Sketchtravel, the travelling sketchbook
Clément Romier | On Google + | Illustration - Permalink
Sketchtravel is a unique project started by two illustrators, Dice Tsutsumi from Japan and Gérald Guerlais from France. The idea is very simple : a sketchbook of approximately 60 pages, gave hand to hand by artists all around the world. Each artist (cartoonist, illustrator, animator...) fill a page with an original artwork. Among these talented people, you can find some "stars" like Rebecca Dautremer (a very famous illustrator in France), Hayao Miyazaki or Bill Plympton.
After several years of transit over the world, the sketchbook is back in Europe, fullfilled, to be sold by auction. The benefits will be gave to an association working against illiteracy (buildings of libraries, schools, publications, etc).
Of course, the sketchbook will be edited, and you can pre-order it now on Amazon (link in the end of this article). Even if at the moment there are not a lot pictures available, here are some screenshots of the header of the official website which give a little overview of the book. By the way, the website in itself is nice, I suggest you to visit it if you're interested in webdesign.
More over, the french film production company OWLS Productions realised some videos about the Sketchtravel project, with some artists interviews. You can see all the videos on the dedicated website, but here are some interested parts.
http://www.sketchtravel.com
http://www.sketchtravel.tv
If you want to pre-order the book :
On Amazon
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