I love my Moleskine. (Okay, Moleskines...I might have a problem.) But nothing inside my little sketchbooks look anything remotely like this. Cartoonist Jim Woodring created these popups "on the run with pocket tools." These are crazy cool. Jim's a blogger, by the way. Check him out here.
These are Crazy Cool, BB. Fantastic! My daughter and I are totally hooked on the pop-up masterpieces of Robert Sabuda, who has really reinvented the pop-up as a true artform, but these have a rustic, woodcut sort of elegance to them that is sublime. I agree with Ms. Intelligentsia (who is sublime herself): Whimsical joy abounds in your posts.
I have a blank one (no lines or grids) that I carry everywhere. It has all my notes and ideas, from client work to blog stuff. It's also stuffed full of folded paper and little clippings and stuff I have collected along the way. It isn't pretty. I have a smaller one with storyboard frames I use for web design and video ideas, too. Then I have about three more around the house somewhere...
"hi i'm Duncan and i'm a moleskine-aholic, everytime i see one i want to buy it - i love little blank books ready to be drawn in. " so your not alone ;) seriously - i do - woodring is an awesome artist - cool to see this sort of creativity.
I have met Jim Woodring a few times (I used to work for his publisher, Fantagraphics Books), and I must say he is one of the most pleasant, straightforward and down-to-earth people I've ever met. You would never guess what goes on in his imagination...
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These are Crazy Cool, BB. Fantastic! My daughter and I are totally hooked on the pop-up masterpieces of Robert Sabuda, who has really reinvented the pop-up as a true artform, but these have a rustic, woodcut sort of elegance to them that is sublime. I agree with Ms. Intelligentsia (who is sublime herself): Whimsical joy abounds in your posts.
I love Jim Woodring...especially his Frank book. These are mad awesome. I should start checking drawn.ca again...
I keep hearing about these. I'm a blank book junkie so I'll have to look.
Neil Gaiman likes these.
So what do yours look like?
I love Jim Woodring, too. Thanks for posting these. I used to buy Jim Woodring figurines from a machine in Osaka. Sweet memories.
But I think you know what you need to do with your Moleskines now. Get busy.
so your not alone ;)
seriously - i do - woodring is an awesome artist - cool to see this sort of creativity.