hello, scanner

Here are the first three spreads of my entry for The Sketchbook Project 2012, brought to you by my new scanner! The excitement I feel to have my very own scanner again is beyond words— just look at that colour and resolution! It's like looking at the actual drawings! I can't stop using exclamation points!

The theme I selected for this year is Travel with Me, which I have taken a less direct interpretation of. In this book, you will travel into the recesses of my heart— into my memories, thoughts, and emotions. I do hope you enjoy it.

While I get cracking on the next spreads, feel free to check out my entry for last year's project, Boys and Girl.

the sketchbook project 2012

The first rain has fallen since the monsoon of my summer, and I feel comforted, nostalgic. In the chaos of the past three weeks, I have managed carve a little time for myself to draw again. I've rejoined The Sketchbook Project, selected the theme Travel with Me, and have begun working feverishly on my first pages. I was not very pleased with my book last year, so I joined the project a few months earlier in order to spend more time making this book do what I hope it will.

Wish me luck!

boys and girl

On the theme "Boys and Girls," part of The Sketchbook Project.

the sketchbook project

Art House Co-op's The Sketchbook Project is best described as being "like a concert tour, but with sketchbooks." According the the Art House Co-op website, the project has grown to an astonishing 28,834 artists from 94 different countries, with thousands of sketchbooks that will go on tour around the United States in 2011. At the end of the tour, the sketchbooks will be housed at The Brooklyn Art Library in Brooklyn, New York.

Naturally, I had to be one of the 28,834 artists. I signed up and was sent a plain, 13cm x 21cm kraft-covered Moleskine Cahier notebook. Upon joining the project, you could either choose one of several themes provided or have one randomly selected for you— I chose the theme Boys and Girls, with my interpretation being The Boys and the Girl. These are cropped previews of what I've been working on:



I do hope I can fill the entire 80 page book with drawings before the January 15 deadline!