Hope you’re all staying safe. Like everyone, we’re rolling with the changes these days. Our online store is open, and we’d truly appreciate it if you’d purchase some Field Notes.

Introductions and Some Fun

We figured since we all have time on our hands these days, it would be fun to get to know each other a little better and also give away some cool stuff. Say hey to Shea.

“I’m one of two warehouse managers here at HQ. What does that mean? It means I handle moving pallets of books, reorganizing our back stock, screen printing posters and packaging, scheduling extra help (Hi Lukas, Paul, Amanda and Eileen!) suggesting Practical Applications, making get away drives to the post office, and at the end of the day — straight up putting books in boxes y’all!”

“If you’ve ever received an order packed by ‘SC’ — congrats! That’s me!”

“When I'm not at HQ I’m usually working as an illustrator out of my studio in the Flat Iron Artists Building, located in Wicker Park. But you can also find me; getting yet another tattoo, re-watching Castlevania (GODBRAND!), drawing bugs, painting Dutch Hex designs, asking to put a book on hold at the Chicago Public Library, making zines, attending a variety show at The Hideout, screen-printing posters, sitting in at a drink ’n’ draw, playing tabletop games, getting a book signed at Quimby’s, hanging with my cat Oslo (he is as handsome as he is mean), rummaging through the graphic novels at Myopic Books, or going to whatever show looks good this week at Empty Bottle.”  

“As you can see, I’m pretty social! A great deal of my life revolves around attending events or just hanging out with my friends en masse. So needless to say, quarantine is a sacrifice, but seeing everyone’s selfies and hearing their stories is helping so much. We are not alone y’all. We’re in this together. In these uncertain times, we are trying to deliver a bit of normalcy and I hope, happiness.”

“Stay safe everyone and keep drawing!”

Now Here’s Your Part

Say hello back by posting a selfie of you holding a Field Notes product and tell us a little about yourself. Be sure add the tag #HelloFieldNotes to your post. Or send it to [email protected] We’ll collect all the entries we receive and see on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook, and randomly choose three winners. We will send each winner a rare, out-of-print Field Notes Edition from our archives. We’ll pull the winners from the entire pool of entries, so if you’ve already said hello, you’re in for every day’s drawing.

Winners and Prizes

Thursday’s random winners are Puerto Rican artist Jara, Paul in Virginia, and Adam in Michigan. They will each receive the “Workshop Companion” Box Set from the Summer of 2015, plus the Toolbox Magnet that year-long subscribers received back then. Congrats.

Today’s winners will receive the “Snowblind” Edition 3-Packs from the Winter of 2015, which are coated in a nearly-magical “photochromic” ink that changes from white to blue when exposed to sunlight. Check the film.

Monday, another one of us will say hello, announce the winners, and let you know what the next prize will be.

It’s nice to meet you.