08 Apr 08 Art meets news with Larry Roibal

Larry Roibal is a freelance illustrator who has been displaying his quick, amazing doodles that he does directly on news stories relating to the subjects. Though I am hard-pressed to call them doodles because of the quality of some of the drawings. What’s amazing is that he just uses a simple ballpoint pen and some of his work is almost gallery worthy. From his about page:

I draw sometimes for the sake of drawing, sometimes to practice my drawing, or just to pass the time. For years, I’ve been doing morning drawings, done over coffee or on the train. They’re done quick without corrections and off they go into the recycling bin without fanfare. There’s something liberating about drawing something you know is being thrown away. It’s not meant to be art, but having drawn pretty pictures for over twenty years, these doodles hold a strange appeal to me, you know, one man’s trash…

The guy is really amazing.

Credit: Drawn!