Waiting for the Xypher train to arrive in Denver to take it to San Francisco. 32 hours on the train, a tad too long, but the scenery outside the windows! WOW!

This summer I will flee impending doom brought on by black holes in space, but first I have to catch my Aeronaut bag!

The Aeronaut 30 finds space even in the madness of a bus ride in Sri Lanka, amidst various sights and objects I encountered during my trip there this May. Hi, I'm Varun; Illustration student based in Coventry, United Kingdom. This is the Aeronaut 30, my (future?) companion in traversing this crazy little world.

i have no holiday plan for this season since i have much things to do.. so i decide to explore my own city.. and wondered by so many great place I found in Surabaya - East Java- Indonesia

Traveling on transportation takes one to various places. Bags are always a must on a any trip thus it was my focus.

This is our plan! Road trip, camping and dog - what else?

One summer we were camping on the Ocean Grove Spit. One afternoon I stayed in the tent and had a sleep while my family went to the beach. This is what they told me they did while they were there

I have been reading a Hundertwasser text called the garden gnome where he says the garden gnome is a reminder of how we used to talk to the grass and the birds and we no longer know how. The travel theme made me think about the film Amelie and how she convinces her father to travel the world by stealing his garden gnome and having a friend send postcards with the gnome around the world. I dream of traveling around speaking to the birds and the grass and the people and I'd love to send my friends postcards with a funny -yet deep- character that goes around clothed with whatever he finds in his journey.

While traveling in Veracruz, Mexico.

On the 16th of August it will be my 17th birthday, in which I am celebrating in this picture. Also in this picture it is raining flowers, why? Because in my imagination it can!

So I talk to my belongings..I think they last longer and cooperate much more! :p and that's my journey from where I work (Mumbai) to home which is Delhi. I take a rickshaw then switch to the bus and finally the airport..the view is mostly traffic which I observe while munching on my sandwich. So here's my take on that! (:

Time is all that matters to the Japanese peeps. Even though on stake is an awesome bag, which I try to hold on to while in a kung-fu pose with my leg on the face of the fellow, bored passenger.

Drawn with Rapidiograph pen and ink.

When prompted to doodle my summer journey, I had trouble picturing just one scene or idea. My mind rambled, “Six Flags is a blast, oh but the beach is beautiful, NYC is my dream city, books are awesome, I wonder how many pounds of ice cream I’ll consume, blah, blah, blah...” So I’ve come to conclude that ultimately, my summer journey is wherever my mind wanders – often in the form of pen on paper.

I arrived in Taiwan this week and so far I've been to the Houtong Cat Village and the town of Jui fen which was an inspiration for Miyazaki's Spirited Away. I wanted to incorporate these places into my drawing and in the end drew the cats I met at Houtong in my hand luggage being scanned at the airport security X-ray machine.

I saw Little Red Riding Hood at the Airport...she had a most interesting Carry-On...Something tells me Grandpa is going to get a new furry hat.

Dreamed Vacation would be stuck on one of the 19 Islands for a whole summer, laying on the sand under the sun, playing near a bonfire by night but surfing by day!!! :)

Anticipation.

My family visited Gatlinburg, TN. It's sits right at the edge of the Smokies. The National Park was absolutely amazing and beautiful. We saw synchronous fireflies, running streams, elk, bears, and the most gorgeous views. Gatlinburg, on the other hand is like Branson on crack! It's streets are wall to wall people and its entertainment includes the likes of Ripley's believe it or not, Guiness Book of World Records museum (enter the tallest man in the world, Robert Wadlow), concrete yard art stores, painted saw blades, and all the kitsch you could ever imagine. It was the best of both worlds!!

This is a doodle that shows my summers during various places that I've lived. By following the staircase path, it shows the three places: Edmonton (signified by West Edmonton Mall), Toronto (signified by CN Tower), and New York City (signified by the statue of liberty). The pictures around the places that I've lived in are either places I went during the summer(s) of when I lived in the corresponding place, significant things that happened in the summer, or changes that I've experienced that summer. Examples: Laptop- It's place is between Edmonton and Toronto. This was because it was my first laptop, and I also got it in the summer that I was moving to Toronto. Glasses: Near the foot of CN Tower, there is a pair of glasses. It was in Toronto that I first got glasses, and glasses no doubt has changed my life. Books: There are two "piles" in the picture. The first pile is underneath the glasses. That represents my time in Toronto when I became interested in Manga and how to draw manga. I am 1000% the person I am today because I was interested in manga, and it was one of the reasons why I started to improve my art. The second "pile" is on the bottom right of the doodles. It shows my time in New York that was filled with studying. The competitive surrounding made me adapt and I worked hard to get good grades in a Top-Achieving school like Stuyvesant. The little me who is running (and holding Aeronaut 30) represents me right now. I have moved last summer and I'm currently in a place which I will not specify. However, I have not yet spent my first summer here, which is why I am running into the future (with my cute cat of course). Feel free to ask me more questions if you're curious about the symbolism.

This summer while travelling in Dharamashala and accidentally stumbling into the most beautiful Korean food cafe, Cafe Ri. I wish I had the Tom Bihn bag to make the walk through the mountains a breeze. :D

Travel naughty moods. Every journey begins with a smile. Every journey ends with a smile.

Dear Sir or Madam, I am writing to submit a picture for Showcase #22. This is an image drawn from life here in South Korea. It's pen and ink on white paper. I can submit a b/w version if needed. The thing was that I photographed it as the sun was setting and the light created this interesting tone. Zoom in, of course, to get the details. The whole picture looks less interesting as a thumbnail than a small piece of it! Thanks for looking at my work. Sincerely, t_visco

The Park of Monsters, Bomarzo Italy

I'd like to travel under the sea. to see the fish ,the Whale and all the beautiful thing. in the end ,watch the sunset and the fireworks on the Water surface.

Goot!! Get.out.of.Town!!

Together again in Europe. The only thing that came between them was skin.

San Francisco Trip

My trip to Myanmar.

This spring, I visited my sister while she's studying abroad in Heidelberg, Germany. To get there, I had to go through four countries in less than 24 hours, including USA, Canada, England and Germany. The background of the image is made up of all the maps and tickets we used to navigate around Heidelberg and a day trip down to Basel, Switzerland. The body of the bag includes descriptions of what we did on the trip. If you look closely, you'll see some of the animals (besides the elephant) have escaped off the zoo map.

I'm visiting Taiwan this summer. One of the things I'm most looking forward to is going up Elephant Mountain for the gorgeous view of Taipei and the 101 tower that I've seen so many times in photos.

A doodle from a recent family holiday to Mijas in the South of Spain :)

A travel doodle for a mouthful of a travel. A journey away from the scorching heat to the clouds of the mountains of Wellington (India). p.s.- the phrase drishti(written in Hindi in the doodle) bomai is a Tamil word for a symbol used to ward off evil. it is commonly used by the localities on the doors of their homes.

SUMMER SKETCH IN THE CITY

Summer is always better in the Caribbean Favorite place is Bocas del Toro

Dorothea likes the sea, under water she feels free.

Hills overlooking from the balcony and my travel bag with art material

Inspired by a big trip that took place in 2010, from Vancouver to Seattle, LA, Fiji, NZ, Singapore to France :)

By the fountains in Romania!

This picture shows how a girl found a magic travel bag that can take her to places, like Washington, D.C. in the picture.

I want to travel to the delicious and delightful land of yarn at any time.

barefoot wanderlust

This is my summer journey where i discovered the clarity of future and uncertainty of present. The colourful bag symbolizes all the lessons and memories gained during the journey. I am AISH, and i am doodle addict.

At the airport checking our illustrated travel bag

Well I couldn't scan it right now but I hope you still like it, this is the first artwork I submit so please be kind XD

This drawing took place in Rio de Janerio, Brazil. During my last summer, I had drawn this illustration seduce by the side walk of ipanema in all the way aside the beach.

Ink on Paper, For the Adventurers, the Explorers, The Travellers.

Terminal 2 - SFO

Summer Dreaming with Tom Bihn.

I love visiting NY...this piece is called "good-bye Darlene" because my art always deals with a story of some sort and since NY is full of stories, I imagined he was leaving her at the bus stop. This is acrylic on wood, with hand-drawn ball-point pen and cut out characters (and bag) with pencil and scratch-foam printed elements added.

This is the dream journey of me and my mischievous dog, Max! We imagine traveling to London for tea time with the Queen! :)