than here in the U.S. (This is from the experience of being in a Spanish class for three years now.) ALSO-it’s not Mexican independence day! That’s September 16th, 1810. ^^
May 6th, 2011 03:36
Guys, Deryn’s not the only person in the world with a knife in their boot. Or with the balls to go near that beastie.
May 6th, 2011 03:38
But it could be.
May 6th, 2011 04:01
Happy Birthday Scott!
May 6th, 2011 11:47
THEY’RE GOING TO SEE RUSSIAN BEARS
May 6th, 2011 16:21
What!! Cinco de Mayo not a real mexican holiday! My spanish teachers a big fat liar.
@TheWordMaster: Green hair… are you talkin’ about N? Why did they make his name only one letter, makes me confused. And when your at the ferris wheel and he asks you to ride it with him, it really creeped me out.
May 6th, 2011 23:07
@alice: Yeah, I seem to have a thing for N. I think they made his name only one letter to make it sound more mysterious (or because it was easy to translate from Japanese to English). I thought that the Ferris Wheel was kinda odd, but I think he takes you up so he can explain his role in everything that’s going on. Remember, he grew up alone, so his social skills are kinda out there.
@puddles: Dimitri is cool because he’s the first character in that entire game that actually SOBS (Layton and Luke cry later.). I actually got a little teary when he found Claire….
BTW, did you think that whole thing with Claire time-traveling/dying/being alive/going back in time thing was weird? I had to basically sum it up for my friend by saying this.
“Claire traveled through time to the Unwound Future present. She met Layton, and helped him. She couldn’t stay in the future, so she was pulled back to the moment the time machine exploded. Then she died.”
May 10th, 2011 13:30
Hey Scott-la, I saw this awesome piece of steampunk tech and thought of the elephant walkers in Istanbul.
http://ampersandstringquartet.tumblr.com/post/5356722835
I love those covers, mainly because they look a bit more like the UK ones I love (the most) – I confess I never liked the older US ones, because I usually don’t like actual people on my book covers, if that makes sense. I like illustrations or possibly fantasy photos or obscured ones (like that back shot) but also I enjoy the freedom to imagine things for myself, too.
May 25th, 2011 19:14
it looks awsome cant wait till it comes out im going to read the hole sires and cant wait till they make a movie of the books
May 25th, 2011 19:16
oh sorry to be late happy birth day scott
May 25th, 2011 19:18
looks intence
May 26th, 2011 08:14
Izzat a Russian fighting bear?!? YES! YES! YES!
June 11th, 2011 05:28
Is that a badger?
and look at the clankers flying on their rofl-copter backpacks!
July 19th, 2011 08:18
OMG If Derren tells Alex she’s a girl Alex should totally give her a chance, they’d be so cool together!!!!
September 19th, 2011 04:15
luv this series!!!!!!!!!!!! can’t wait for Goliath!!!!!!!!! hope alek finds out about deryn. I want more of the loris animal thingies in the book too!
November 24th, 2011 04:56
I have an umbrella cockatoo, i love him dearly(:
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