Congratulations to the Author-a-Month winner for May – Cali Rezo!

http://bit.ly/calirezo

We want our feature of Cali to include fan questions, what would you like to ask our new winner?

Post your questions in the comments section below and we will include a few.

There are many choices when selecting tools or methods for enhancing productivity but is a journal one of your tools?

According to a new article featured on Forbes.com, you might want to consider keeping a journal for a number of reasons:

http://onforb.es/JatmCE

Have you used a journal in these ways? What results did you see?

We would like to bring back a feature on this blog showing a snapshot or a brief feature of our readers.

If you would like to be featured on this blog please send us an e-mail at moleskinerie@moleskine.com .

We know we have amazing readers and we want to share with the community the interesting ways you are all using notebooks.

Please write us if interested and tell us a bit about yourself, include some images of your work if possible.

Let us know things such as which style of notebooks you enjoy to use, how you use them, places you take them etc.

We can’t promise to feature everyone but we will start to feature as many fans as we can in the upcoming months and beyond.

Our newest video presents the latest additions to our Writing Collection.

Do you prefer the click or the cap?

Clicks pens and pencils

Is a picture really worth a thousand words?

We wanted to share with you an interesting article on doodling. More companies are using doodling to express complex ideas and get everyone on the same page.

Have you tried visual note taking in the work place or do you ever create doodles in your personal time? What benefits does it bring to you?

(Click the image to read the article)

The latest Author-a-Month is now revealed, Nerderella is the winner! To learn more about the person behind the work, we reached out to her:

Could you please tell us something about yourself?

My name is Yasmin and I work under the name Nerderella, I live in the Netherlands in a house with a garden, my boyfriend and all our toys and gadgets. I’m an illustrator / concept artists by day and a crafster by night. I read a lot of comics, play way too many video games and love cooking and taking pictures.

What inspires you the most during your creation process?

A lot actually; friends, family, conversations I overhear, comics, games even weird stuff I find in second hand stores. I went to Pictoplasma recently and that really inspired me too.

And of course some of my favorite artists: Dave Cooper, Junko Mizuno, Mark Ryden, Jhonen Vasquez, Junji Ito and Robin Keijzer. And for some reaon, reeealy bad movies, I love their corniness. (I advise the Room and Troll 2!).

Which are your sketching tools?

My sketching tool of choice is a Pentel 0.7mm refillable pencil. when I don’t need any sketching done I use Pentel sign pens and fine liners or my recent favourite; the Pentel colour brush. It might not give the perfect even lines I usually use but I really like how it makes my drawings look. It makes them more alive.

Thank you for sharing with us Nerderella!

As we have done with all past winners a custom sleeve and bookmark of the winning artist’s work have been created.

You can find the sleeve or bookmark by logging into myMoleskine and going to our MSK section. Once you are there simply select the workshops section.

Enjoy: http://bit.ly/9v48lIt

You may have noticed a lack of updates here at Moleskinerie but fear not we have some very exciting updates on the way.

We want to thank all of the notebook aficionados who have helped influence this blog for over 8 years now.

For your trust in participating in this community we promise more consistant updates throughout the week and look forward to your comments!

Next Up – You have spoken and we listened, the Author-a-Month winner will be revealed next week.

myMoleskine “Author a month” initiative is back!
You can help decide who will be the selected one for March 2012 among the three most active on myMoleskine authors
View the artworks here: Martin | Macha | Nerderella

Just vote on Moleskine Facebook page for one of the three top uploaders and the winner will be featured on Moleskinerie with a dedicated sleeve and bookmark.

Last week Sylvie, the author, photographer and food lover behind Gourmande in the Kitchen, posted about an exciting Moleskine Passions Journals giveaway and a generous review of the whole collection, on her blog http://gourmandeinthekitchen.com.
The giveaway will run until the end of today, so check it out now!

http://gourmandeinthekitchen.com/2012/moleskine-passions-journal-review-giveaway/

Our last artist to profile from our recent Moleskine Portraits event is Emilie Baltz.

Emilie presented the very popular “Faces” project which you can see the results from in our Facebook album here: http://on.fb.me/portraits_faces

Emilie Baltz – Making Food, Pictures, and Things
- Who are you and what do you do?
I am Emilie Baltz. I make things that make people smile. I use a variety of media, mediums and industries as outputs for my work. My interest lies in human expression and consumption. I am obsessed with Junk Food and believe that the relationship between ideals and reality creates a tension that moves culture forward.

- Are Moleskine notebooks a part of your life and creative process? If so, how do you fit them in?
Moleskine notebooks are part of my everyday, every-moment life. I am a furious note-taker/list-maker and ridiculous scribbler.  My Moleskine is half organizational-tool and half dream-making machine.

- You are presenting a project at Moleskine Portraits in NYC on January 30th…what is it about?
I am secretly referring to my project as “Put Your Face In It”, a photo booth experience in which patrons can place their face directly into an extra-large Moleskine notebook. Visitors are invited to draw their own “hair” on the surrounding paper, or choose from a series of illustrated images created by New York City-based illustrator Cully Long.

- If you collaborated with someone on your project, how did your collaboration work?
Cully Long is a NYC-based artist who has a series of Subway Sketches I love. Our collaboration stemmed from a conversation about navigating through the city, the people you encounter and the ability to capture their expressions. My photographic work often revolves around human expressions, and Cully’s work equally focuses on this thematic. We thought that fusing our two mediums in such a way, literally creating a “frame” for expressions, both drawn and photographed, was a natural (and engaging) way to create a unique series of portraits that spoke of the diversity of New York City.

- What inspires you?
I am inspired by truth, laughter and people who allow themselves to fall in love.

- Do you prefer plain, ruled, or squared paper?
Plain, please.

www.emiliebaltz.com

The previous featured Artists:
Phillip Stearns
Brian Quinn
Amanda Stern and Nathan Sensel
Daniel Perlin and Dana Karwas

Moleskine Portraits
Monday, January 30th 2012
Exit Art, New York, NY
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