Drawn In: Book Signing!

I'll be in Brooklyn tonight (6:00 p.m.) at Powerhouse Arena for a book signing party for "Drawn In". Drawn In is a new book by Julia Rothman about artists who keep sketchbooks. I hope to see you there!
• A book review & interview with Julia Rothman
• Powerhouse Arena and book signing details here

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Book By Its Cover is an excellent blog about all manner of illustrated books: graphic novels, picture books, artists' books, sketchbooks and sundry related book arts. It is the labor of Julia Rothman who is an illustrator, pattern designer and author from Brooklyn.
She has gathered some of her favorite blogged-about sketchbook artists from all over the world into a new book published by Quarry and available from Amazon. "Drawn-In" features large photos, spreads and interviews with 44 very different artists, illustrators and designers. Vanessa Davis wrote the Foreward. A few of the 44 artists featured in this book include:

Sophie Blackall Calef Brown Rob Dunlavey

Camilla Engman Sarajo Frieden Jessica Hische

Meg Hunt Renata Liwska Grady McFerrin

Ted McGrath Julia Rothman Lizzy Stewart

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Rain, Rain Go Away!

Pointy People driving through a deluge
16 June, 2011 | mixed media

I'm off on a  trip for a couple of days. See you again soon!

Exploring Fernando Pessoa

I enjoy adding notes and text to my doodles. They are not always related!
Pointy People on some sort of bicycle 18 June, 2011

My flickr friend Paula recommended the great Portuguese poet and write Fernando Pessoa in one of her posts. It looks promising. Have you read Pessoa in his many incarnations? Tell me about it… : )

The POINTY PEOPLE Book for sale

I've just published a new book about the Pointy People!

You can buy it online here.

It's not too horribly expensive: $25.00 US and it is chock-full of over seventy
pages of Pointy People and their world.

78 pages, softcover, full-color printing throughout, A5 format.

More pictures

Here are a few photos from the book

Church doodles

Pink and purple doodles done during a church service yesterday. I'd like to think that doodling helps me concentrate better. But, on what am I meditating: the messages coming from outside or my interpretation of them? It's inconclusive but that's the way I like my organized religion: Focus on what you can affect and find some pleasure in it all. I'll leave the bigger questions to God.