Book By Its Cover » Sketchbook Series: Lars Henkel

1.19.10

German illustrator Lars Henkel wrote me wondering if I’d be interested in sharing his sketchbook. I am more than thrilled when an incredible artist such as Lars even has heard about the site, let alone wants to contribute to it. Lars work is interesting and impressive in every way. From realistically drawn elements to very stylized figures, I am most intrigued when he mixes his drawings with collage and creates layers of imagery for your eyes to get lost in. Check out more of his work here and keep up with him on his blog here. Now for the images- I couldn’t narrow down my favorites so i just decided to show everything he sent!
Remember you can click on the images to see them bigger!

26 Comments

01/19/10 2:17pm

mati wrote

amazing work.

01/19/10 2:28pm

Daniel Hertzberg wrote

Beautiful drawings + shadow puppet sketches!

01/19/10 2:29pm

natalie wrote

gorgeous throughout, and facile is such an array of techniques

01/19/10 3:47pm

ola wrote

One of the bestr entries here , what a gem .

01/19/10 6:06pm

Cristina wrote

davvero affascinante! una fonte d’ispirazione..

01/19/10 10:02pm

The Art Cupboard (bree morton) wrote

wow, what beauty !
these sketchbooks are fantastic. i love how clear the artist’s signatures are! what a cool thing to see, its like seeing into someone soul.
man i love art

01/19/10 11:48pm

Carla Januska wrote

These are fantastic. I am so glad you showed them all. It is the range that is so admirable. Beautiful, just beautiful.

01/20/10 9:08am

simona wrote

i love it!

01/20/10 11:38pm

david wrote

Wow this is just incredible. Like you said I can get lost in these for sure.

01/21/10 1:00am

Leilani wrote

LOVE LOve love…
Thank you!

01/21/10 6:56am

Tracey wrote

What a fantastic range. I love peeking into artists sketchbooks and discovering now they think visually, the ideas and experiments. I am glad you posted the whole lot, just brilliant.

01/21/10 7:39am

teresa wrote

Wow, amazing work!

01/22/10 1:13am

C wrote

The variety is awesome in his work, he uses all the different mediums so well. A really cool sketchbook!

01/22/10 12:01pm

gabibano wrote

WoW, very nice!

01/22/10 3:24pm

Natalie Ratkovski wrote

Hi Lars,
du hast ein richtig inspirierendes Skizzenbuch!

In deinen Arbeitsbereich habe ich mich auch richtig verliebt, vor allem in dieses große weiße Fenster und den Poster mit den schwarzen Dingens (was ist das überhaupt?)

Deine Arbeiten sind richtig klasse!

Gruß,
Natalie.

01/23/10 10:06am

Lars wrote

vielen dank, natalie!

was das für schwarze dinger sind, probiere ich auch schon seit langem herauszufinden. keiner wusste es bisher. es sind auf jeden fall samenkapseln, gekauft in einem dekogeschäft…

schöne grüße,
lars

01/23/10 10:41am

Jimmer wrote

Beautiful work, and it’s nice to see a big selection–that opening page piece looks like it was inspired by one of Sendak’s wild things, no?

01/25/10 7:30am

rui vitorino santos wrote

great choice…….great work

01/27/10 11:37am

sojungyu wrote

Oh~my god~~ These are so gorgeous. I love, love, love his works.. Thanks for sharing such a beautiful artist.

01/27/10 4:01pm

Janet wrote

This is so varied and beautiful.

02/3/10 8:47pm

Roman Kunstler wrote

Sehr gut! Ausgescheitnet.

Mein Deutsch ist nicht besonders gut, aber ich liebe deine sketchbuch.

-R

02/9/10 4:16pm

kevin wrote

These are amazing. I love all of the variety.

02/10/10 10:49pm

Lido Pimienta wrote

Its so awkward and exciting.
Great inspiration.

03/5/10 6:16pm

Zarafa wrote

je suis vivement impressioné … vraiment génial. großartig! un capolavoro degno di …
di … mi mancano le parole … zarafa

03/12/10 5:39am

kara wrote

speechless.. i feel so inspired by this!

03/15/10 2:37pm

Will Miller wrote

amazing work. textured, full of life, emotion and evaluation

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