Little Little Pieces
(Leather Dye on Leather)
I have done more tests for this journal than any other previous book. I know I’m putting off working on the real thing, but I’m not sure why. Sometimes things are better as ideas than as realities. Usually they are, from my perspective.
Tonight was the first meeting for Project 25:365. Everyone was so lovely and thoughtful about what they’re going to work on and there were lots of great ideas about how we can work together and support each other. We’ve got a Discord server set up now, where everyone can share their general thoughts, post works in progress, and check out prompts for each month. I’m going to try to get a calendar up for our in-person meetings and include links to the Art Jam folks who hang out and draw together. Lots of pieces in the ether. That’s the nice thing about big sprawling networks: they don’t actually have termini.
More Book Progress
(Pen and Pencil on Paper)
Finally working on the actual design for the next book. I’m not tooling this one, which will save me a significant amount of time. Tooling something this complex would take me months, and I have other pieces to be working on. Here’s what a tooled piece looks like:
(Vegetable Tan Leather, Dye)
That book took me three months to tool and it’s half the size of the current project. Someday I’ll make a twisty dragon tooled book….
Maybe.
Book Progress
I haven’t decided yet if I’ll count working on leather as part of my 365. Right now I’ve almost finished the test version of the new book (it still needs its tie) and I'm starting the layout for the final design.
(Red Leather Book; Pencil on Paper)
The original drawing was for a book without the front flap and it wasn’t drawn to size, so I have to redesign it. The original drawing is below.
(Ink on Paper; drawn after a trip to the ER for a malfunctioning gallbladder and still high as a holy kite on Dilaudid)
I once told a friend that every dragon I draw just looks like a dog, so now that I have a dog, I make all my dragons look like him.
Fun With Scissors (#4ish)
(Digital; drawn on my phone)
Scissors are an excellent all-purpose tool that can keep the home safe and organized.
Sometimes I Ruin Shit...
…and no one dies so it’s fine.
If you’re under the assumption you’re getting through this reality without fucking up, you’re in for serious hurt. As an obsessive Type A monster-person, I am always in a state of serious hurt.
(Gouache Over Ink on Paper)
Also a lesson in cropping. Because I want to burn it slightly less when it’s cropped.
