An Artcomix Series publication featuring the artwork of Carrie Taylor. These pieces are the result of a zen like session of drawing that involves combining free forms and repeating patterns into visually stunning drawings that, while abstract in nature, resonate well with the viewer's psyche. Using rhythm and flow, the artist is able to connect with a more peaceful mind state.
16 pages
4.25 x 4.25
b/w with cardstock covers
copyright 2010
first printing limited to 50 hand signed copies
Reviews:
Poopsheet-
Karmic Book is a $2, self-proclaimed art comic that introduces the originality of patterned doodling as technique. Taylor’s penmanship influence exposes the warm visual rhythm of the pieces. You can stop and try to find shapes in the abstraction (like faces in clouds), but I think the most enjoyment comes from admiring the overall form or patterns contained within. Taylor is able to get a sort of aesthetically perceptible texture from even a 2D rendering. This type of mini-comic experimentation really defies easy classification and blurs the line between technique, medium, and genre - being a new sub-category of one of those I’d venture to say. There’s no words, no story, it’s not a comic, and it’s not a ‘zine, but is still miraculously somehow a “mini.” It’s not pretentiously trying to push boundaries, it’s merely staying true to itself. It very calmly defies categorization and I loved it.
Grade A.
