My responsibility is to present things in a way that is realistic and true to the multifaceted world I've known... This is how I think the world is, not how it should be. Adrian Tomine havemultifacetepresent Change image and share on social
When I'm sitting at my drafting table in my studio, I could really be anywhere. Adrian Tomine draftsitstudio Change image and share on social
There have been a handful of assignments over the years that I've had to turn down due to time constraints, and I was fairly envious when I saw the finished product, beautifully illustrated by someone else. Adrian Tomine assignmentbeautifullyconstraint share on social
I think having kids has been the biggest influence on my work since I started publishing. Adrian Tomine biginfluencekid Change image and share on social
'Shortcomings' was me figuring out who I am. Adrian Tomine figureshortcoming Change image and share on social
I started my career so early and developed in print for better or for worse, so I think there's a sense some of my earliest readers are kind of copilots on this voyage with me. Adrian Tomine badlycareercopilot Change image and share on social
I was just taking my sketchbook to Kinko's and making photocopies and hand-assembling them - folding them over and stapling them. Adrian Tomine assemblefoldhand Change image and share on social
The basic work schedule for me is whenever I'm not doing anything more important, like taking care of my kids or something. So, it's most of the day, five days a week, most evenings and sometimes on the weekends. Adrian Tomine basiccareday share on social
I'm sometimes a cartoonist, and there's an audience for that, and I'm sometimes an illustrator, and there's an audience for that. Adrian Tomine audiencecartoonistillustrator Change image and share on social
I don't pick up my work at all. If it's something that's still in progress and I have the chance to make some edits on the material or think about the order, little things like that, I'll keep those stories at hand and go through them. But once it exists as the book, it's locked away in a vault, and I kind of put it behind me. Adrian Tomine bookchanceedit share on social