Former Kingston student’s illustration adventures
George Butler, a former Kingston University illustration student has teamed up with The Times to publish his illustrated travel blog as he attempts to travel the 8,500km overland from London to Libreville, the capital of Gabon, over the course of the next 6 months. George, who graduated in 2007, was initially introduced to reportage illustration on a Kingston University trip to Manhattan where he “learnt how drawing can take you inside a situation and in a community in a way that photography, on the whole, does not”. Armed with pen, ink, watercolour, pencils and as much paper as he can carry, George is hoping to record the countries he travels through as honestly as he can, believing that pen and paper “allows you to be discerning and understanding, and to record things over time”. To keep up with George’s travels, his blog can be found at www.timesonline.co.uk/sketch