An afternoon strolling the 'Tokyo's Champs-Élysées' backstreets, observing humans and guessing their lives as I walked. www.mundomendo.com/aoyama-fla...

Build a character with me. A full Mundo Mendo story about designing characters, now is live and available to all at www.truegrittexturesupply.com...

I don't have a Wikipedia entry but I have now a Comiclopedia entry, which is cooler and more exclusive. It covers my whole career! www.lambiek.net/artists/m/men...

Luis Mendo

Luis Mendo is a Spanish graphic designer, illustrator and comic artist, who has spent most of his professional career in The Netherlands and Japan. After several years working in magazine design for agencies in the Netherlands, he switched to making illustrations, which can be found on...

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Where I use Whitman's words to illustrate my drawings and our protean (ever-shifting, hard to pin down) existence. www.mundomendo.com/icontainmu...

I Contain Multitudes

Where I use Whitman's words to illustrate my drawings and our protean (ever-shifting, hard to pin down) existence.

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There's a new village coming to Amsterdam called ZUDO: Applying a line claire style (no vectors) DNCO in London commissioned me to draw it, full of references to what used to be my home city. It was a challenging but fun job.
See the whole thing on LuisMendo.com or on zudo.amsterdam

📚I'm running low on Mundo Mendo Book One copies. The limited edition of 1000 (numbered and signed) will not be reprinted ever again so order if you wanted one. Book Two comes out in October. MundoMendo members get all books automagically 👀. Thanks to all members and those who bought the book alread

Where does this need for identifying, labeling, branding and classifying ourselves come from? Maybe the world would be better without it? www.mundomendo.com/abirdisabi...

A Bird Is a Bird Is a Bird

Where does this need for identifying, labeling, branding and classifying ourselves come from? Maybe the world would be better without it? Never use questions on headlines, glad this is an intro.

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True Grit did a great job recreating watercolors for the digital age. I helped with hands-on direction, ideas and of course the visuals for the shop. I drew these while they built the brushes. PS, Procreate and Affinity. 20% off this week. www.truegrittexturesupply.com

Folks in Tokyo are lucky. Maison Petit Renard is selling the Mundo Mendo Book One for a great ¥ price. Go get yours, it's a lovely shop too. www.m-petitrenard.com/?pid=19...

Today’s reason to mourn is that Peter Sellers never got to make The Phantom vs. The Fourth Reich, where he had been cast to play three characters — the Phantom, Hitler, and Hitler's son — by his own choosing. 1972 was something else.

MundoMendo members were so excited of me doing a podcast, that I had to at least try. www.mundomendo.com/forsalepod...

For Sale: Podcast Mic, Barely Used

MundoMendo members were so excited of me doing a podcast, that I had to at least try.

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Updating the OS because your connection is slow might be like throwing matches to put out a fire. 66 days remaining.

I also run THE ILLUSTRATED. It's a free newsletter where I share illustration talent I find online. Here's the latest post pencilbooth.com/posts/81cbee1...

Manuel, Peter, Pierre-Henry, Riccardo & Ronan

A handpicked selection of illustration talent, chosen by Luis Mendo.

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PJ Vogt and the Search Engine podcast team put out a very interesting episode about Taiwan and its importance in the world. Very recommended listen. www.searchengine.show/the-man...

The many lives of Taiwan

We go deep into the story of Taiwan. How a tiny island escaped demise, chartered a course from colonial subjugation through mass Barbie production and into the tech…

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Had the most wonderful conversation with podcast master Gil Roth and want you to eavesdrop on it. The biggest names have passed through his Virtual Memories Podcast so please make sure you dig in the archives. chimeraobscura.com/vm/episode...

Episode 677 – Luis Mendo

Virtual Memories Show 677: Luis Mendo “Mundo Mendo is like the world of Mendo. It’s my world, and you need a spaceship to arrive here.” Welcome to Mundo Mendo! I visited artist an…

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I was fortunate enough to have a little bike accident the other day: it made me reflect on some things which are going to stay concealed on this piece, but I hope the incident helps you do some reflection of your own. Be water, my friends. www.mundomendo.com/an-acciden...

An Accident in Four Acts

I was fortunate enough to have a little bike accident the other day: it made me reflect on some things which are going to stay concealed on this piece, but I hope the incident helps you do some reflection of your own. Be water, my friends.

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DISASTER ARTIST: HOW TO SURVIVE WHEN A PROJECT GETS UGLY. Another fine article from the True Grit Texture Supply folks full of advice for us art makers. www.truegrittexturesupply.com...

Queridas madrileñas y visitantes: Por aquí unos planes para la semana que viene 📝

🎙️🎧 What an honor. Giuseppe Castellano, art director, illustrator, educator, and a titan of the industry interviewed me for his Illustration Dept pod. We talked shop, life & naked! illustrationdept.com/idpodcast Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/0An1... Apple Pods podcasts.apple.com/jp/podcast/t...

if you have bought art/commissions/goodies from or reposted stuff from artists in the last few months you are all our hero for real thank you for real 😭 it matters so much

Sometimes, discovering the context and life of an artist is more important than discovering their art itself. Frédéric Dard is a good example. www.mundomendo.com/thegravita...

The Gravitas of Making

Sometimes, discovering the context and life of an artist is more important than discovering their art itself. Frédéric Dard is a good example.

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It's so good to be interviewed by good people. Listen/watch me talking about value, creativity, Japan and why publishing on socials is providing the salami between dry bread (ads). captnoffscript.com/s02-e29-lu...

Here's a checklist of things I consider when designing a character. www.mundomendo.com/thisbuilds...

This Builds Character

A checklist of things I consider when designing a character.

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Where we get to talk to Buddhasugi, one of the oldest trees in Japan. www.mundomendo.com/1800yearsa...

1800 Years and Waiting

Where we get to talk to Buddhasugi, one of the oldest trees in Japan.

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Mendo's book is a beautiful reminder: create what you want to create and tell your own story. Even in a world full of distractions and AI, it finds its audience. Thanks @rubenbos.co for your kindness. strook.blog/en/post?slug=23-m...

23. Mundo Mendo — Strook

Create what you want in a world full of distractions

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Happy to be featured on this @creativeboom piece about Handsome Provisions, a curated print shop from the @HandsomeFrank team. www.creativeboom.com/resource...

Handsome Frank launches a new shop selling beautiful prints by world-class illustrators

Handsome Provisions is a carefully curated print shop from the team behind one of illustration's most celebrated agencies. And it's the perfect place to find art that will genuinely transform your...

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💬🎧 I hope enjoy my chat with the good people at Design Better. It's one of my fav podcasts and Elijah and Aarron are fantastic humans. Give it a listen. designbetterpodcast.com/p/lui...

Luis Mendo: Designer turned illustrator on making things that could only come from you

Episode 171 of the Design Better Podcast

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Ruben Bos@rubenbos.co · 4mo ago

I tried @luismendo.com! “Book One reads like a diary, the best of a blog, and above all, a delightful expression of creativity without compromise.” strook.blog/en/post?slug...

Almost two years in and I still find explaining Mundo Mendo harder than one would think www.mundomendo.com/thethingth...

The Thing That This Is

Explaining Mundo Mendo is harder than one would think.

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Thanks everyone for your enormous support. Paper Boat reached out, apologized and paid me for the license to use the drawing. It's so sad that we have to do this shaming for something that is ours. Never let them steal from you, artists deserve better.