World renowned artist hailing from Chicago, Illinois, Hebru Brantley is releasing his first book, tonight at midnight (6/6/15) titled “And We’ll Drift Away”
Before I get into the information about the book, I came across Hebru Brantley’s work a couple of years ago after discovering the shirts he designed for clothing brand Enstrumental . All artists have signature styles of illustration throughout their work. Hebru’s caught my eye particularly because of his pieces being centered around the lives of youthful characters, some who are superheroes. The meaning behind them and the way he utilizes them are much more in depth than I’ll discuss right now, but everything he does truly requires the viewer to give more than just a single thought about or view it from a lone point of view. If interested, get to know Hebru Brantley from these articles here, here, here, & this interview here. Also, among a plethora of others, this is my favorite work of his (as of now). And that’s from his “Crown of the Metropolis” series.
“This first edition self-published book “And We’ll Drift Away,” features a collection of Hebru’s most notable character based pieces, along with never-before-seen sketches directly from the artist’s sketchbook. In this, Hebru tells his personal story through some of his favorite characters including Flyboy, New Mythos and Yesterday’s Losers. (Description of the book taken from Hebru’s website)
There are 5 different packages of books available for purchase, with different items in each & are as follows:
“And We’ll Drift Away Hardcover Book” – $175.00 – Limited Edition of 300
The VIGILANTE (Package 4) – $220.00 – Limited Edition of 60
The FLY GIRL (Package 3) – $650.00 – Limited Edition of 25
The FLY BOY (Package 2) – $1,000 – Limited Edition of 15
The GUSTO (Package 1) – $1,600 – Limited Edition of 15
And if you’ve researched and like his art, but can’t buy a book then, he has plenty of fantastic merchandise/clothing available too:
