Moleskine Series By Karl Kwasny

By Oculoid Thursday July 22, 2010

This interesting and completely awesome series of Moleskin Journal entries were done by Australian artist Karl Kwasny. Karl also works under the title of Monaux.

Love more of this artist’s work at his website or deviantART.

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Dan

There is something pretentious about a beautiful moleskine. It's meant to be a sketchbook. Spending the time to make it a finished product defeats the purpose. The only purpose would be to prove to people how good you are, that your sketchbook is amazing (just wait until you see when I try hard)… but this IS you trying hard.. this is the best you do.. yeah it is good, but why form it in the sketchbook phase, unless you are trying to get unwarranted applause?

tim

HATERS GON’ HATE.
Silvana

Art has no rules, you can make a sketchbook that is meant to be like a “planning board” a work of art.
It should not be restricted what things you can or can’t use for finished up drawings.
Also, this is a Journal, not a “Finished Product”. It is like a blog (if you can call it like that):
Miscelaneous feeling in a space, it isn’t created to impress.
In a few words, art can do whatever it wants to do.
Silvana

Art has no rules, you can make a sketchbook that is meant to be like a “planning board” a work of art.
It should not be restricted what things you can or can’t use for finished up drawings.
Also, this is a Journal, not a “Finished Product”. It is like a blog (if you can call it like that):
Miscelaneous feeling in a space, it isn’t created to impress.
In a few words, art can do whatever it wants to do.

hannabis

innnnncredible
Tyler

Clearly Dan does not understand that a person can do whatever the hell he or she wants with his or her own sketchbook. It’s art, fuck “rules”. Anything the artist puts heart into, “finished product” or not, doesn’t “defeat the purpose”–especially if the artist’s purpose to begin with is to make a beautifully refined piece. The only thing pretension I see here is some jealous failure’s baseless attempt to knock another’s work.

Karl–Keep doing what you do, what you like, and fuck the rest.
Tyler

Woops!

*-thing

I am human.
Ali

Love it! I love when a sketchbook is also a diary, and says something about the author.
Dan can shove it. It’s never wrong to pour everything you’ve got into a sketchbook, he’s just jealous.
Keep it up, it’s all so beautiful.
James

There’s something pretencious about this comment. It’s not pretencious to pour your EFFORT into a sketchbook, why do only sketches and rough drawings have to go into a sketchbook? It’s not to show ‘how good you are’, it’s the process of improvement.
A moleskine is quite exspenisve (for a sketchbook) and it makes sense that people want to put effort into making it look good.
runwhilewecan

the only thing pretentious here is you. “just wait until you see when I try hard.”
Right. Clearly YOU are the more developed artist. Its quite easy to tear someone else down to lift yourself up. I’d like to see some of YOUR work, to see if you can back up the shit coming out of your mouth.
Dl8692a

Nice work, was instantly drawn to the little cup of Yogatos on the one page! You from DC?
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Jackrussell

what was the point of this post? you’re only pointing out what a douche you are and you have no idea what art is and can be; it can be anything. who the fuck cares if he put a lot of time into a moleskin? he didn’t do it for you, he did it for himself and it shows in the work.
1234

I didn’t realize that sketch books came with rules, such as “only rough drafts that are left incomplete must be placed here.” I had also forgotten that art itself was devoted to the following of already established restrictions, which goes to show why we refuse to acknowledge innovative “rebels” for their efforts, such as Da Vinci and Tim Burton (odd pair to put together, but it was intended!).

Thank goodness that you are here to right the wrong that has been ongoing for several centuries. If we weren’t notified of our wrong by the recently self-proclaimed God of Artistry, I do believe we would have continued to produce work that didn’t adhere to these rules. How stupid of us all.
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kounel

hey i saw the word αγοραφοβια in one of your pages… do you speak greek?
anyday

Excellent style. Very clean. You did a good job getting your emotions across or at least out. Thanks for sharing this.
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http://nicolefiori.com Nicole

Oh wow, I’ve been reading these over and over, trying to understand his story. I still don’t get it completely, but I can really feel his frustrations through his drawings. Very good job!

To Dan: I don’t feel these are completed works at all. They’re still very raw and nude, which is why I’m so drawn to them.
Max

He’s just drawing… quite well, I might add. What does it matter what he is drawing on? Does this make it any less impressive? Not in my opinion… What does a Moleskine have to do with it? He could probably draw just as well in a 300 ruled-page notebook from walmart… and just as well in the most expensive sketch book you can purchase.
http://twitter.com/Ariel_Bledsoe kawaiisanosuke

Love this. I like how real it seems even stylized. My sketch books never seem to come out cohesive like this but that’s just because my minds all over the place.

As for Dans comment, I find it absolutely rubbish. There are no set rules in art and trying to establish your own is snobbish and annoying.

Keep doing what you do!
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T.Toast

this makes my heart go YEAH BABY.
T.Toast

this makes my heart go YEAH BABY.
Annie E. Existence

very beautiful work. very inspiring!
Annie E. Existence

very beautiful work. very inspiring!
Suzanne

beautifull!
Aaron

wow, he really loves that girl…
H. Merganser

Absolutely sketchbooks come with rules. There are things that you are allowed to put in a sketch book and things that you are not allowed. Among the things that are not allowed in sketchbooks are cauliflower, the Pacific Ocean, and Canadian Lynx, to name just a few. If you do put any of these in your sketchbook, the rules stipulate that blancmanges from the Planet Skyron are completely justified in converting you to a Scotsman. And this may be just the beginning, so be careful what you put in your sketchbook. I have heard from a fairly reliable source that a man in Seattle once put an Oldsmobile in his sketchbook and within moments a large cow appeared and began following him everywhere. As far as I know, he is still being followed. Dangers lurk everywhere, and those who make unauthorized use of their sketchbooks do it at their own peril!
Luisgvas

str8 up, Dan must be such a douche bag. my sketchbooks my pal, a place where ideas are born it almost feels wrong to leave some of them alone or unfinished. art is beautiful and should never be limited.

Dan: maybe you should seek happiness and stop bringing your “rules” into a world where they don’t apply

Karl: killer words bro keep it up
Joao

graphic novel please.
Sdsdfdsfdsf

thanks for putting theese pics up. i enjoyed
Ann

I stumbleupon this and I just have to say, I think this is really, really good. I like the way you put cut out pieces into the work. I am envious of your artistic abilities.