New York City-based artist Scott Teplin specializes in unique artist books, fake fireworks, architectural drawings, and gigantic watercolor paintings blending humor with technical skill in every piece from his studio.

Selection of Artists Books - not including any of the 30 filled, hand-bound sketchbooks on my shelf (click for a sample).

Burn Book III

An open coloring book with a blue line drawing of a flower on the right page, being held by a person with a ring on their finger. The left page has a small cut-out hole.

Phanerozoic Eon

A sketch of a snake coiled on the left page and a detailed, colorful face mask illustration on the right page.

Parts of a Hole

An open sketchbook with a white paper page on the left side and a colorful, intricate illustration of tangled green and blue ropes on the right side.

Taught

Four illustrations of houses designed as the letter 'S', each with different interior layouts and background colors: top left with green background; top right with blue background; bottom left with red background; bottom right with orange background.

Alphabet City

Open sketchbook containing black and gold ink illustrations of fantastical creatures, some with multiple limbs, and abstract swirling shapes, resting on a decorative floral patterned box.

Pinky Twister

A blue, textured notebook with a circular window on the front cover revealing a drawing of a cloud with a dog shape inside.

A messy room illustration with various objects, including a bed with a blanket labeled 'SOPAK,' a dartboard, a clock, a fire extinguisher, chairs, a water slide, a large tornado, a giant slippers, and a bed with a nurse cap. Text reads 'Given a bit of time, it begins to sink in' and 'Sink in hope.'

Rated R

A wooden box with a hinged lid containing multiple red, white, and blue striped rifle cartridges arranged in rows.

Sinker, Down and Out

A wooden box with a hinged lid, containing numerous red and white cylindrical objects arranged neatly inside.

Manhole

The Clock without a Face

A sketchbook with 12 pages showing a step-by-step process of drawing a monster, starting with floating objects, adding details, a light source, and coloring the monster in a shaded box.

What Went On

A person's hand holding a black cylindrical case or tube, with a library with wooden bookshelves filled with books in the background.

Do-It-Yourself Surgery

Open book showing a detailed illustration of a cutaway of a human lung with an emphasis on the bronchial tubes.

Brick Pipe

Elements

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This work by Scott Teplin is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.