<strong>Japan: </strong>Luis Simoes has visited 29 countries in the past two years, traversing Europe and Asia and documenting every step.
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Japan: Luis Simoes has visited 29 countries in the past two years, traversing Europe and Asia and documenting every step.
Luis Simoes
<strong>Sweden: </strong>Simoes, a 35-year-old former 3D motion designer from Lisbon, Portugal, is sketching his way around the world. So far he says he's filled "probably twenty" 60-page sketchbooks.
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Sweden: Simoes, a 35-year-old former 3D motion designer from Lisbon, Portugal, is sketching his way around the world. So far he says he's filled "probably twenty" 60-page sketchbooks.
Luis Simoes
<strong>France: </strong>He says that sketching the world has allowed him to frame things in a new light. "I'm not just drawing a beautiful building, I'm trying to capture the life around the building, and how people connect with that building.
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France: He says that sketching the world has allowed him to frame things in a new light. "I'm not just drawing a beautiful building, I'm trying to capture the life around the building, and how people connect with that building.
Luis Simoes
<strong>China: </strong>"People in Asia want to know why I'm there. I traveled for three months in China, people would touch me, put their fingers on my sketch book. It can be an unwanted interruption but it can (also) be a nice ice-breaker."
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China: "People in Asia want to know why I'm there. I traveled for three months in China, people would touch me, put their fingers on my sketch book. It can be an unwanted interruption but it can (also) be a nice ice-breaker."
Luis Simoes
<strong>Mongolia: </strong>"What I've learned is I have time to see things, to see the culture passing by. I can be in one spot for three hours maybe, it gives me the time to feel more. That's what I'm trying to capture: the feeling, rather than the moment."
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Mongolia: "What I've learned is I have time to see things, to see the culture passing by. I can be in one spot for three hours maybe, it gives me the time to feel more. That's what I'm trying to capture: the feeling, rather than the moment."
Luis Simoes
<strong>Norway: </strong>He's expecting to spend five years, in total, on the road on a trip that will take him, forever eastwards, around the globe, taking in five continents.
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Norway: He's expecting to spend five years, in total, on the road on a trip that will take him, forever eastwards, around the globe, taking in five continents.
Luis Simoes
<strong>Russia: </strong>So far he's made it through Europe and much of Asia, documenting his travels -- as well as, of course, posting his sketches -- on his bilingual <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.worldsketchingtour.com%2F" target="_blank" target="_blank">blog</a> and on <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Finstagram.com%2Fsimonetti" target="_blank" target="_blank">Instagram</a>. He says that India, Nepal and maybe Southeast Asia are next on the list, although it's a "vague plan."
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Russia: So far he's made it through Europe and much of Asia, documenting his travels -- as well as, of course, posting his sketches -- on his bilingual blog and on Instagram. He says that India, Nepal and maybe Southeast Asia are next on the list, although it's a "vague plan."
Luis Simoes
<strong>Germany: </strong>"I had a friend who was traveling around the world and I was jealous, but then I thought, if he's doing this then I can also do this."
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Germany: "I had a friend who was traveling around the world and I was jealous, but then I thought, if he's doing this then I can also do this."
Luis Simoes