u/Green_Garden_867

I've been looking for an artbook for one of my favorite fighting games of all time and made by the game's former creative director, Alex Ahad.

Skullgirls is a 2012 fighting game formerly developed by Lab Zero Games that stood out from other fighting games at the time thanks to its' fully 2D animated sprites, being a passion project by the game's former creative director and story director, Alex Ahad. Alex would continue to work on the game ever since its' launch until he left Lab Zero Games during the development of Indivisible sometime in 2019, leaving the Skullgirls IP behind.

Alex Ahad has released different From Scratch books (5 in total as of writing) that contain sketches and art pieces created by him. Most of them tend to feature fan art and original art pieces made by him, but the third book seems to feature primarily sketches based on the characters and world of Skullgirls made in 2014-2016. Said sketches appear to be exclusive, with one of the few that managed to be posted online primarily based on the Robo-Fortune arcade ending that hasn't been shared outside of posts regarding this book.

The book was available to purchase at WonderCon 2017 and Gallery Nucleus (with a post on their Facebook in 2020 saying the book was restocked among others), but any remaining links to purchase the book are dead and all that's left is Alex's Tumblr post announcing the book was on sale. The only sketches floating around online are from that Tumblr post as well as a couple Twitter accounts with the book.

From Scratch 2, 4, and 5 are available on eventeny and Gallery Nucleus respectively, but 1 and 3 are nowhere to be found. I've checked eBay to see if there were any listings, but no dice. Since these books were made in limited print, gaining access to it would require either someone uploading a PDF of the book's contents or a listing of it being found.

Original Tumblr Post: https://www.tumblr.com/o-8/160321812781/the-from-scratch-3-skullgirls-book-is-now-on

Gallery Nucleus Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gallerynucleus/posts/artbooks-from-alex-ahad-are-now-restocked-make-sure-to-check-them-all-out-online/10157291017235811/

Robo-Fortune Ending Sketches: https://x.com/blackbookalpha/status/933794955478278144