Motivation Monday # 23 - Andy Smith

I first discovered Andy Smith's work a few years ago when I came across one of his hand screen printed books Lightning Strikes at Fattys House. I instantly loved his hand lettered typography and the bold restricted colour use.

The follow pics are from a sketchbook that he took on a trip to New York. Smith explains 'It was a while ago and like a lot of illustrators I don't really get time to do this type of drawing anymore. Its drawing for drawings sake and its great to do and keeps you sharp but it doesn't feed directly into my work which these days is usually based more around an idea or phrase than going somewhere and recording it. The thing that was really useful about going out and drawing is that I used to often see or hear something that would later turn into an idea. Nowadays although I don't get out and draw so much I just note all this stuff down. So I have books with things written in them or little doodles that are based on stuff I've seen. These notebooks don't look as nice as the sketchbooks but are really useful for when I'm searching for an idea. I return to them again and again when I need inspiration.'