Ever tried flicking through a book with one hand while filming with the other? Sketchbook available from andiwatson.bigcartel.com

Mundo Mendo Book One by @luismendo.com is an utter delight (and the spine is particularly so). Read all about it at wemadethis.co.uk/blog/2026/01...

Juliet Turner is an amazing Irish singer-songwriter. I co-wrote and produced her new record, now on Bandcamp. julietturner.bandcamp.com/album/home-f.... I also made a web app as an antidote to the soulless horror of Spotify: julietturner.music - a modern day liner notes experience. Enjoy ♥️♥️♥️

Here’s the link www.mundomendo.com/books/

＊NEW BOOK ALERT＊ This beauty is being printed as we speak (the pictured is a mockup): 272 full colour pages with the best stories from the Mundo Mendo website. Foreword by @craigmod.com Presale is open at MundoMendo.com/books Become a SEMIBOLD (or BOLD Member) to get it for free. 🚚 Shipping s

Some advice: “finishing creative projects is a skill in and of itself. if you want to be able to finish large, complex projects, you have to _practice finishing things_. which usually means doing smaller projects.” [bsky.app]

More than 500 children's authors, illustrators & educators have signed a statement on Palestine including @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social, @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social, Sir Michael Morpurgo, Chris Riddell OBE, Lauren Child CBE & @chrishaughton.bsky.social Find out more 👉 statement-on-palestine.org

Cognitive resistance training is the defense against slop and brainrot. “Every hard task you delegate is a rep you didn’t do, a pattern your neurons didn’t carve deeper.” [pauljun.substack.com]

It’s #internationalcatday and since my little daughter loves cats, plenty of them show up regularly in my sketchbooks. Here are some recent ones 😊

It's great to switch tools every now and then. It helps reset your working habits and see things from a slightly different perspective. You can always return to your favourite tools, of course, but there's also a good chance you might find some new favourites. Neocolor 2 pastels & Pith sketchbook.

Issue 1 of The Illustrated is out, highlighting the work of @katherinelam.bsky.social @jenniferdionisio.com and Cristina Estanislao https://pencilbooth.com/takes/c89a408d-0d2c-4cb0-8402-1f722168c1c2

Issue 2 of The Illustrated is up. All Japanese illustrators this time. https://pencilbooth.com/takes/90d44b0a-0a8c-45bb-8a82-83a06e42f247

To celebrate the recent redesign and because I feel grateful to all humans today, I am giving away a free one month membership to MundoMendo.com for a limited time. Stories, comics & art for fellow humans. www.mundomendo.com/onemonthfree

Is This the Best Cover of Radiohead’s Creep? Musical theater major Erin Morton absolutely blisters the paint off of the walls with her performance. Wow. I actually got some goosebumps watching this. [kottke.org]

This take on AI-made pictures is the best I've read since the madness started. Roman Muradov is always so sharp and good at his thinking – and drawing, and writing-. dadaissues.substack.com/p/strife-is-...

“You are taught to talk, read and write, but no one seems to teach you how to perceive. […] You don’t really see something unless you draw it, or at least unless you mentally draw it. It makes you look at things.” — Alan Fletcher Great to write about Alan's sketchbooks mailchi.mp/fletcheretc/...

My dear friend @iancul.bsky.social sent me this today... it's so charming. A story about how a Japanese woman programmed a loop into the Casiotone MT-40 in the early 80s which got used on a monster reggae track. Her inspiration for the loop? Watch and see ♥️ www.arte.tv/en/videos/10...

Such a beautiful book, Luis's work is always inspiring 👌

Alan Fletcher's sketchbooks, a never-ending source of inspiration. I was invited to write about Alan's sketchbooks and how they've inspired my own practice. — Sign up to the newsletter for insights into Alan’s work including some rare and unseen works and personal anecdotes. linktr.ee/fletcher_etc

❗️ PSA ❗️: Pinterest has updated its policies, including about how it trains its generative AI models. However, there is an option in Pinterest account settings to opt out of their GenAI being trained on your Pins, as shown in the screenshot here.

So inspiring to follow Craig's members' programme over the last few years — and Craig is especially kind in sharing what he's learned

​Friends, I'm moving soon & I need to let go of many design books from my collection (including some rare ones too)? Is ebay the most convenient? Or do you know any specialised shops or sellers I could talk to? Thanks very much!

£126bn and 2.4 million people. That’s the size of the creative industries in the UK and every DCMS Minister has had to fight HMT and Number 10 over support. That’s about 10x the size of the motor industry and 4 x more productive. Fishing? Less than £500 million.

Added the following disclaimer to the speaker/critic page of my website. 💙❤️ www.brianlarossa.com/speaker_and_...

Always a huge pleasure working with Stevie, this was such a fun project 👌 Find out more about it here on my website: iancul.com/project/the-... And check out the Veltrons music, of course 😉

Honestly if we were to rewrite The First Things First Manifesto for 2025 it could just be about creative communities holding hands against AI. I teach the history of technological disruption. History tells me this is different. It does not end well. We have to hold hands.

Okay revised the starter pack description to make it clearer. If u r a designer or illustrator please boost this to help me find other hiring directors. If u r an art, design, or creative director who hires designers and/or illustrators, raise your hand—I’ll add u. go.bsky.app/Hxoz9KX

Writing a Substack series called Approaching Agents, detailing my journey from 1st query to signing with mine. The latest post gives you my cover letters, synopses, rejections/offer & the 7 stories I sent! I hope it’ll be interesting for (& help) #aspiringauthors #querying 🤓 shorturl.at/sUjB7

One more time for the newcomers: Hey illustrators! Did you know there's a contact form on my website just for you? When beginning new projects I routinely check the spreadsheet for new submissions and search/sort my notes on previous submissions. www.brianlarossa.com 💙❤️ #kidlitart

It’s #NationalIllustrationDay2024! 🎉 Here's a sketchbook sneak peek, #wip for a picture book inspired by a very personal story. The wonderful Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration is behind the initiative, check them out. And stay tuned for more details about my book 🐥🐓😉 #picturebook

One of the loveliest places in London

Lovely little film about Chris Raschka making drawings about walking around Seattle (always great to see a bit of a master's process) www.youtube.com/watch?v=mx8J...

Many of you are, like me, book lovers. I have a new post on MundoMendo about the most beloved book town in town. With audio this time. https://www.mundomendo.com/bookwormcentral/

Makind hand-drawn labels and having a glass of delicious red Romanian wine — “vinul lui tata” means “dad’s wine” — good way to spend a Sunday afternoon

I always carry a sketchbook with me plus a handful of pens, all held by a watch strap. Any few minutes to spare, I try to spend them drawing rather than staring at my phone. This is my post for the Sketchbook Gallery, many lovely sketchbooks here sketchbook-gallery.notion.site/Sketchbook-G...

“Next time is next time, now is now.” — still thinking about this line from Wim Wender's mesmerizing film, Perfect Days. It's such a great tribute to looking for beauty in the seemingly unexciting daily events. #sketchbook #illustration #handlettering

One of the hard but important things to learn as a designer or illustrator is how to deal with rejections. For a good while now I’ve been turning the nos I receive into drawings. Here’s a pocket sketchbook with some of them. youtube.com/shorts/LPoiD...

It was such a pleasure to be a part of the #Secret7 exhibition at #NowGallery again! This year it was presented by #WarChildUK who support children from zones of conflict. My artwork was a response to Paul McCartney's ‘Pipes of Peace’. Many thanks to everyone involved! 🙏

Great to see Calais Zagarow Schroeder’s new book “A Life In Between”, published by Parea Books — I had the pleasure of drawing the lettering for the cover (watercolour illustration by Olga Crée). Thanks very much to Frances Baca for the art direction. #handlettering #publishing #bookcover #newwork

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So great to see the cover I made for the Secret 7“ exhibition (at NOW Gallery, March 2-17). You can bid on your favourites from today by joining Peggy. All money raised will support War Child's work in conflict zones around the world. More on secret-7.co.uk #exhibition #illustration #charity

My short film “A flower a day” is a good reminder to show your loved one how much you care every day, not just on Valentine's Day www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdFE...

Substack explains why they are paying Nazis to publish on their platform. Friends who publish on Substack, are you ok with this? If not, maybe try Buttondown or Wordpress or Ghost or literally anything fucking else. [substack.com]

Pocket sketchbook spreads — Writing down a few reminders for myself. Lately I've been busy w all sorts, losing sight of what matters. Fortunately @theillustratorsguide's recent video about social media use helped — thanks James! 🙏 Last spread is unrelated, a note about always buying the original 😅

Pocket sketchbook spreads — recent breakfast drawings. Trying to capture the same “mundane” things in different, interesting ways is a great exercise.

Pocket sketchbook spreads — recent drawings about admiring trees and their wonderful autumn colours while riding into town. Such a joy to take the quiet cycle lanes, looking around for yet another undiscovered street.

Pocket sketchbook spreads — very recent drawings about neighbourhood views, pots and plants, leaves turning yellow. It always brings me joy when I find an interesting perspective on a “boring” urban view.