Urban sketches from the subterranean passageways of New York City.
As so many sketchers have discovered, public transportation is the most reliable source of gratis life drawing study in the world. No matter where you go, you know just where to find interesting people who are willing to sit for you.
An issue of Subway Sketchbook contains a bag of shells. From carefully observed portraits to hasty scribbles, each line tells a unique story, weaving the intimate and personal details of sartorial expression with the swinging elbows and sudden lurching that characterize subway work.
Subway Sketchbook comes in a range of formats. “Folio” refers to the classic zine, which is the same size as a sheet of letter paper folded in half. Folio-size drawings (5.5″ x 8.5″) appear in Brain Fever.
Standard minicomics size comparison.
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The different formats do not reprint the same drawings at different sizes! When I draw on the train, I end up with a variety of shapes, sizes and even angles. It's kind of unconscious, actually, but it depends on how far away I am from the subject, whether I'm sitting or standing, who might be looming over me, etc. It's a process, you know?
The only exception is the super duper mini size, which has the same dimensions as the super mini size, but is shorter because it is printed on only one side of the paper, and folded cleverly to make a booklet with no staples.
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