This is a pristine example of the signed & numbered first edition of Nico Marlet's self-published facsimile of his personal sketchbook. This is #361 of 1500.

Nicolas ("Nico") Marlet is an award-winning animation character designer (Prince of Egypt, Madagascar, Over the Hedge, etc.) and the lead designer on the Kung Fu Panda and How to Train Your Dragon films.

This highly sought after, out-of-print 4.25" x 6.25" hardcover reproduces 156 pages from his personal sketchbooks at full size! The subjects of Nicolas' wonderful sketches and ink paintings are people in bars, pool halls, restaurants, out on the street, femmes, beards, musicians, old folks, drinking, smoking, etc. A grand little book nicely produced on a flat uncoated stock simulating the look and feel of an actual sketchbook.

Marlet self-published this facsimile of his personal sketchbooks in a Signed & Numbered edition of 1500. It sold out so quickly, he ordered a second edition which also sold out. The second was printed on a coated semi-gloss stock.