Entei Ryu's Sketchbook. Self-published by the artist. 

Incredible artwork in a beautiful package: the book has leatherbound covers, an exposed binding for a lay-flat effect, a sewn-in ribbon bookmark, and a printed vellum belly band. 

Another incredible sketchbook that will appeal to any fans of Kim Jung-Gi, Katsuya Terada, and Claire Wendling.

The 306-page book is roughly grouped into these sections:

• Pencil Sketches ("Drawn with MUJI mechanical pencil. B5 sketchbook, rough sketch paper. Spring 2025")
  
• Color Works
  
• Design Sketches
  
• Faces Studies
  
• Animals
  
• Character Concepts
  
• Creature Design
  
• Sculptures (rough design sketches)
  
• A6 Note Book (30 pages, rough drawings included)

Entei has added brief explanatory captions in English throughout. Her incidental handwritten notes are mostly in English as well, with some in Japanese.

The first edition was limited to 100 copies and sold out at its debut at LightBox Expo 2025. For this second printing, Entei has made slight revisions to the design and small upgrades to the book.

Note: the book is shrinkwrapped. We opened one copy to discover the vellum belly band had a small tear. This may be the case with other copies. So we will consider any small tears to the belly band from manufacturing to be acceptable defects.