Back in 2006,
a red sketch book started a journey around the world, traveling not through the mail, but from artist to artist. The idea came from
Dice Tsutsumi and
Gérald Guerlais, two animators at
Blue Sky Studios. They compiled a list of 71 artists, personal friends and influential people they would like to have involved in their traveling sketch book. Dice and Gérald thought they could get it done in a year, but the book is now full, five years later. Another component of the project was to
auction off the completed book and 9 reproductions,
which was done in October, 2011, collecting more than 76,000 euros (100,000 US$) for
the Room to Read international library-building organization. You can browse through the past travels on
the Sketchtravel blog, view the participants by
name or
location on
Sketchtravel.tv, along with video interviews and clips with 15 of the 71 artists. There are even more videos in
Curio's Vimeo collection, and
two informative interviews with Gérald Guerlais on NoWatch.net.
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posted by filthy light thief
on Nov 26, 2011 -
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