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Forgotten ideas · Mar 27, 2026

Seoul Sketchbook

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Loris F. Alessandria · Forgotten ideas

“The Warrior” - The one above is my favourite. It’s inspired by a painting of a warrior from an ancient dynasty I found at Leeum Museum of Art.

October 2025We traveled around Seoul for 10 days, and thru my Muji sketchbook I captured visual notes, heartfelt memories, and some of the experiences we had. Back in the studio, I scanned all the pages and turned them into a small project. It's a different way to remember in a simplified manner and to share a piece of Korea as seen through my own eyes.

Cute characters
용 A dragon from an ancient painting
The Seoul Tower
Flowers from a pattern I saw
A morning spent in Gyeongbokgung, a former royal palace
Concert (I don’t remember why I drew this one, but I’ve inspired by some characters I saw around)

For me, food is the key way to get to know a culture better. Korean food is delicious. It’s honest. It warms your soul. Everything is prepared with a lot of care. I discovered ‘bibimbap’, one of their most iconic dishes, and I loved it: rice, vegetables, meat (or no meat) and their famous red paste. It's a bit spicy.

Food food food
Dogs
The Magpie 까치
A couple of statues
The guardian

Art and design are always the centre of our travels. We love to discover new artists, spend hours in museums, and find new and old books.

Based on a painting of Kim Tschang-yeul, from 1969
Signages around the city
Jungle of wires

And the thing we love most is staying in cafès or restaurants and drawing everything we saw that day. We look together at the photos we took, or we draw from memory.

Travelling for us is the best source of inspiration. Each time we go back to our studio, we feel a new energy inside us. It’s good for our mind and for our art.

My Muji notebook

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