96 MARK BURRIER
“Remember when you used to press leaves in the pages of books?” inquires Mark Burrier, creator of The Lucky Ones, a comic written in observance of the everyday. This self-promotional sketchbook collection was printed to sell online as well as to give to prospective clients.

Showing more of the creative process than most actual finished pieces, the sketchbook gives the viewer a behind-the-scenes look at Burrier’s work. “I keep sketchbooks that I make daily entries and drawings in,” he explains. “The pages included in this collection were taken from two books kept from Spring/Summer 2005. The Lucky Ones’ title comes from a song of the same name by the band Viva Voce. It was a favorite song of mine during the period that these drawings were produced and I liked the idea that, this being a collection, the drawings were ‘lucky’ enough to be included.” These drawings are the “leaves” Burrier alludes to, the kind of casual and intimate meanderings that artists more typically hide from the public. But this designer undresses his work, revealing naked poetry and effortless line drawings. According to Burrier, the variety of experimental thoughts and techniques found here “expose the things we do to cover up when no one is looking.” by Aaron Tucker