A rough cut gif/fly-through of my big, recent wip/drawing exercise book project. I’d started this back in 2008/10(?)ish when my dearest friend @shuuuuuuuuut_ gave me this abfab leather bound moleskine that I felt sort of intimidated to draw in… so I set some rules in an attempt to make a thing of it & get over myself, mb change some habits (namely not finishing things & also tearing out/crumpling a good 70% of my sketchbooks with my whole straight to pen&ink trip at the time)… so I had to just draw & finish whatever I started whether I thought it was “going somewhere” or not, if I made a mistake or wasn’t in love w/ it… I’d just persist. That was the idea anyway. Some kinda slow-burn, take it on when you’re feeling it/maybe it’ll shake things up for myself in some way project. So, it’s a spooling out…stream of consciousness just straight-up Blort! for the first 20 or so pages, gets into environments/crowds, then kinda skids into a zoom/flipbook type of experience. I remember (& this is typical) flying through a lot of it initially, getting lost, finding my way back, got really excited & went deep, then got REALLY lost & hung up for a bit (like several years)… basically a rollercoaster. Decided after awhile I’d unlock from the need to execute it physically (what it’d become anyway) & look at what could be done digitally to pick up the reigns again/look at the big picture of how to share what I’d made. So, soon to come… what was my precious/object d’art 5.5x3.5” back-of-my-mind-project for over 10 years… will soon be an 11x7” softcover coffee table/flipbook! Was hoping I’d have this sorted for MoCCA this year but presently taking some time on design & printing. Stay tuned! Audio on that first jammy “Acris Venator” by Thrones (Joe Preston) from A Day Late And A Dollar Short #bodiechewning #bodiechewningart #drawing #drawingexercise #drawingprojects #penandinkdrawing #obsessivemarkmaking #moleskine #selfhelp #analoganddigital #procreate #procreateart #procreatedrawing #selfpublishing #artbook #printedmatter #bklynartist #mocca2023 https://www.instagram.com/p/CqLXXnHMxmP/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=