The Art of Epithet Erased

## Publication order

"**The Art of Epithet Erased**", formerly known as **Digital Art Book**, is an behind-the scenes book with exclusive art from both Season 1 of Epithet Erased, *Prison of Plastic*, and the music videos. It was produced because Prison of Plastic Kickstarter reached $290K. It is a digital-only book released to Kickstarter backers and on the Epithet Erased patreon. It was complied by Shannon Pallatta.

## Contents

### Characters

* Molly Blyndeff
* Giovanni Potage
* Sylvester Ashling
* Dr. Beefton
* Mera Salamin
* Indus Tarbella
* Percival King
* Ramsey Murdoch
* Bugsy Pugsler
* Arnold Markdown
* Gorou Shimizaki
* Howdy Morning
* Zora Salazar
* Howie Honeyglow (+Worker Bees)
* Banzai Blasters
* Extras
* Yoomtah Zing
* Phoenica Fleecity
* Trixie Roughhouse
* Lorelai Blyndeff
* Martin Blyndeff
* Rick Shades
* Naven Nuknuk
* Spelling Bee
* Scaregrow
* Graham
* The Wolf
* Season 2 Concept Art

### Backgrounds

* Art Hall (Day)
* Art Hall (Night)
* Museum Lobby (Day)
* Museum Lobby (Night)
* Storeroom
* Dinosaur Hall
* Animal Hall (Blue)
* Animal Hall (Fire)
* Desert Exhibit
* Vent
* Mera's Room + Mera's Window
* Museum Wide Shot (Day)
* Museum Wide Shot (Night)
* Museum Exterior
* Toy Store Exterior (Day + Night)
* Toy Store Interior
* Giovanni's Room
* Ramsey's Office
* Gas Station (Day)
* Gas Station (Night)
* Forest
* Town Square
* Sheriff
* Tavern
* Train Station
* Deepwoods
* Cityscape
* City Window
* Headquarters
* Title Cards
* Beachfront
* Ambleglow Bramble
* Credits 1-4
* Great at Crime Music Videos
* Credits 5-7
* Bartender Advertisement
* Countdown Album Cover

### Maps

* The Museum
* Art Hall (Day)
* Art Hall (Night)
* Lobby
* Vent
* Storeroom
* Dinosaur Hall
* Animal Hall
* Desert Exhibit
* Toy Store
* Gas Station
* Town Square
* Sheriff
* Tavern
* Train Station
* Deepwoods

### Illustrations

* Cover
* Prologue A: The Neo Trio
* Prologue B: The Banzai Blasters
* Prologue C: The Rabbit Night
* Prologue D: The Instructor
* Chapter 1: Fish Out of Water
* Chapter 2: Vincent Murder
* Chapter 3: Distance
* Chapter 5: Love Spell
* Chapter 6: As the Crow Flies
* Chapter 7: Prison of Plastic
* Chapter 8: Bridging the Distance
* Chapter 12: A Little Burnt, but Still Good (Door)
* Chapter 12: A Little Burnt, but Still Good (Full Spread)
* Chapter 13 The End

#### S1 Line Artists

* Rhea Burtram
* Chelsea Crane
* Riel Gustave
* Serina Hernandez
* Rae Kumnertsena

#### S1 Colorists

* Lauran Adams
* Renae Fong
* Kasey Gillespie

#### Prison of Plastic

* Bo Hello
* Ky Bullock
* Rhuijing Ling

#### Background Artists

* Luara Arce
* Cameron Ax

#### Credits Artists

* Oz Ryan
* Jess Torres

#### Music Videos Artists

* Jacob Henry
* Ang\_Z
* HoaxGhost

## Production

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* February 10, 2020 - Jello first mentioned the possibility of producing an art book on twitter under the first tweet under a thread of sketches for Epithet Erased. noting that it "sounds hard".
* November 28, 2021 - Digital Art Book was added as stretch goal of $290K to the Prison of Plastic Kickstarter.
* December 26, 2021 - The Prison of Plastic Kickstarter finished with Digital Art Book's stretch goal of $290K being met
* May 30, 2022 - He announced that it will only be released post Prison of Plastic's release. As well as describing it as a "post-release victory lap".
* January 4, 2023 - On Twitter, Jello made a poll with the results being "Anime Campaign EP 1-2 VOD" 32.6%, "Neo Trio Song" 27.1%, "Behind-the-Scenes Artwork", 20.9%, "Zora Credit Song Extended" 19.1%.
* May 9, 2023 - In a kickstarter Update, he announced he'll need to hire an extra designer to account for the large amount of images.
* June 23, 2023 - In a Tweet, Jello explained that there will be artist commentary in the book. With him and Rhea having had a horrible time while everyone else loved working on it.
* July 30, 2023 - In a Tweet, Jello announced he was giving feedback on the art book today, coupled with the release pages that were a compile of Giovanni potage concept art. He also noted there was a lot of things in production that won't come out for awhile.
* August 3, 2023 - In a Kickstarter Update, a sketch of the cover was released as well Howie Honeyglow concept art. Also revealing an early version of the book which had a conservative amount of concept art was over 400 pages.
* August 7, 2023 - In a Tweet, Jello announced he was still working on the Art Book, this time including pages of Phoenica Fleecity Concept Art.
* August 17, 2023 - Brendan Blaber announced on Twitter that it is a digital-exclusive book that is 300 pages. This would be releasing today. Her later explained, in a reply to Dawn M. Bennett, the reason was because getting Prison of Plastic published took 9 months and he did not want to go through that again with this book.
* August 17, 2023 - In a kickstarter update, he announced that all backers would be getting a copy. It took an "absolutely insane" amount of time to put together. Just organizing and editing the images took Brendan two weeks. Then it took two weeks to hire a designer, Shannon Pallatta, and then five separate revisions of a 300 page book, with multiple notes per page. Multiple times. All in all, $5000 to put together, not including the cash he originally paid the artists to create the concept art. Jello emphasizes that "screenshares and such" are fine, but do not upload the entire thing to fileshare sites.

## Trivia

* The reason this book is digital only is because it took Brendan Blaber 9 months to get Prison of Plastic published and he did not want to go through that again with this book.
* An earlier version of the book had 400 pages despite its conservative amount of concept art.
* It took a total of $5000 to make this book, not including the money it took originally make the concept art.
* Brendan emphasized that "screenshares and such" are fine but do not post the entire thing on file sharing sites and the such.

## Gallery

### Other

Kickstarter Stretch goalsKickstarter Stretch goalsCrew Icons used in the book.
## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Epithet Erased on Twitter - August 17, 2023
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Prison of Plastic Kickstarter
3. ↑ JelloApocalypse on Twitter in reply to Pikozumo - February 10, 2020
4. ↑ https://twitter.com/BrendanBlaber/status/1465067531278893070
5. ↑ Prison Plastic Kickstarter - Update #2
6. ↑ Mundie Monday (1) - 5/30/22 - Epithet Erased on Twitter
7. ↑ Mundie Monday (10) - 5/30/22 - Epithet Erased on Twitter
8. ↑ Stretch Goal Poll - January 4, 2022 - Epithet Erased on Twitter
9. ↑ Prison of Plastic Kickstarter - Update #25: Soft Release Date for the Hardcover Book + Updates
10. ↑ Putting together artist commentary for the art book. - June 23, 2023 - Epithet Erased on Twitter
11. ↑ Epithet Erased on Twitter - July 30, 2023
12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Prison of Plastic Kickstarter - Update #26: Early August Update (Art Book, Neo Trio Song, Publication Date)
13. ↑ Epithet Erased on Twitter - August 7, 2023
14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Epithet Erased in reply to Dawn M. Bennett on Twitter - August 17, 2023
15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 Prison of Plastic Kickstarter - Update #27:Art Book Released to All Backers!