Quoteskine Vol 1

Lee Crutchley is an illustrator and author from a small town in England which no one has heard of. He hates writing bios in the third person, but continually finds himself doing it. He is taller than average.

The world would be a better place if everyone continued to draw past their teens. But we're told from an early age that art, especially drawing, won't pay bills. You need to do something with your life, become a doctor, or a mechanic, or a...Teacher? If you really want to draw for a living, that's called illustration. And you'll need to go to college, and uni, start from the bottom and work your way up...Drawing if for kids! Quoteskine is drawing for grown ups. Call it anti-illustration if you want. It celebrates the love of drawing and the subject matter that inspires each image. Taking in references from movies, books, music, famous figures and even including some self penned quotes. Quoteskine hopes to reconnect that childhood love of drawing and creativity with the adult brain. Forget a minute about the work you have to do and the bills you have to pay. Get lost instead in the grown up kid's world that is Quoteskine. Then it's your turn.

In class.. On the phone.. At the restaurant - these are just a fex of the myriad activities and venues known to inspire the universal art of doodling. Lee Crutchley has taken it to a whole new level, delivering in wonderful hand drawn type and with boundless with an homage to the doodle in book form that focuses on the form of the "quote". Ultimately nostalgic, the Quoteskine project looks "to reconnect the childhood love of drawing with the adult brain" through inspiration and activities. Referencing the pop culture mother lode of music, films and books, the author provides delightful illustrated quotes, from the whimsical to the wise - affirmations sure to resonate with a broad audience.