tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65789177398377071182024-03-14T03:01:31.912+00:00Peregrinaliaeven as I wander I'm keeping you in sightPerehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03990665219984733888noreply@blogger.comBlogger238125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6578917739837707118.post-53931312909584995572023-11-20T14:00:00.001+00:002023-11-20T14:00:00.141+00:00Mermay 2023 - part 1<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimq7yx6cG34eXyul4_LQVP82H1zbEyOkvUEB2Xac66IjYTSoHIKYt0gjYtjGqQUoOQ5vgTPw0fDBKjFz45Mbv0ir7fpGtPIf2neBg8bofund6dBc6qCKSAJGh7wMoTmOfGsP0vqKv11F5sayDIIjUzsD9xBK_eZ05kmYXn_DfzY0N-NxyxkrLBi5III6E/s982/mm01_selfportrait.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="982" data-original-width="710" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimq7yx6cG34eXyul4_LQVP82H1zbEyOkvUEB2Xac66IjYTSoHIKYt0gjYtjGqQUoOQ5vgTPw0fDBKjFz45Mbv0ir7fpGtPIf2neBg8bofund6dBc6qCKSAJGh7wMoTmOfGsP0vqKv11F5sayDIIjUzsD9xBK_eZ05kmYXn_DfzY0N-NxyxkrLBi5III6E/w289-h400/mm01_selfportrait.jpg" width="289" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Self-Portrait</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRSGR5ewsaNVuXkabi58zUYt5VTJwqG0SWf8SOVvpLkaOOW3fU-EzYTTbhX-ZpXzhXPY6Q4peC2kfryTfcFm3SOBOqiRo7usA35iTEYLAR9Qfk63MtePtQe4xeJOpCKb9QZszsWmCVi7AXcNaOXWU183agXg88SsAKnheyE8XCcqJDU0zvrhot4-N1LwE/s982/mm02_upsidedown.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="982" data-original-width="713" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRSGR5ewsaNVuXkabi58zUYt5VTJwqG0SWf8SOVvpLkaOOW3fU-EzYTTbhX-ZpXzhXPY6Q4peC2kfryTfcFm3SOBOqiRo7usA35iTEYLAR9Qfk63MtePtQe4xeJOpCKb9QZszsWmCVi7AXcNaOXWU183agXg88SsAKnheyE8XCcqJDU0zvrhot4-N1LwE/w290-h400/mm02_upsidedown.jpg" width="290" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Upside Down<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf8hsjUWUCSooEvEmUDkX9NDT16_XTmkkJaKoGW5JLsLO_3IblP3mFQDmGpbpJwiMKI_iN1CQ2SFLF2UWmn2oOwnIwKUuMGysS23gm2MAfpdyuVlTptRix-NKZDcqBGbqLbO_hoUyXUrfa8dmyL4wLaB_8bqWYxSTOfRu1-Q30QJSmV593ZUONhH64uaY/s815/mm03_twisted.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="815" data-original-width="536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf8hsjUWUCSooEvEmUDkX9NDT16_XTmkkJaKoGW5JLsLO_3IblP3mFQDmGpbpJwiMKI_iN1CQ2SFLF2UWmn2oOwnIwKUuMGysS23gm2MAfpdyuVlTptRix-NKZDcqBGbqLbO_hoUyXUrfa8dmyL4wLaB_8bqWYxSTOfRu1-Q30QJSmV593ZUONhH64uaY/w263-h400/mm03_twisted.jpg" width="263" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Twisted<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimEgIL7TBG7mwwqUDh1tWItLZNNbn31XwRZgJt5jOpaivmICnRcbnfZA_UYBn16hhf3CujWBCYQEFQoW5EkXWhjCtUCx4uEMv11YVuRQ8_7xMZt-JSSSXr9aUqXCbdCIeIvzGpfZt1BF039C9aP-X3d5socAGeTAC-KzlGtm1gsZantWmb2jH3bTl7wEw/s857/mm08_dystopian.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="857" data-original-width="609" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimEgIL7TBG7mwwqUDh1tWItLZNNbn31XwRZgJt5jOpaivmICnRcbnfZA_UYBn16hhf3CujWBCYQEFQoW5EkXWhjCtUCx4uEMv11YVuRQ8_7xMZt-JSSSXr9aUqXCbdCIeIvzGpfZt1BF039C9aP-X3d5socAGeTAC-KzlGtm1gsZantWmb2jH3bTl7wEw/w284-h400/mm08_dystopian.jpg" width="284" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dystopia</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdn07sqO2hJ49_X7DmlC0oJF-gyersPayra8OE4ptNZaq1K2DfI_i8sfSkqBgmt4Du_7w-r4qv5eo13UIPh0D-tW2Gkbl8YOen6a0j03Qe2-gs0f_8nDzXa07k0gdsNpAQggWNBedFUy4OwTLBKwiFSe_3_M2FcURwUb0VZN59OADLALNRCyJmu1KMers/s800/mm09_heartbreak.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="557" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdn07sqO2hJ49_X7DmlC0oJF-gyersPayra8OE4ptNZaq1K2DfI_i8sfSkqBgmt4Du_7w-r4qv5eo13UIPh0D-tW2Gkbl8YOen6a0j03Qe2-gs0f_8nDzXa07k0gdsNpAQggWNBedFUy4OwTLBKwiFSe_3_M2FcURwUb0VZN59OADLALNRCyJmu1KMers/w279-h400/mm09_heartbreak.jpg" width="279" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Heartbreak<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>Perehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03990665219984733888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6578917739837707118.post-77147714707266996602023-03-14T23:13:00.002+00:002023-03-14T23:20:40.510+00:00Mysterious Beasts<p style="text-align: left;">Mermay is coming up, and I think now is the time to push out the merboy story. A page a day for a month! Let's do it.</p><p style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLO95ZfDiOrT_fiZBWQalUqSH2JB6cBLpNWaQN7k2yPiECNBUhwELxu7cCAjc9Qy0JyLDU3yYtEpvh10uGPzKT3--zYjccf2uNtidsQ4bHDr2bBBFZYzhLbzsITh_Q6UcMXpekP1Q3nFqTwP1dow7a2JUX1Hz1mAX4jjoMNBzSvHVfb-cBhX6701B4/s766/20130313candle.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="766" data-original-width="652" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLO95ZfDiOrT_fiZBWQalUqSH2JB6cBLpNWaQN7k2yPiECNBUhwELxu7cCAjc9Qy0JyLDU3yYtEpvh10uGPzKT3--zYjccf2uNtidsQ4bHDr2bBBFZYzhLbzsITh_Q6UcMXpekP1Q3nFqTwP1dow7a2JUX1Hz1mAX4jjoMNBzSvHVfb-cBhX6701B4/s320/20130313candle.jpg" width="272" /></a></p>First though, I want to lay out all my favourite art for this project, in chronological order, and look through how my style and these characters have changed. I also want to think about <i>how</i> I want to depict them.<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG3F_bO1FSkQQiGlLlO8bzRB0rDe0ZayVNk2mdOG40-y4UOn51Q0bZw7-4HUMT0TvTLtR3CKMXXUlPBD5X-tBqmPCYcNFGmMqkkAlt5Wysy3OqcnLqZHkE8W0DruhxJJBTQMJ20L5odUBSTweSppFKP1VjDk7tP6hVyEhUdCv8GGFFKY1gUEaOds2p/s1052/20130613embrace.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1052" data-original-width="766" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG3F_bO1FSkQQiGlLlO8bzRB0rDe0ZayVNk2mdOG40-y4UOn51Q0bZw7-4HUMT0TvTLtR3CKMXXUlPBD5X-tBqmPCYcNFGmMqkkAlt5Wysy3OqcnLqZHkE8W0DruhxJJBTQMJ20L5odUBSTweSppFKP1VjDk7tP6hVyEhUdCv8GGFFKY1gUEaOds2p/s320/20130613embrace.jpg" width="233" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>There are only a few in colour; most of my work has been in monochrome.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis_cBKICOK8wNKjE7z-cPBE95dvDAmJAYB_v0_oFFrNWEoleuT4VDrcgQFc3Q1t_DCFkyCCl6KXwMleV5v6JFMKFb6gOyN1Z3fIrI8A5GYzKRF2iBEJt8kTd7ilCUa0Bt5-UdYxRiVh7ocqvn6dC-yGPdyjYf7f13NItllIhctC_jPLDFOaPoDSAwc/s896/20140609wall.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="664" data-original-width="896" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis_cBKICOK8wNKjE7z-cPBE95dvDAmJAYB_v0_oFFrNWEoleuT4VDrcgQFc3Q1t_DCFkyCCl6KXwMleV5v6JFMKFb6gOyN1Z3fIrI8A5GYzKRF2iBEJt8kTd7ilCUa0Bt5-UdYxRiVh7ocqvn6dC-yGPdyjYf7f13NItllIhctC_jPLDFOaPoDSAwc/s320/20140609wall.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCzAsjZ_Axsq8ba5UwzUGUQj2JCArv1QLY7iEQJpx5jdwOzrMgFkmBawjfI-cgHMjj-Fmsge5q_Tj-LS1x3ufPMh6H1pr-TGOymg4hUNsGxsqkUdPb_vABW_Fwq7RIBaKblMH3xsYfx6TebN68BMLXKZ1xZdRwp4V8_g4Y642R3RvJZ56D-pq07d4C/s890/20140611boatchat.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="890" data-original-width="663" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCzAsjZ_Axsq8ba5UwzUGUQj2JCArv1QLY7iEQJpx5jdwOzrMgFkmBawjfI-cgHMjj-Fmsge5q_Tj-LS1x3ufPMh6H1pr-TGOymg4hUNsGxsqkUdPb_vABW_Fwq7RIBaKblMH3xsYfx6TebN68BMLXKZ1xZdRwp4V8_g4Y642R3RvJZ56D-pq07d4C/s320/20140611boatchat.jpg" width="238" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1ciG1qhHk8vQhCCcAknUOquh5yS_xotDjD5iVTHyj6_ynaHU5dMbgynEfNr6FwT2ntpWXOruIzbRfl-0yftTfrGz-hKSICxTD6n953YEZaYb5OjtmF-JGLIJKj4stKHjqt3X0C7-l7NzpRRKYkoCpII-253yBCYhy07PeFyHLhIP8VVuJFf4p2qBX/s897/20140613beach.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="657" data-original-width="897" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1ciG1qhHk8vQhCCcAknUOquh5yS_xotDjD5iVTHyj6_ynaHU5dMbgynEfNr6FwT2ntpWXOruIzbRfl-0yftTfrGz-hKSICxTD6n953YEZaYb5OjtmF-JGLIJKj4stKHjqt3X0C7-l7NzpRRKYkoCpII-253yBCYhy07PeFyHLhIP8VVuJFf4p2qBX/s320/20140613beach.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>What tools to use? What lines? and what colours?</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9HZfTEzWDPJjMCdACCDU-vSGYkuuV7gRJFM8CGmT7Q4nkUe5zLktmNUJh1jnsDJdC76yaYo508ovX2Hyl1uIzxRcndg4k0YNpKgs2uErWI0B0MSQcAYiVZSJ-rFexHq_8wkjai__vQfMse6ls3d2Qy7xe384c_s2-YAcNVMeXsCT-7xbUfxdXpQnh/s1138/20161101magicweb.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1138" data-original-width="867" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9HZfTEzWDPJjMCdACCDU-vSGYkuuV7gRJFM8CGmT7Q4nkUe5zLktmNUJh1jnsDJdC76yaYo508ovX2Hyl1uIzxRcndg4k0YNpKgs2uErWI0B0MSQcAYiVZSJ-rFexHq_8wkjai__vQfMse6ls3d2Qy7xe384c_s2-YAcNVMeXsCT-7xbUfxdXpQnh/s320/20161101magicweb.jpg" width="244" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>So far I'm leaning toward the Zebra brush pen. The details you can get are wonderful, and it achieves the most "story"-like, comic book-y effect.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinArij9AObC_dXlORktNYvd-dAKeyJfW13SCsmC36fhQjyso3Pw5yIm3KNSlhq1CA7httesN6Xv5LsoK9NYgpXR4Txq7jI7qAdv2ETbM7kOxA3oTokfss2Q4h_Vg6PcCezwjuNXB3tscnnBbt57ZwtcZkAvDxqwoW8DXQwIVBAbhIwGLnEXNNVyR16/s608/20170625charasketch.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="608" data-original-width="451" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinArij9AObC_dXlORktNYvd-dAKeyJfW13SCsmC36fhQjyso3Pw5yIm3KNSlhq1CA7httesN6Xv5LsoK9NYgpXR4Txq7jI7qAdv2ETbM7kOxA3oTokfss2Q4h_Vg6PcCezwjuNXB3tscnnBbt57ZwtcZkAvDxqwoW8DXQwIVBAbhIwGLnEXNNVyR16/s320/20170625charasketch.jpg" width="237" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW-i7mrJd-OViHdz_Ij5VQTN_dhhTEFoqvMGi0Q1osrHKx07lGsPCzffeUVIRIJlR5bv70iIj439YAqNw1tKaOk1ex_dSmCjMnyueVMQ97LJFX8Dpb1HOHzY8GTEF1c7PZx997vJgxr0J4XiujXQp7dOmZWk5HGd40GYbUnuMMXGP9Gp0GYBK9Rwdm/s741/20170720garden.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="741" data-original-width="515" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW-i7mrJd-OViHdz_Ij5VQTN_dhhTEFoqvMGi0Q1osrHKx07lGsPCzffeUVIRIJlR5bv70iIj439YAqNw1tKaOk1ex_dSmCjMnyueVMQ97LJFX8Dpb1HOHzY8GTEF1c7PZx997vJgxr0J4XiujXQp7dOmZWk5HGd40GYbUnuMMXGP9Gp0GYBK9Rwdm/s320/20170720garden.jpg" width="222" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXsEKZdBbUFxLO6KyPLlA7uI0x055rx130i4H9eVQ-SPCLowhYE2-miHAULOkauWLzT7Q75dtFjxQzONGVl7hhH2M9CP2i1XRyDzht1Yo2BTfctXSamP4dBLLsg15B_tnJHePap8cPzdP80_zclMmufBZiLzVCa_W5k3KxY6zS7N-Vg2vNygtAsio5/s861/A501_windowweb.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="861" data-original-width="604" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXsEKZdBbUFxLO6KyPLlA7uI0x055rx130i4H9eVQ-SPCLowhYE2-miHAULOkauWLzT7Q75dtFjxQzONGVl7hhH2M9CP2i1XRyDzht1Yo2BTfctXSamP4dBLLsg15B_tnJHePap8cPzdP80_zclMmufBZiLzVCa_W5k3KxY6zS7N-Vg2vNygtAsio5/s320/A501_windowweb.jpg" width="224" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZH4vGuvvNh1yeagGiU2av4aeYhkac7pFURR6JLpQKfSfpCGwrzXIIBvD-f6ssPbcfTaFqjTrgN7vmgHIrQkDGa2zOkUXvLj1HcY252Vubw_6838BXoniSX-SaJ0LyLUafqU61nF5WG7h94PKoaz_llFEIb134L30KoEDUBySGa2WSL7yne_1Mq3KT/s738/20170720nap.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="738" data-original-width="514" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZH4vGuvvNh1yeagGiU2av4aeYhkac7pFURR6JLpQKfSfpCGwrzXIIBvD-f6ssPbcfTaFqjTrgN7vmgHIrQkDGa2zOkUXvLj1HcY252Vubw_6838BXoniSX-SaJ0LyLUafqU61nF5WG7h94PKoaz_llFEIb134L30KoEDUBySGa2WSL7yne_1Mq3KT/s320/20170720nap.jpg" width="223" /></a></div><br />More experiments coming soon!<br /><div><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p></div>Perehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03990665219984733888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6578917739837707118.post-37957051647254260952022-03-22T20:57:00.005+00:002022-03-22T20:57:40.484+00:00Curious Goods Onionskin Journal, part 1<p>Over Christmas holidays I received a gift from one of my best friends Annelyn of <a href="https://www.instagram.com/curious.goods/" target="_blank">Curious Goods</a>. She's been making handmade journals since we were both frustrated art kids in academic school, and her latest experiment is the onionskin journal.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAsKSGrfuMYA4XzP_9KRuzjBPudm8ORSZeDXB6ew_2X6O_OO_RloXiDBsLWZIzWWYnDLBLUIni2V6YBv0kdTDK4TrD_ZKKRVhdsUCQC1uC2NKrMnduNkBdUKuhDYU3dgOrwQUF5maHeAEpLjb2B1rjsMnklE-vqSBIHQ1-_rVNfv_4AO-IngA5Cv0N/s432/A12A81EB-AA28-4C8A-962B-945EB92D36AF.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="432" data-original-width="432" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAsKSGrfuMYA4XzP_9KRuzjBPudm8ORSZeDXB6ew_2X6O_OO_RloXiDBsLWZIzWWYnDLBLUIni2V6YBv0kdTDK4TrD_ZKKRVhdsUCQC1uC2NKrMnduNkBdUKuhDYU3dgOrwQUF5maHeAEpLjb2B1rjsMnklE-vqSBIHQ1-_rVNfv_4AO-IngA5Cv0N/s320/A12A81EB-AA28-4C8A-962B-945EB92D36AF.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>Onionskin paper was used for creating multiple typed documents with carbon paper, or for writing letters to send via airmail. It was even used in animation: "onionskinning" is the process of flipping sheets of animation roughs to check the smooth transitions between drawings. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigwbeRMe_cNU_YYCGD5QEd3Ro5B9qU6zr5nVPGFgw-CMOjjq2Tjq64Irv8IXdF4HLhg3U2e5obDdRswHhL5oCGtkUwJOKWuflLOj1QOMNfcO6X2jKIYedcwWdgyR4OwnXHjFrNuwvdm00ES3fI5lnIySefSyjqo9-wiEp1nEme8-FY4L2aMDBzs_D5/s432/494665FB-9DD3-43FB-BB34-2B23E3C9B73D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="326" data-original-width="432" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigwbeRMe_cNU_YYCGD5QEd3Ro5B9qU6zr5nVPGFgw-CMOjjq2Tjq64Irv8IXdF4HLhg3U2e5obDdRswHhL5oCGtkUwJOKWuflLOj1QOMNfcO6X2jKIYedcwWdgyR4OwnXHjFrNuwvdm00ES3fI5lnIySefSyjqo9-wiEp1nEme8-FY4L2aMDBzs_D5/s320/494665FB-9DD3-43FB-BB34-2B23E3C9B73D.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>It's light, translucent, and sturdy, able to take even fountain pen ink without bleeding. Because of that, it's the ideal material for an art journal.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7hbJ7z92t1RIrNvguYYOCpDpilxsoWBxAGVvxs-zuggpOWw_VCaEKnOtwAYxY8LEscbPcLc6hZmbdU1sTgMoJ2vO3sJAbvQQfdrZLZOy9OcqNi0ZDnjvoK0v279WvXSjpIk5rVbXjBywFm4S7Rn4pdmLN0ttkcgnyTxJalq41ifYMNriAQGsbSldN/s432/7E36107D-2AE4-4DE5-BBE4-2923945D0889.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="325" data-original-width="432" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7hbJ7z92t1RIrNvguYYOCpDpilxsoWBxAGVvxs-zuggpOWw_VCaEKnOtwAYxY8LEscbPcLc6hZmbdU1sTgMoJ2vO3sJAbvQQfdrZLZOy9OcqNi0ZDnjvoK0v279WvXSjpIk5rVbXjBywFm4S7Rn4pdmLN0ttkcgnyTxJalq41ifYMNriAQGsbSldN/s320/7E36107D-2AE4-4DE5-BBE4-2923945D0889.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi03TW8USGHt-v0P4C0zdRHQyHiRwHK6OC3neqgauI4u7bkVUw57F-JJpLEG16vXLE6wBXicUmCeWipNmQIsdLrYmeRYSDeQ-F6sEw4td-fQTPs_YQPVvVP9YgjVK0LJ1BBN0Wartg5K3mCIugptKo-UprOVoA8vXHZHqL7WpiTRHGvz8PzJxcsehyg/s1134/16F368CF-4EE0-48D5-8C77-24BF96CE6A1A.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="907" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi03TW8USGHt-v0P4C0zdRHQyHiRwHK6OC3neqgauI4u7bkVUw57F-JJpLEG16vXLE6wBXicUmCeWipNmQIsdLrYmeRYSDeQ-F6sEw4td-fQTPs_YQPVvVP9YgjVK0LJ1BBN0Wartg5K3mCIugptKo-UprOVoA8vXHZHqL7WpiTRHGvz8PzJxcsehyg/s320/16F368CF-4EE0-48D5-8C77-24BF96CE6A1A.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><br /><div>I can draw, write, paste, layer, and otherwise play with this journal as much as I want. I can fill the blank pages to the edge with scraps, sketches, and my thoughts.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeZ6y8ZKOY3EyIZL9NZzskGybCTJEZvGFMVny9WHtlo_KhAwtWHXUImVmHVR3efC6441hQDOHkCBMDSiqkQ4_7vO0Kf_iQF-NufWR97jwVesd9RnNg-KM-9sL-HUSkhHQRGL_xjpKMTLQPBNQfSKt_DzEiPqxWbIKyWboWWWhZd_kMSOMRGPjnxTBy/s907/IMG_1305.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="907" data-original-width="907" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeZ6y8ZKOY3EyIZL9NZzskGybCTJEZvGFMVny9WHtlo_KhAwtWHXUImVmHVR3efC6441hQDOHkCBMDSiqkQ4_7vO0Kf_iQF-NufWR97jwVesd9RnNg-KM-9sL-HUSkhHQRGL_xjpKMTLQPBNQfSKt_DzEiPqxWbIKyWboWWWhZd_kMSOMRGPjnxTBy/s320/IMG_1305.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>I've even worked on it during an international flight!</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY962vopn8fKaUQEARdCQ6cXS8S6WxEOUypzx98J4fxCQICtWRsqicqUQ4Nu0JGD7WE-UCt965BSMxDUu4mtUmN2u4UWg4Fnl2APwf2R_kG5PPRXe2HS1km51OPAzzgm6nFtn6RvH6cBP-Af7ak3dzmVt-8KK5sVBoBpFPVctzn_rjvwTYK4GE6XBw/s1210/IMG_1421.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="907" data-original-width="1210" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY962vopn8fKaUQEARdCQ6cXS8S6WxEOUypzx98J4fxCQICtWRsqicqUQ4Nu0JGD7WE-UCt965BSMxDUu4mtUmN2u4UWg4Fnl2APwf2R_kG5PPRXe2HS1km51OPAzzgm6nFtn6RvH6cBP-Af7ak3dzmVt-8KK5sVBoBpFPVctzn_rjvwTYK4GE6XBw/s320/IMG_1421.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>My habit of writing backwards seems to suit this journal. Two columns of text suit the wider format, making it look more like a book. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj35VQ3Wwk7AsXqOCkHsE1g77wtcQl4pDXzS0S1PFI4f7nlYIM6q_yJEk176zLu-mOESHN6rVMTl4AplYMxp7gxMBUPO52psyetGdUgvIFKXdIfI7DFlvgrFouFFpDFkpcRYr3MtFSGc8oDzCNZQbFT1S8nH1Pj_8pX_plCJOjLGxFs1sNj13xV-sBc/s1188/fullsizeoutput_2601.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="844" data-original-width="1188" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj35VQ3Wwk7AsXqOCkHsE1g77wtcQl4pDXzS0S1PFI4f7nlYIM6q_yJEk176zLu-mOESHN6rVMTl4AplYMxp7gxMBUPO52psyetGdUgvIFKXdIfI7DFlvgrFouFFpDFkpcRYr3MtFSGc8oDzCNZQbFT1S8nH1Pj_8pX_plCJOjLGxFs1sNj13xV-sBc/s320/fullsizeoutput_2601.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The backwards writing turns the words into just another design element, a textured background against the collage and drawings. Also, writing backwards makes me feel like everyone's ideal diarist and art hero, Leonardo da Vinci.<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglxvguTISG8hkRmXwjRzy1VBbSssf5GEHKJ3180Pk1e1k43s5xhsRA0cB9dZByvdwx100iJrMppnN2thziKJEJf0ioxw_ig0c619JLJ_EnIou2L8nEaaX_W8my5eTSDxWrLnMyj2unLhHtEFx2PUndA4G5sWOdXdm9vC6ayz1sAdS2ULgyi1qygtCT/s720/AFA06BB3-BB0A-47C8-91E5-C01A67A4AA46.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="720" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglxvguTISG8hkRmXwjRzy1VBbSssf5GEHKJ3180Pk1e1k43s5xhsRA0cB9dZByvdwx100iJrMppnN2thziKJEJf0ioxw_ig0c619JLJ_EnIou2L8nEaaX_W8my5eTSDxWrLnMyj2unLhHtEFx2PUndA4G5sWOdXdm9vC6ayz1sAdS2ULgyi1qygtCT/s320/AFA06BB3-BB0A-47C8-91E5-C01A67A4AA46.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>I love adding little movable elements like flaps of paper with illustrations or stickers underneath.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMlJYOpWwkIPlFkQOvxybJSYEPOaRExyMfxxquRVHoVCjp7R1GEm6IPyCMJcJs3SU7RXEqrBOyFSF5uGy9SENX74cLbS6sPJ4IwMOcFwg2B5POHqi7iq_0X7MiPbtuPSoJ_F2ikP-FOSHkESRC7j5_XUqn_m3L3sibhMM8uJ1w4Yl9W03RGPSvGmXH/s1183/IMG_1216.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="799" data-original-width="1183" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMlJYOpWwkIPlFkQOvxybJSYEPOaRExyMfxxquRVHoVCjp7R1GEm6IPyCMJcJs3SU7RXEqrBOyFSF5uGy9SENX74cLbS6sPJ4IwMOcFwg2B5POHqi7iq_0X7MiPbtuPSoJ_F2ikP-FOSHkESRC7j5_XUqn_m3L3sibhMM8uJ1w4Yl9W03RGPSvGmXH/s320/IMG_1216.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimX96SkbgzZrzuSZIrlAO_KyDJ371A2C31V_LpCg14-jdq-ZdPbZaB8Dr0ehP3Ro1zkYjxFNRHQ7uLJRRzzErTkZcLG_855_pWfIlTmoboaF43HnJGegmTdUTZdGiPq--h3NbUgmh7P1AVxvJSbgPoblJ16wh2RdkqP5y47y_netP-IcF-LEasAG8M/s907/IMG_1192.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="907" data-original-width="779" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimX96SkbgzZrzuSZIrlAO_KyDJ371A2C31V_LpCg14-jdq-ZdPbZaB8Dr0ehP3Ro1zkYjxFNRHQ7uLJRRzzErTkZcLG_855_pWfIlTmoboaF43HnJGegmTdUTZdGiPq--h3NbUgmh7P1AVxvJSbgPoblJ16wh2RdkqP5y47y_netP-IcF-LEasAG8M/s320/IMG_1192.jpg" width="275" /></a></div><br /><div>My collection of inks, fountain pens, stamps, stickers and washi tape is also put to good use. In fact, I printed out some of my own art on sticker paper to use in this journal.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyEy8_l9Whk6v9MAR02-ZsYnFmcMEwuykRlj3tXXitNimQ2MgFhhRvVPwR8NJQSTNfyQU_DJDuty7reNRhRNLQZEiaF6vZ12rIR-cyLrDDOUr67Nv2QFPBQkvhJuaT86XSZpPE7M1CF33mlHjSa250FybAbdoLPgJK7NgJFi_6ntcJtWmfl19EaJMU/s432/236411D7-C725-4534-BD51-EDD39FC4D3D0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="322" data-original-width="432" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyEy8_l9Whk6v9MAR02-ZsYnFmcMEwuykRlj3tXXitNimQ2MgFhhRvVPwR8NJQSTNfyQU_DJDuty7reNRhRNLQZEiaF6vZ12rIR-cyLrDDOUr67Nv2QFPBQkvhJuaT86XSZpPE7M1CF33mlHjSa250FybAbdoLPgJK7NgJFi_6ntcJtWmfl19EaJMU/s320/236411D7-C725-4534-BD51-EDD39FC4D3D0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-MLwm8n-STEjuPfc_tRt-NQsDUkOiHjcCbQXl59i9OHHQbLpmDmjlT2otEYr7QC8KvSVp4lp3RwB0jzWx_xFQvyw9Ls7GVVJQWwTCzwCBV-nE0QlWXCWYeiE7-xlLcGwbY7qKWzHqUM-W34nqTBxHT1Xp4tcEDX81Oc61KyZL0aciRo2z2lTlinU_/s720/EC755C92-9A88-4D19-AC4F-1343E9680517.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="720" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-MLwm8n-STEjuPfc_tRt-NQsDUkOiHjcCbQXl59i9OHHQbLpmDmjlT2otEYr7QC8KvSVp4lp3RwB0jzWx_xFQvyw9Ls7GVVJQWwTCzwCBV-nE0QlWXCWYeiE7-xlLcGwbY7qKWzHqUM-W34nqTBxHT1Xp4tcEDX81Oc61KyZL0aciRo2z2lTlinU_/s320/EC755C92-9A88-4D19-AC4F-1343E9680517.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>As they fill up, the pages wear and wrinkle and gain weight. Flipping through the journal is a sensory joy, listening to the crinkle and savouring the feel of the paper.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Hftz0ws7yeA" width="320" youtube-src-id="Hftz0ws7yeA"></iframe></div><br /><div>I loved the journal so much I ordered some more. 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Here's an <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CU8crjnqjFS/" target="_blank">Instagram demo</a>. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XHhGGVE8GQU/YXcz6iwnNAI/AAAAAAAAX74/aI2VC0yZWt0MdimpFFvgrS-AK6zeqzM4QCLcBGAsYHQ/s1089/2021ldnhouses00.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="688" data-original-width="1089" height="253" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XHhGGVE8GQU/YXcz6iwnNAI/AAAAAAAAX74/aI2VC0yZWt0MdimpFFvgrS-AK6zeqzM4QCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h253/2021ldnhouses00.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Buildings by the Thames, Pelikan 4001 Blue-Black</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div>My favourite thing to use it for is probably architectural illustration. I've finally been out walking again lately and falling in love with London again.<div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qjBhZxCj5JE/YXc2QjS6l3I/AAAAAAAAX8E/rvuzGo017FsbWHQ4nRrCNE7auFqEmBr2ACLcBGAsYHQ/s826/2021ldnhouses01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="826" data-original-width="592" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qjBhZxCj5JE/YXc2QjS6l3I/AAAAAAAAX8E/rvuzGo017FsbWHQ4nRrCNE7auFqEmBr2ACLcBGAsYHQ/w458-h640/2021ldnhouses01.jpg" width="458" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Troublemaker Inks, Abalone (Cebu-made!)</td></tr></tbody></table><br />I struggle with it sometimes, but I enjoy how it wants to draw straight lines when using the edge and wonky, expressive lines when using the flat. It feels a little like drawing with a knife, in a fun way.<div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cnfIg60YPr4/YXc3gUhDM5I/AAAAAAAAX8M/5TUQDclgzKA6NDiRfJc6mQWAB5o2ZHxCgCLcBGAsYHQ/s817/calliloved.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="817" data-original-width="516" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cnfIg60YPr4/YXc3gUhDM5I/AAAAAAAAX8M/5TUQDclgzKA6NDiRfJc6mQWAB5o2ZHxCgCLcBGAsYHQ/w253-h400/calliloved.jpg" width="253" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Troublemaker Abalone</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>It makes really fun calligraphy too! Look up <a href="https://calligrafile.com/blog/folded-pen-friday-part-2" target="_blank">folded pen calligraphy</a> for the full potential of this kind of pen.<br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_e5uRxmtApk/YXc4QJc6HMI/AAAAAAAAX8U/o77yIwGuxlAeEXc6QEBcU8tKtW5CXCQnwCLcBGAsYHQ/s738/blackinkboys.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="738" data-original-width="511" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_e5uRxmtApk/YXc4QJc6HMI/AAAAAAAAX8U/o77yIwGuxlAeEXc6QEBcU8tKtW5CXCQnwCLcBGAsYHQ/w278-h400/blackinkboys.jpg" width="278" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Boku-eki sumi ink with wash</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>With a little patience and control, it can bring out some nice expressiveness in a comic style, almost like a brush or bent-nib pen. I'm excited to see what else it can do!<br /><p><br /></p></div></div>Perehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03990665219984733888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6578917739837707118.post-20517958192644341822021-01-26T00:10:00.000+00:002021-01-26T00:10:24.280+00:00not Zentangles, just tangles<p>I often need to do meditative drawing to let off stress, but I can't do Zentangles at all because it's too abstract for me. What relaxes me is drawing hair.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aM-hQy9CTHQ/YA9Q_U_O62I/AAAAAAAAOwc/IN0s7To9_pIwLl4MKh-0chB8nFnQPKg1ACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/girlhair01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1282" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aM-hQy9CTHQ/YA9Q_U_O62I/AAAAAAAAOwc/IN0s7To9_pIwLl4MKh-0chB8nFnQPKg1ACLcBGAsYHQ/w250-h400/girlhair01.jpg" width="250" /></a></div><br /><p>It started as a metaphor for mermaids without actually drawing a mermaid, inspired by art my mom used to make for me of slender ladies with lots of wild hair. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dwGtghxL6d4/YA9YxgzlU3I/AAAAAAAAOwo/nCbMCakuSKcij3ANTk5XS8YkqAntIDnNgCLcBGAsYHQ/s689/girlhair02a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="689" data-original-width="457" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dwGtghxL6d4/YA9YxgzlU3I/AAAAAAAAOwo/nCbMCakuSKcij3ANTk5XS8YkqAntIDnNgCLcBGAsYHQ/w265-h400/girlhair02a.jpg" width="265" /></a></div><p>Over time I started drawing more and more hair. It's very calming to fill a page with curves and lines, and I enjoyed drawing the figures swimming in their own hair too.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oRMn8h9dv74/YA9Zsr3G2RI/AAAAAAAAOw4/9kGZ_NsSniAk-koXRcmUME_JnleeLHitgCLcBGAsYHQ/s631/girlhair03a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="631" data-original-width="406" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oRMn8h9dv74/YA9Zsr3G2RI/AAAAAAAAOw4/9kGZ_NsSniAk-koXRcmUME_JnleeLHitgCLcBGAsYHQ/w258-h400/girlhair03a.jpg" width="258" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xq_uvGRBU1E/YA9ZsvPm_nI/AAAAAAAAOw8/HJ20rtAwu9IEu-kjt-Ppx4nxQkAd3K4ngCLcBGAsYHQ/s632/girlhair03b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="632" data-original-width="405" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xq_uvGRBU1E/YA9ZsvPm_nI/AAAAAAAAOw8/HJ20rtAwu9IEu-kjt-Ppx4nxQkAd3K4ngCLcBGAsYHQ/w256-h400/girlhair03b.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_29acjODQIg/YA9ZsjISvNI/AAAAAAAAOw0/3ShdT08bgTwz6ksScKMA198rZgWoa5qpgCLcBGAsYHQ/s634/girlhair03final.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="634" data-original-width="407" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_29acjODQIg/YA9ZsjISvNI/AAAAAAAAOw0/3ShdT08bgTwz6ksScKMA198rZgWoa5qpgCLcBGAsYHQ/w256-h400/girlhair03final.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><br /><p>I love slowly filling up the spaces with ink, breathing out along with the long lines. I also like drawing the figures first, their expressions and poses, and working their hair around that. I can choose to show the shape of the body beneath, or not.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BPL0BzLJDKk/YA9bm4CBiwI/AAAAAAAAOxM/h_tMBRXW3skeUdBEZd_25d7I9b32tmT2ACLcBGAsYHQ/s634/girlhair04_penult%2Bcopy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="634" data-original-width="374" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BPL0BzLJDKk/YA9bm4CBiwI/AAAAAAAAOxM/h_tMBRXW3skeUdBEZd_25d7I9b32tmT2ACLcBGAsYHQ/w236-h400/girlhair04_penult%2Bcopy.jpg" width="236" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vdIzJACBdjU/YA9bqwKKEaI/AAAAAAAAOxQ/CW2rfM1F6mk9GXjQBvUpFkjhNx9wRWToQCLcBGAsYHQ/s634/girlhair04final.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="634" data-original-width="408" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vdIzJACBdjU/YA9bqwKKEaI/AAAAAAAAOxQ/CW2rfM1F6mk9GXjQBvUpFkjhNx9wRWToQCLcBGAsYHQ/w258-h400/girlhair04final.jpg" width="258" /></a></div><br /><p>The latest one was more personal, battered but triumphant. Drawing these lines was cathartic and purged a lot of the horror and frustration I was feeling over recent weeks.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zdqOz3YpDf0/YA9cwXDmbUI/AAAAAAAAOxg/JMGerWwPEGUFLg8UU1cDH-20AU0V7TC6wCLcBGAsYHQ/s842/girlhair05final.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="842" data-original-width="546" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zdqOz3YpDf0/YA9cwXDmbUI/AAAAAAAAOxg/JMGerWwPEGUFLg8UU1cDH-20AU0V7TC6wCLcBGAsYHQ/w260-h400/girlhair05final.jpg" width="260" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Perehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03990665219984733888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6578917739837707118.post-54257315544694692072020-05-11T13:52:00.000+01:002020-05-11T13:52:03.009+01:00Moretta comicI expanded the <a href="https://peregrinalia.blogspot.com/2017/06/fashion-illustration-moretta.html" target="_blank">Moretta theme</a> into a short comic to submit to magazines and anthologies. 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<br />Perehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03990665219984733888noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6578917739837707118.post-17329991425135634132020-04-27T14:34:00.000+01:002020-04-27T14:34:04.983+01:00flashback: inktober 2018Inktober 2018 was the first time I mostly posted work on Instagram instead of scanning it first. Some highlights:<br />
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Heading home on the train:<br />
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I love drawing on trips but I don't usually get a chance in company. Have some drawings, mostly from the train. I did get stopped from using watercolour in the museums - pencil is okay.<br />
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Stay tuned for more soon!Perehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03990665219984733888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6578917739837707118.post-67068225868380199912018-12-04T14:01:00.000+00:002018-12-04T14:01:28.811+00:00tis the season......to wrap up warm.<br />
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Other people dress up for winter, I dress for a space flight to an ice planet. This is the regular version; the snow day version adds a coat that looks like a duvet <a href="http://www.slanket.co.uk/" target="_blank">Slanket</a>, an interstitial fleece layer and polar boots with ice grips.<br />
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Created with layers in Photoshop and animated in Clip Studio Paint Pro.Perehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03990665219984733888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6578917739837707118.post-29359204630636128212018-06-04T22:37:00.000+01:002018-06-04T22:37:15.743+01:00nature sketching - spring to summerThis spring has been very productive for diary sketching! I got a little serious about <i>hanami</i> and kept a log of my favourite cherry blossom viewing locations.<br />
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Every year is also a search for the perfect cherry-blossom-pink ink...and I think I've finally found it! <a href="https://www.jetpens.com/J.-Herbin-Bouquet-d-Antan-Ink-Bouquet-of-Yesteryear-Pink-10-ml-Bottle/pd/12170" target="_blank">J. Herbin's Bouquet D'Antan</a> is a pale dusty pink that is a delight to draw infinite flower petals with. Put it in a wet drawing fountain pen like a Lamy Safari and watch it go. I found I couldn't stop drawing bunches and bunches of them.<br />
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All these flowers and the twittering birds returned from the long winter made me miss our garden at home, and I drew some Philippine garden birds in a small Fabriano notebook I'm using as a colour sketch journal.<br />
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And more recently, as the cold days clash with the hot, there have been some lightning storms that were wonderful to watch. It's hard to draw lightning at the best of times, let alone from memory, but I just had to get those images down before they faded.<br />
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This has been a very pink post, apropos for spring. Looking forward to summer!Perehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03990665219984733888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6578917739837707118.post-77140595977098594612018-05-28T22:45:00.002+01:002018-05-28T22:45:56.614+01:00Mermay!It's Mermay! Springtime is a good time to turn over a new leaf.<br />
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This year instead of just doing mermaids, I wanted to use concepts that made me think of mermaids. Hair. Tails. Weightlessness. Allure.<br />
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I didn't go as deep as I do in Inktober, but I'm pleased with the results.<br />
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Various Platinum and Kuretake pens in expired Moleskine planner/diary.Perehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03990665219984733888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6578917739837707118.post-60039229502442939392017-08-24T13:56:00.000+01:002017-08-24T13:56:10.197+01:00more drive by I've continued to do the <a href="http://peregrinalia.blogspot.co.uk/search?q=drive+by" target="_blank">drive by drawing</a> off and on over the years, although I haven't been posting. I ride the bus a lot less often these days; I miss it.<br />
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Quote from <a href="http://oneweekoneband.tumblr.com/post/99419703959/lorde-team-you-know-were-on-each-others-team" target="_blank">One Week One Band</a>.<br />
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My favourite poem, known as <a href="https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=VHupBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA520&lpg=PA520&dq=kayou+maboroshi&source=bl&ots=h_Z5okOARw&sig=HqNKOIq89Nlxpzypv45dQyd9TlI&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjGmb-VhrHUAhUFLcAKHbJiDMkQ6AEIMzAD#v=onepage&q=kayou%20maboroshi&f=false" target="_blank">the Maboroshi poem</a>, by Murasaki Shikibu. Translation by Liza Dalby, from her book <i><a href="http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/36277/the-tale-of-murasaki-by-liza-dalby/9780385497954/" target="_blank">The Tale of Murasaki</a></i>.<br />
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Some quotes from blogs and my new fandom Yuri!!! on Ice. The original was in all caps too! I find it silly but inspiring.<br />
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The Moretta was also said to <a href="http://www.ebaumsworld.com/blogs/your-guide-to-venetian-carnival-masks/83044871/" target="_blank">embody the Renaissance ideal of feminine beauty</a>. Stripping away speech and expression, the mask forced women to perform their responses, creating a blank canvas on which anything could be projected. Fashion is supposed to be the ultimate form of expression and identity. Which aspect is true?<br />
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Zebra Super Fine disposable brush pen and Pentel and Zig waterbrushes filled with ink in various dilutions, in Fabriano journal.Perehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03990665219984733888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6578917739837707118.post-11811609496353039852017-02-27T16:54:00.000+00:002017-02-27T16:54:47.949+00:00small pleasuresTaking a break from <a href="http://peregrinalia.blogspot.co.uk/2017/02/learning-and-sketching.html" target="_blank">digital watercolour</a> to post some small things I've been doing in traditional watercolour as loosening-up exercises. The <a href="http://wonderwanderwomen.blogspot.co.uk/2015/06/a-great-find-school-of-life.html" target="_blank">School of Life</a> recently released a little card pack called Small Pleasures, and I've been painting my favourites.<br />
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1. Feeling at home in the sea. I used a technique called 'spontaneous painting' by YouTube artist <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdEJajyOnsk" target="_blank">The Mind of Watercolor</a>. Winsor & Newton Artist watercolours.<br />
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2. Figs and lemons. Staedtler clutch pencil, Winsor & Newton Artist pan watercolours and watercolour markers.<br />
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3. A book that understands you. I love painting people reading! Kuretake brush pen and Cass Art professional watercolour travel set.<br />
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My Bamboo tablet and Photoshop are my tools of choice, although I've seen amazing work on Corel Painter, Paint Tool Sai and a relatively new open-source program called Krita.<br />
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In fact it got me into the habit of regularly drawing something for myself along with my commissioned work. Inktober is lots of fun and I love being part of the community; I'm definitely doing it again next year!<br />
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But sometimes you get a challenge that you can't find a tutorial for, and that's when training and practice come to the rescue. I used the wrong side of the marker paper by mistake and didn't realise a very obvious thing: the other side isn't like the front at all! It's smooth and pencil slides across it and the alcohol just sits on top and doesn't absorb. Colours will smear and push each other out of the way. But if you know some basic principles and are willing to play around, it produces a fun effect of a very different kind.<br />
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Copic marker, fountain pen ink, various pens, nibs and brush pens.Perehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03990665219984733888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6578917739837707118.post-38492546686263637472016-08-22T10:23:00.000+01:002016-08-22T10:23:06.168+01:00collage: books and cyberneticsTwo quick things I knocked together. Sometimes you just run across something that makes you want to cut it out and keep it: one was a picture of piles and piles of new books and another was a few lines of text that were just too weird to forget.<br />
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Both collages in a Moleskine Large Squared Notebook.<br />
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Apparently a performance artist I won't name has had a cybernetic ear affixed to his arm. The text reads: 'The ear cannot currently hear; however, the artist now plans to use his own stem cells to grow an external ear lobe before implanting a Wi-Fi enabled microphone which will be permanently activated so that people all over the world will be able to listen live.'<br />
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But to <i>what</i>, I wonder?Perehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03990665219984733888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6578917739837707118.post-75733674566118082772016-06-27T15:00:00.001+01:002016-06-27T15:05:45.706+01:00Esther Quek is my fucking hero.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://guerreisms.com/post/16681908609/esther-quek-of-the-rake-magazine" target="_blank">Esther</a> <a href="http://guerreisms.com/tagged/esther-quek" target="_blank">Quek</a>.<br />
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Quote from <a href="http://oneweekoneband.tumblr.com/post/99419703959/lorde-team-you-know-were-on-each-others-team" target="_blank">here</a>.Perehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03990665219984733888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6578917739837707118.post-48038546715402401652016-04-25T12:33:00.001+01:002016-04-25T12:33:18.692+01:00messing aboutSome more collage work to wind down from current projects. After hours of meticulous drawing it's good to pick up scissors and paste and slap together a few compositions.<br />
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When I'm not feeling so great, I sit somewhere with scissors and a pile of stuff and cover myself in art goop. It makes me laugh to think how many materials I used on this. Paper punch, magazine cutouts, acrylic paint, masking tape, washi tape, clear gesso, regular gesso, PVA, white ink, Neocolor crayon, stamp ink and a brush pen to lay down my almost invisible signature.</div>
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Don't mind me, just checking out my imaginary closet...<br />
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<br />Perehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03990665219984733888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6578917739837707118.post-19100473804028826362016-01-04T10:00:00.000+00:002016-01-04T10:00:00.781+00:00screen faceThe 'Screen Face' is what I call one of my favourite character design tropes.<br />
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It provides an endless canvas for artwork and pop culture references, while emphasising the fact that this character is made of non-organic material. The Screen Face humanises and de-humanises a character at the same time.<br />
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TV Tropes calls this the '<a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TVHeadRobot" target="_blank">TV Head Robot</a>', and has a fascinating list of characters that embody this trope. (Warning: don't click this link unless you have several hours to spare. This site is very addictive.)<br />
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I'm currently designing a few non-human characters for my <a href="http://peregrinalia.blogspot.co.uk/2015/11/new-project-comic.html" target="_blank">new project</a>, and I thought it would be fun to give one of them a Screen Face. It's a projected screen with programmable faces that floats in front of a robot head. You can pick faces of existing people from history or come up with your own.<br />
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I drew the head and the framing screen in black ink with a Kuretake brush pen, then did the faces in Diamine Grey with a Daler-Rowney 0 round brush. Effects are added in Photoshop: I filled the screen with 50% grey, added Noise and then Dust and Scratches, and lightened the whole thing. Then I recorded this process as an Action so I could just select the screen and redo the effect in one click.<br />
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There's going to be a lot of this character in the comic, so more famous faces will be appearing, as well as some original ones. If you want to do your own Screen Face character, remember that some faces or images have copyright holders, so do your research and stay legal.<br />
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Happy New Year, all!Perehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03990665219984733888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6578917739837707118.post-7086256106827619952015-12-08T12:24:00.000+00:002015-12-08T12:24:17.335+00:00commonplace bookA <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonplace_book" target="_blank">commonplace book</a> is basically a running record of things you pick up every day that educate or inspire you. Often it's like a scrapbook, or a card file, or just a collection of interesting quotes. Blogger Ryan Holiday has <a href="http://thoughtcatalog.com/ryan-holiday/2013/08/how-and-why-to-keep-a-commonplace-book/" target="_blank">a pretty interesting post</a> on his methods.<br />
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I have very messy notebooks where I record lists of books I like, quotes, errands and basically everything, but I wanted to collect some quotes to practice my lettering with. My commonplace book is an A6 Nocturnelle from Paperblanks. It's not very 'commonplace' looking, but I fell in love with this journal ages ago because it looks like a door in a Gothic novel. Paperblanks also has great paper for pen and ink. My calligraphy dip nibs just skate across this paper!<br />
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This is my first quote, dashed off in dip pen and framed with washi tape. Of course the aim of a commonplace book is to quote correctly - it's Kobori <i>Enshu</i>, not Ensho.<br />
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Yogananda is a great guide for life. Concept designer <a href="https://chrisoatley.com/" target="_blank">Chris Oatley</a> of the <a href="http://oatleyacademy.com/" target="_blank">Oatley Academy</a> is a great guide for work.<br />
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Listening to podcasts is a great source of inspiration for me. This quote comes from actress and comedian Aisha Tyler interviewing John Cho on her awesome podcast <a href="http://girlonguy.net/" target="_blank">Girl on Guy</a>.<br />
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Jen Dziura's column <a href="http://www.getbullish.com/" target="_blank">Get Bullish</a> gives 'aggressive lady-advice' for the go-getter gentlewoman.<br />
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<a href="http://karenhealey.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Karen Healey</a> is a YA author with a collection of pretty great quotes <a href="http://karenhealey.tumblr.com/tagged/writing" target="_blank">about writing</a>...and some choice words of her own.<br />
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<a href="http://www.thegloss.com/2012/08/22/beauty/elizabeth-bathory-serial-killer-143/" target="_blank">This post</a> about Elizabeth Bathory was pretty terrifying, but it did make one important point. The online magazine The Gloss has a column called <a href="http://www.thegloss.com/tag/shelved-dolls/" target="_blank">Shelved Dolls</a>, a fascinating series on women in history, where I get a lot of inspiration and amusement.<br />
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Some other commonplace books I like:<br />
<a href="http://www.seaweedkisses.com/2015/11/the-journal-diaries-ellinas-everything.html" target="_blank">The Journal Diaries - Ellina's Commonplace Notebook</a><br />
<a href="https://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/03/15/a-calendar-of-wisdom-tolstoy/" target="_blank">Tolstoy's Calendar of Wisdom</a><br />
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