There is no end to the inspiration I get from looking at vintage photographs- through immersion comes awakened imagination. The central characters in my graphic novel are real people but as I am doing an artistic interpretation of real events, I revel in the freedom to flesh out the central characters using old photos as a starting…
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This poem, this city, closing its doors, barricaded, almost empty… #graphicnovel #inspiration
9:09 in the morning, the taste of liquor and cigarettes, no police, no lovers, walking the streets, this poem, this city, closing its doors, barricaded, almost empty, mournful without tears, aging without pity, the hardrock mountains, the ocean like a lavender flame, a moon destitute of greatness, a small music from broken windows … a poem…
Take Off the Amber, Put Out the Lamp #graphicnovel #research
Take the day. Immerse. Forget everything else. Read. Sketch. Cocoon. Trust the calling. Today’s resources: Jamison, K.R. (1999) Night Falls Fast- understanding suicide, Vintage Books: New York, NY, USA Malooof, J., ed. (2012) Vivian Maier- Street Photographer, powerHouse Books: New York NY, USA Appignanesi, L. (2007) Sad, Mad and Bad- women and the mind-doctors from…
Part 22 daily journal workshop. EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCE #arttherapy
Extraordinary circumstance. What does that mean to you? For me, major life-changing markers come to mind. Events you have to survive in order to move forward. Painful events. Positive chapter changes as well. Write or draw to celebrate how you have come through these life events. How you have grown. Think about it. Then stop…