The Sketchbook Project — part deux
March 5th, 2013 by Mr. C
The collective unconscious of Mary, Lisa, Ti Hua Chocko, and I gathered at the opening night of the Sketchbook Project 2013 on the 1st leg and eventual homebase of the sketchbook tour at the Brooklyn Art Library last Friday. We were there to check out each others’ submission and to just browse through random sketchbooks from those who participated in this project. What we ran across was amazing! We saw some uber creative artwork fortified in pencil, ink, cutouts, foldouts, paint, glue, yarn – all in different forms of texture & color. Some were zine like while others were more of the traditional black & white sketches. Some had comic book like storyboards and some were covered in fabric. Others had the elemental & detrimental workings like an elementary school artist – ahem- like myself. One sketchbook was ode to the Hunger Games while another was documenting video camera locations on a college campus. We touched & viewed artwork submitted from all over the world including Japan, Brazil, London, Dirty Jersey, & Planet Brooklyn.
(my take on Usagi Yojimbo)
(hopping vampires inspired by Hong Kong cinema)
Regarding our sketchy-sketchbook offerings, Ti Hua Chocko had the rad bubbly like cartoon drawings from outer space and Mary had some colorful artwork that blended the abstract with a more personal & reflective look at the world offering inspirational images to cherish the gift of life. My submission on the other hand was none of that – rather a random collection of drawings with skills equal to that of a 10 year old with a fondness for killer samurai rabbits, a chubby rabbit inhaling instant ramen, & chinese vampires inspired by the hopping vampire genre in Hong Kong cinema! I actually haven’t drawn like this since — never! It was fun working that side of the brain for once instead of my robotic side. Some of my tattered art samplings are scattered throughout this writeup. Sorry to have made you look.
(chubby rabbit slurping some instant ramen)
So yeah, take part in the Sketchbook Project! And make sure to visit the Brooklyn Art Library for your stationary needs while skimming through some really cool sketchbooks! If it’s physically impossible for you to make it out to the Brooklyn Art Library, checkout the digitized sketchbook offerings HERE. It was fun being part of an art community of 75,000 strong. Where else can I boast that my artwork lay stacked next to real artists, copywriters, art directors, & graphic designers!
Brooklyn Art Library
103a North 3rd Street
Williamsburg-Brooklyn, NY
(burning of the U.S. dollar and of the ‘Hell Note’ type)
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