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Luis Mendo
@luismendo.com
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Drawer and writer at large, from a tiny studio in 🇯🇵
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Why I do not wish people a year of happiness from January 1st, but rather everyday, from any day.
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Twenty20something
Why I do not wish you a year of happiness from January 1st, but rather everyday, from any day.
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January 1, 2026 at 10:28 PM
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The last Mundo Mendo post of the year is here.
2026 Is going to be the Year of the Fire Horse, and since I am terrible at drawing horses, I decided to draw and propose alternative zodiac signs for the new year:

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The Year of the No-Horse
2026 Is going to be the Year of the Fire Horse, and since I am terrible at drawing horses, I decided to draw and propose alternative zodiac signs for the new year.
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December 26, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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Art Directors 👀 There's a new edition of THE ILLUSTRATED highlighting four terrific artists you could consider hiring for your projects: Jon Stich, Tani Konatsu, Truc Nhi Hoang and Tsuchika Nishimura.

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Jon, Tani, Truc & Tsuchika
As I go on about my life, I regularly bump into fantastic artists I would love to hire if I was still an Art Director.
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December 21, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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Here are the best traditional mysteries of 2025! crimereads.com/best-books-2...
The Best Books of 2025: Traditional Mysteries
The renaissance of the traditional mystery continued in full bloom in 2025, with a special focus on the meta-fictions. Here are our choices for the year’s best in the subgenre. Fair Play, Lou…
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December 17, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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Are you in or visiting the greater Tokyo area? Do you want to learn more about photography? Would you like me to help you see better & get more from your camera?

Find our more, below, about my photography lessons & courses.

Looking forward to helping you!

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Screenshot of the header of an article on my website, about my photography lessons. Shows a fashion model posing in a street in Kuramae, Tokyo. With two ladies in furisode (traditional Coming of Age Day kimono) either side. They were just passing by. Screenshot of the header of an article on my website, about my photography lessons. Shows some of the results of the music CD design project I've done with students. And the cover of an online magazine that was done with participants of one of my workshops. Screenshot of the header of an article on my website, about my photography lessons. Shows the covers of two online magazines, from workshops done in conjunction with Hasselblad and ProFoto. All the photos were taken by attendees of the workshop. I made the magazine.
December 17, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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Grateful for my readers.
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December 13, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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I wrote and drew a piece with Directions to Find Your Style, where I talk about how to find your personal style in art (or any other creative endeavor)
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Directions to Find Your Style
Where I talk about how to find your personal style in art (or any other creative endeavor).
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December 12, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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Ya he recibido Mundo Mendo - Book One, de @luismendo.com
Para lectores selectos.
December 10, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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This is a friendly reminder that probably the best illustrator in the world was called Georges Beuville

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THE ILLUSTRATIONS OF GEORGES BEUVILLE HD 1080p
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December 8, 2025 at 3:57 AM
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I have so many questions
December 5, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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Hi everyone! Today is #kidlitartpostcard day! ☻

I’m Juliana Salcedo, a Colombian illustrator based in Spain. I love to work with limited palettes and clean lines, and I am fond of typography.

I’m repped by Susan Hawk @ UpstartCrow Literary

✒︎ www.jusabar.net
December 4, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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This one is in Dutch but is full of praise and I’m now walking on clouds. Ruben is a fantastic artist and his substack is ✨
November 29, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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Where I tell the lessons learned and the problems found when self publishing a book in Japan (free article)

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Self Publishing in Japan
Where I tell the lessons learned and the problems found when making a book in Japan.
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November 28, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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To everyone who ordered a MundoMendo BOOK ONE: we are pushing today and tomorrow to get them all shipped! Please be patient.
November 26, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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My friend Alex took these the other day in the time others spend looking at our phones. Magician! www.alexabian.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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November 21, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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I made three stories out of the same three client-rejected sketches.
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A Case Against Ageing, Solo Show & Finder
Three stories born out of the same three client-rejected sketches.
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November 19, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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On today’s @elpais.com this scene illustrating an article about the amount of city folks choosing to move to the countryside. Having done the move myself recently, I knew I wanted to express the awkwardness it meant for an urban family like us to adapt.

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November 16, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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November 15, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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Finally found the time to update the book page.

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November 13, 2025 at 5:52 AM
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It's nice to be important, surely. But remember it's much more important to be nice.

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It's Nice to Be Important, but It's More Important to Be Nice.
Although I fail often to act upon this wisdom, I really do try every day, and then am amazed how well it makes me feel.
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November 4, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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New Affinity downloaded and started playing with it. It’s free (you only pay if you want the AI part –which you don’t want) and it looks great.
This should finally eat Adobe’s lunch.
October 30, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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My upcoming book has been featured on probably the best newsletter in the planet and I'm a 40% happier person now.

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Dense Discovery – Issue 362 / Profit in the wound
Read the archived version of Issue 362 / Profit in the wound
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October 28, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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A note to young me.

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To Be Interesting, Be Interested.
Today I am creating yet another section: Notes to Young Me. In my 50+ years on Earth, I've learned a few things by experience, others I heard from far wiser people. In this section I will be making comics with them, so I do not forget them easily. Raising my
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October 27, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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Darlings. The book is almost here. Last week we visited the printers and checked how they were coming along.
Preorder here: www.mundomendo.com/books/
October 25, 2025 at 5:18 AM