A review by ruchidas
Zen Pencils: Cartoon Quotes from Inspirational Folks by Gavin Aung Than
5.0
Lack of awareness is the only reason I can think of why anyone in their right mind would not read Aung Than's Zen Pencils and fall in love with it. An artist who started converting motivational quotes to artforms during his free time at a soul-sucking job, Zen Pencils reeks of inspiration from the first word to the last.
This book has been my companion after a tiring day. Every comic strip either intrigued me or brightened up my face with a smile. Aung Than has breathed life into some of the most amazing quotes of all time with his work. All his artworks are nothing short of top-notch. However, my favorites have to be Calvin Coolidge's Never Give Up featuring the Dragonslayer and Phil Plait's Welcome to Science. Chris Guillebeau's 11 Ways to Be Average, Chris Hadfield's An Astronaut's Advice, and Jack London's I Would Rather Be Ashes and Dust are a few others that stuck a chord with me.
I found the artwork in The Two Wolves mesmerizing. Poems Ithakha and Invictus were rendered into narratives so beautifully that they brought tears into my eyes. In fact, Zen Pencils has something for everyone to fall in love with.
You don't even need to buy the book to read it. All Aung Than's Zen Pencil artworks are available for free on the Zen Pencils website. Still, I'm eventually going to buy both his books for a lot of family and friends because this is exactly the kind of work that is so wholesome that you can't help but support the artist.
This book has been my companion after a tiring day. Every comic strip either intrigued me or brightened up my face with a smile. Aung Than has breathed life into some of the most amazing quotes of all time with his work. All his artworks are nothing short of top-notch. However, my favorites have to be Calvin Coolidge's Never Give Up featuring the Dragonslayer and Phil Plait's Welcome to Science. Chris Guillebeau's 11 Ways to Be Average, Chris Hadfield's An Astronaut's Advice, and Jack London's I Would Rather Be Ashes and Dust are a few others that stuck a chord with me.
I found the artwork in The Two Wolves mesmerizing. Poems Ithakha and Invictus were rendered into narratives so beautifully that they brought tears into my eyes. In fact, Zen Pencils has something for everyone to fall in love with.
You don't even need to buy the book to read it. All Aung Than's Zen Pencil artworks are available for free on the Zen Pencils website. Still, I'm eventually going to buy both his books for a lot of family and friends because this is exactly the kind of work that is so wholesome that you can't help but support the artist.