I found this postcard (pictured) in a drawer over the weekend, when I was cleaning my room. I’d purchased it in Prague five years ago (since postcards were about the only souvenirs I could afford at the time). Great find! I’m happy to report I’ve been working on a new drawing stealing the imagery inspired by its imagery.

I also spent about half an hour flipping through the book below, which contains various examples of  illustrators’ sketchbooks, and their accompanying thoughts on why they like to use them (answer–all of the normal reasons). I normally enjoy both sketchbooks and illustrators, but this time…I don’t know, just wasn’t feeling it. Maybe the poor little volume seemed like it was trying too hard: