More Leviathan Art

Posted on by scott

It’s the beginning of the month, so it’s time to post another delicious piece of Keith’s art for Leviathan! So here, direct from Chapter 4, is “Ascending.”

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Illustration by Keith Thompson

In case you missed it, here’s the first piece of art I revealed, also from Chapter 4. And here’s the cover.

So what is this picture? Well, that would be spoiling, so you’ll have to wait until October 6 to find out.

Enjoy!

And don’t forget, you can pre-order Leviathan from pretty much anywhere!

Update:
If you want to Uglies roleplay, there’s a pretty active community over at Bubby is Bogus!

Update 2:
Over on her blog, Justine is running a contest to find the most stalker-y love song ever. Enter your suggestion to win a free copy of Love Is Hell signed by both me and Justine!

FINAL Update:
The final winners of Justine’s contest have been chosen. Click here to see if you are one!

106 thoughts on “More Leviathan Art”

  3. Wow, that’s amazing! Keith is brilliant! Gahhhh, I can’t wait till October 6th! (day before my birthday, AWESOME present!)

  4. That is so COOL! The neat art is just making the wait for the book harder, though. 🙂 Great pic.

  5. Haha. Scott got first comment. Who woulda ever guessed?

    The art looks great, and I’m only getting more excited for the book. I’m kinda creeped out by it, though. I mean, the book has to do with biotechnology, doesn’t it? And that thing looks awfully… fleshy… *shivers*

    Well, either way, I’m sure it’ll be amazing:)

  6. that’s from the excerpt in Extras…

    my friend’s birthday was lately and she had the orig Uglies tril, but not Extras…

    and I was like —> hard or soft cover?

    I went with soft so /I/ could read the excerpt, haha…

    So I know what the picture is… sort of… I didn’t fully understand, but got the general idea.

    anyway —> bubbly-major!

  8. The level of detail is really incredible… I absolutely can’t wait! (Biotechnology is hopefully going to be at least a part of my major, so me = uber psyched)

    Do we get to know the name of the character pictured, at least?

  9. This counts as 6th comment! (or 7th, depending on whether or not someone comments before I post this…)

    That contraption – organic, I guess – looks like something I would love. Never mind the fact that I would be afraid of falling.

    And once again, I love the character’s facial expression. She looks sort of indifferent…in a way.

  12. What’s really weird about that illustration is that Keith Thompson has already done stuff with jellyfish balloons. It’s as if you wrote Leviathan just so he could illustrate it.

  14. i thot leviathan was already out…this feels like deja vu
    i think im losing it.
    yes, i am losing my mind completely.
    oh well, theres no better time to listen to My Chemical Romance!

    i want a funeral like the one in helena, which was so cool. but i hope i dont get up adn start doing ballet, cuz i hate ballet

  18. Oh Scott, you jokester!

    Mmm, Im definitely going to have to read Leviathan when it comes out. Right now, Im in the middle of The Book Thief, which I love talking about/reviewing, because I can use the phrase “literally narrated by death.”

    If Hollywoods the devil, Im the advocate. 😉

    (Hm, it just doesnt work as well on these posts, does it?

  21. I’m thinking…this is the same boy?
    Well. Way to go, Captain Obvious.
    I’m going to go off and…be smart now…

  22. i gotz a twitter! follow me at rivaroxx o two secs ago i saw that there was one person following me who wz apparently a stripper. thats not a good first twitter impression.

  23. Cool pic! I CAN’T WAIT UNTIL OCTOBER!!!!!!!! Is there any chance of getting an ARC? 😀
    What is the main characters name???

    Riva-la, I ♥ MCR!!! The Helena video is one of my faves, I also really like the one for Ghost of You. 🙂

  25. Wow! Some kind of crazy Bio-balloon? I love it. The clouds in the background are awesome.

  27. When I first looked at it it almost looked like a concentration camp thing but then I actually like looked at tall the details and stuff.

  28. ping to Dahlia-wa: I totally luv the helena video, did you see the one for I Don’t Love You? Its really good, Gerard looks so innocent when hes sad. How do you do that heart thing?? is it
    <3 or ????
    im following scott-sensei on twitter. but no ones following me. sucks. o welllllllllll.
    o now i hav I Dont Love You stuck in my head with Gerard’s puppy dog expression.
    it makes me wanna cry…
    waaaaaaa

  30. I can’t beleive I never posted a comment on this site, even though I always read everyone elses (comments). 😛

    Now I must go get the Extras in paper back right now even if it is 4:19AM, (so I can read the excerpt like Julie-wa has) even though I have Extras in hard back. Which I hope my dad hasn’t seen so he’ll pay for the paperback. 🙂

  31. Yay! I didn’t even know the release date…although its probably been posted several times and i’m just really unobservant…which I would be willing to bet is the case. So far October is looking like its going to be an awesome month. Leviathan, my birthday, and two of my favorite bands ever are releasing new albums in October (one is even slated to release on the 6th) Ahhh! I can’t wait. Its going to be incredible.

  33. Lohla- normally, people would find that stalker-ish. but since I just finished doing just that, I won’t judge XD

    Just kidding, I do it all the time 😛

    so anyway a couple of things:

    1) scott-la, it was totally bogus of you to take first comment, even though I have no hope of even top 5 comments, it still wasn’t very bubbly of you. Sharing is caring, scott-la. Sharing is Caring. XD

    2) I wasn’t too excited for Leviathan at first, so I just skipped over my bogus to bubbly preview- but I was bored the other day, so I said “mehh… what the hay” and read it.
    Scott-la, you have mad Maggie-la-sucking-in-to-books powers XD

    3) I’ll follow you Riva-la! 😀 XD (so when someone called foobacoligist starts following you, don’t freak out XD

    or ask about the name, because it involves dave the barbarian… ya. :P:P

  35. Riva-la: I didn’t even know there was a video for I Don’t Love You! (shows how well I keep track of my bands) 😆 I’ll have to check that out.
    The heart thing is & hearts ; but without the spaces. 🙂

  37. Eva-la: I finished it today, and it made me cry!

    Riva-la: Your Twitter-capades (trademarked! jk) make me laugh. I would follow you, but I dont have a twitter. None of my friends do, and I just dont think I have anything interesting to write about.

    Still searching for a better sign off… 😉

  38. Was that the one you showed us in London?
    i feel so priveledged (and extreeeeeeeeeemely exited!)

  42. looks like posting about twitter on westerblog is workin well. i hav 5 followers!! new record! i followed ppl from mcr but i dont think it would be good for me if my mom came in while i was readin **** u!!! or that guy is way too old to be naked. etc.

    but tysonritteraar is really funny. apparently he has the stomach flu
    read it guys he has convos w/ his stomach.

    ping to dahlia-wa: i tried to do that on twitter, it didnt work.
    is it and symbol and the word hearts or and symb. and <3 ?
    lemme try
    &<3 kaboom!
    did it work?

    i should comment about the funnily awesome balloon from leviathan. is leviathan a ch. book with pictures??? awesomeness
    for some reason it reminds me of an evil jellyfish.
    on that thot, hav u guys ever been stungby a jelly?
    me. never. or by a bee for that matter. plenty of mosquitos hate me tho. or luv me, cuz theyre taking my blood.

  45. so if anyone here likes green day, you should go to my blog (click my name) to see an awesome video. (even if you dont like green day you might like the video.)

  46. The art is so pretty scott!
    I love how detailed it is.
    I’m sure I will appriciate it even more once I know the story that goes along with it.

  47. Smugness. Thanks to BEA, I know what the picture refers to. Heh.

    I’m excited to start selling the book in October!

    Nif

  48. Wow, these Illustrations are Stunning. I was lucky enough to see the larger version at the Teen Author Festival, but it’s nice ot see again. I love the style.

  49. That looks cool! Oh, yeah:

    HAPPY INDEPENDANCE DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOOOOO!!!!! GO USA!!!!! Lol we didn’t do a neighborhood parade after all. Our HOA sucks completely. I’m going to join it, because they can’t do anything it seems!! Plus, I have many great ideas of cool events and stuff, and would love to make flyers for them!! Hehe
    I don’t even have a patriotic shirt, cuz my old one is too small for me now…

  50. Hehe I’m going to Seaworld to watch the fireworks at 9… well, we’re going at 7 so we can get situated with finding a seat and stuff… but before that we’re going to the Whitte museam to listen to bands play patriotic music and do other stuff! And I’m trying to get my friend to come… she’s not replying to my texts!

  51. Wow…that artwork is pretty great!!! YaY its the 4th of July…that means fireworks.

  52. Ack! 2 da peeps on the scott facts page: is the comment thing not showing up 4 u guys 2?

    HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!!! 😛

  55. Awesome art, this is very (very very very) exciting! : D Nice first-commenting-skillz Scott-la
    : D

  56. ♥
    ♥
    ♥

    did i get it?
    igot my twitter follower goal of 6.
    i wanna read leviathan but im in the middle of The LIghtning Thief series…

  60. We had the AWESOMEST fireworks! 😀

    TZ: Phew! i thought i was the only 1! Maybe there were 2 many comments on that page… hmmm…

  61. missed the fireworks. again.
    hmph. and i missed the AAR concert in vegas on the 3rd, but im going today. of all the things to complain about.
    july is not my happy month. and when i get back i will have, oh 5 days to pack for summer camp. meteor anyone?
    and i had to get up at like 10 today. arrrrgh i am so not a morning person. but theres nothing to do so what should i do but go on the computer?

  63. OMG….Im not a mornong person either….i wake up at noon like every morning… i like to sleep.

  64. We had awsome fireworks! I went to SeaWorld to watch theirs, and it was cool! Haha I like heard the Stars and Strips Forever like 5 times yesterday!! Lol I didn’t care because I love that song… I’m listening to it right now in fact! Hehe I love Independence day! I can’t wait for it to come around again next year!! lol

  65. Oh I forgot to mention that one of those 5 times I heard the Stars and Stripes Forever, it was played live by a band at the Witte Museam! And they were great! Hehe

  66. amazing.

    AND I CANT WAIT TILL OCTOBER =]]

    oh and this has nothing to do with leviathon and i may just be totally obsessive, but in bubbly to bogus, it says that zane gave info about the smoke to dr cable because they threatened to not make him pretty, but then in pretties he tells tally that they threatened to make him special like one of them…

    im confused.
    and sry if im being totally anal and overemphasizing stupid things.

    =]

  71. Canada Day! Woot!
    (I think Im pretty much alone on that :(…….whoz with me)
    I was camping on Canada Day…..good times

  72. *cries* Worst. Day. EVER. Panic at the Disco is breaking up. Ryan Ross and Jon Walker are leaving the band. I can’t freaking believe it, this is AWFUL.

  73. T&Z: I totally understand. Sucks when bands break up NSYNC etcetc

    i just payed guitar hero for 4 hours straight and finished all of the wadducallthem…gigs. I feel so bogus. my brain is all thought missing and my pinky and both thumbs hurt. bloodshot eyes. i never want to play guitar hero again. or at least not for a couple of weeks. ahhh! im seeing the screen in front of my eyes!

    i wish i could be a special for halloween. cuz i have these body crayons. and one coems in black so i could do a simpler version of tally’s flash tatoos. =]

  74. Scott I have a question!!!!
    I just read Mind Rain and I am dying to know… is Shay in love with Tally???

  77. Wow, everyone seems to have abandoned this lovely page and gone back to the uglies movie page. What a shocker.

  81. Yeah I know in the books they’re supposed to be bff almost like sisters but in mind rain there’s this essay which argues that shay was in love with tally and it kinda got me thinking…
    And to Ashley-wa yes it’s good there are a lot of interesting essays that just make u see everything from a different perspective and stuff.

  83. Well, maybe she developed a crush on her over the years of them being together. That can happen between friends.
    And even though she had crushes on guys, it doesn’t mean she can’t have crushes on girls to. ;D

  84. I must say… the book is really quite good. Perhaps I shouldn’t be saying this here, but I don’t know where else I can talk to the author directly! I know, I know; I won’t reveal anything here, because spoilers are bad. But the story is great, and the illustrations are beautiful. It seemed very expository, though; I’m sure it sets up the next one in the series quite well, so I’m not complaining. Kudos, you!

  85. you must be a really good writer if you get this good of an artist!i want to read it…but the thing is i dont know what its about!oh whatever,i’ll read it anyways! nice art!

  86. I have a few things to say! XD

    1. That artwork is totally pretty-making and makes me feel all… artsy. I’m an artist myself, so seeing something so original and new is totally joygasming. (which is my word XD) Anyway!

    2. YOU NOTICED US! o////////////////////0 you should know that we at ( bubbly is bogus ) are totally stoked. Don’t worry, we aren’t going to go all brain-missing on you or anything, but we’re so happy that we were noticed. I, personally, fell like it’s an honor ^_^ And we are friendly, so, to everyone else, if you want to join us, totally don’t be shy! We’re pretty laid back and have interesting plots and stuff. Scott-wa, you’re awesome. We’d like to see you eventually, if you ever got the time 😀

    and
    3. The causing of the break up of Panic and the Disco was the drop of the !. Because it was no longer PANIC! at the disco… the members freaked (jkjk.)

  87. ping to Ghostie-la wat exactly is bogus 2 bubbly? like i know its a book but u said “we at bogus to bubbly” and it confused me up a bit! so plz blog bak! thanks!

  89. Bee- thanks! maybe i’ll ask 4 it 4 my b-day cause im broke and it hasn’t come to any library near me yet. =D btw: my b-day in the same day as tally and shay’s September 9th, this year 9-9-09!

    <3 l8er!

  90. This guy’s artwork looks a lot like James Jean’s (my favorite artist, evar). Very smooth and surreal and beautiful, but at the same time, there’s some creepiness lingering beneath the surface.

    Here are some examples:

    He’s done lots of work for comics, including Fables, my favorite comic series, evar.
    http://www.jjeanius.net/images/PubCovers/stitchedFabTPB5.jpg
    http://www.jjeanius.net/images/FablesCovers/Fables52Painting.jpg

    Here’s his gallery, you’ll see he’s done stuff for Prada.
    http://www.jamesjean.com/

    And he did My Chemical Romance’s Black Parade artwork, which should appeal to many of you, mebbe.

    So thank you for letting me forcefeed my favorite artist to you fine folks. Good day, now.

  91. Oh, and ghostie, I’m pretty torn up over the Panic at the Disco thing. Funny theory, though. But I’m optimistic. And they’re wonderful.

    (scott, since I see that my previous reply awaits moderation, I’m guessing that this can be combined to preserve space) The end.

  92. omg i just glanced up and realized that Alwyn-sensei commented about My Chemical Romance’s The Black Parade. from now on i shall call anyone who mentions MCR a -Sensei.
    ping to Alwyn-SENSEI(lol): have you read Gerard way’s The Umbrella Academy? its a comic book, and yeah. if u did, is it good? cuz i waz thinking about getting it at borders or something if they have it. if not, ill just order it online. hope its not utterly overpriced. cuz that would be majorly-bogus.

    i spent today killing zombies on that House of Dead vid game at the arcade. it wz one of those really heavy shooty machines wow i actually forgot wat they’re called, and after 2 hrs my hand was permanently curled into the shape of the pumpy reloady thing. no idea wat its called.

    and—and. at this other hotel like 30 min from vegas i went on the DESPERADO. i now understand the word Bubbly. i totally get how tally felt from dropping off that roof with peris.
    and i get why tally would put so much effort into being bubbly. it is so totally worth it (especialy when there is not wait for the coaster) to have those few minutes of awesomeness. that first drop did it for me, i think it was…225 feet?

  93. OMG i didn’t get to see fireworks! And I CANNOT wait till Leviathan comes out! ♥

  95. awesome pic!!
    urgh bored…almost 1am and i’m still not asleep…i’m just sorta wasting time on fanfiction…addicting!!! 😆

  96. PING back to Riva-la: Aha, no I haven’t read the umbrella academy, buuut James Jean did the cover art for that too! I love connections. If I do read it, though, I’ll probably steal it from my friend who owns it.

    W00ts for Leviathan!

  97. im reading the entire uglies trilogy again
    ping to riderchilde-wa =D: ur emoticon is staring and smiling at me. a little freaky. lol.
    PING to Alwyn: oh thats so cool i totally envy ur friend. luckyyyyyyyyyy.

    isnt leviathan out already? im confused

  98. ok there is another Amy-La so at the end of all of my meesages i’ll put a smiley face and i’ll say a rhyme cuz i love to rhyme! 8)
    i like oranges, but i hate door henges!
    hehe!
    8)

  99. Leviathan is an awesome book!!!!! I read it during a summer reading club for my local bookstore and its awesome!!!!!!! I only have to wonder though, whens the sequel coming out? and if theres not going to be one then I’m just gonna like, I don’t know. there better be one though!

  100. ha! i got spot 100. totaly pointles but then again, so is memorizing 41 digits of pi. pointless can be fun *__*

  102. Amy-la: Leviathan comes out October 6. (I guess James got an ARC.)

    James: Behemoth (book 2) comes out October 2010, and the third one comes out October 2011.

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