Endings & Beginnings
Well, yesterday was my birthday & I waved goodbye to my 30s. I also just happened to finish my current sketchbook the same day (I rip through at least one a month) & my new scanner was delivered. So put it all together & what do you get? A blog entry with some scans from my sketchbook.
I’m a perfectionist by nature (& I don’t mean that in a good way) so I have to approach my sketchbooks with the attitude that they’re for my eyes only & it doesn’t matter how messy & unfinished they are. If I was too conscious of showing them to other people, it’d defeat the purpose of having a place to scribble down the seeds of ideas that may or may not grow into something. So for that reason, my sketchbooks are not particularly interesting…but here are a couple of the less scribbly pages.
You might recognise the fox from my Fox & Flowers print. The colour samples are gocco inks.
In other news…I’ve been adding more pages to my blog, including one about my mailing list (there will soon be a link to it in my sidebar). Just wanted to let you know that subscribers to my mailing list will be eligible for monthly giveaways & the first one will be held at the beginning of November, so go join my email list if you’d like to be in the running for regular Magic Jelly freebies!
I love your fox & flowers print! Your blog is great, I’m very drawn to good graphics, I’m so impressed. It’s great to see a glimpse of your sketchbooks. Happy Belated Birthday too.
Thanks iSew! I love looking in other people’s sketchbooks too…it’s nice having that little bit of insight.
Thanks for the peek into your sketchbook! I love to see little bits of other peoples thought and creative process. Happy belated birthday and thanks for the Charlie Parker, one of my favorites!
Oh I just adore the little girl holding the balloon sketch. Too cute! I hope you had a wonderful birthday!
i am new to Gocco printing. Would it be fine with you to share your printing process for the fox n flowers print? :)
its lovely to see your processes, those sketches are a treat. hey, and a happy belated birthday to you!
i wish you lots of luck for the year ahead:)
Lou ^_^
I am in love with your blog! Great work, it’s super friendly and very stylin’..can’t wait to read more :)
Meiyi…the Fox & Flowers print was done using 2 screens – one with orange & gold inks, the second with brown & bronze. It did require some tight registration & I’m writing a tutorial on gocco registration very soon & posting it in my blog! :)
Thanks Lou & Christina! :)
I love your gocco print check my blog out too as I like to use my gocco! well done! x x