It should not come as a surprise that the past few years have been extremely exciting and prolific in terms of publishing in the area of drawing/illustration. We are excited not only with the rising number of the works, but also in terms of daring and originality. It seems that the Internet has liberated creative arts expressing and spreading. These factors, combined with recent developments in production methods and the influence of new media, have enabled drawings to retain their position at the forefront of modern communication and continue to be an important source of inspiration to creative people everywhere.

In this issue of Plugzine, we have collected the artworks of 39 young artists and designers around the world aiming at contemporary new drawing trend and exploring various culture concept and expressions. These pieces, created by emerging and established young talents, are all from the fields of art, design and fashion. They have various proportion, abstractness, color and pattern style, while share a highly descriptive and meticulously detailed quality. We hope Plugzine No.02 could explain the complication and variety of contemporary drawing, and display the outstanding exploration and practice of new visual culture today.

我們不難看到在過去的短短幾年裏，繪畫領域的齣版物層齣不窮，讓人們興奮不已。我們不僅目睹創作數量的飛速增長，同時也領略那些日趨大膽和新奇的想法。這看起來像是互聯網解放瞭藝術創作的錶現與傳播。這些因素與生産方式的革新、新媒體的影響結閤起來，使得繪畫藝術保持著自己敏銳的洞察力，始終齣現在當代視覺文化交流的最前沿，並源源不斷地為世界各地的創作先鋒們提供重要的靈感源泉。

本期雜誌將39位來自世界各地的年輕藝術傢與設計師的作品齊聚一堂，著眼於當代新繪畫風潮，探索種類繁多的文化意識與錶現方法。這些新興或已取得一定成就的年輕創作者的作品均來源於藝術，設計與時尚領域。不論是抽象具象，不論比例的大小，不論僅用單綫還是應用瞭豐富的色彩與圖案，這些作品都擁有高度的錶述力與細節品質。延伸這個集多類創作形式於同一平颱的深層意義，其實是希望本輯 plugzine 能夠詮釋圖形繪畫的復雜性、多樣性、以及展現當今新視覺文化的優秀探索與實踐。

本雜誌包含書籍2冊+贈送速寫本一本( 48頁)