Illustration&Books

My journey to Illustration and gems I find along the way

[vixie-just-me]

Haven't posted in a while, so here's a little detail of stitching on this one. I should go outside and take some nice pics, but I got sick again, lucky me. #book #bookbinding #notebook #craft #paper #creative #dots #detail

[vixie-just-me]

The books are like bridges between our mind and the world around us. #book #bookbinding #brisbane #thoughts

[vixie-just-me]

There was a really lovely afternoon sun, so I used it for a nice shot with the little chubby boy, all neat and finished. You can see the text block is sitting quite deep in the cover boards. That's because I didn't count with the rounded spine and some other odd millimeters. Oh well, next time. #book #bookbinding #notebook #sketchbook #tinybook #paper #handmade #craft #creative #art

[vixie-just-me]

Oh, guess what? I finished the thing! Not as neat as I hoped, but still pretty good for a first try of this kind of binding. For the lack of any good lighting will post better pic tomorrow. #book #bookbinding #notebook #sketchbook #handmade #paper #craft #creative #art

[vixie-just-me]

Chubby boy is all sewn up, but here's the deal: I want to give it a rounded spine, without having a proper (understand - any) equipment to do so. This shall be fun... Or go horribly wrong. #book #bookbinding #notebook #sketchbook #handmade #craft #creative #paper #papercraft #sewing

[vixie-just-me]

Somehow skulls always seem like a good subject to draw/paint. Considering how rarely I use watercolours and that the paper is anything but water-friendly, it was quite fun to pop out something. #art #artpractice #painting #watercolour #skull #highlights #study

[vixie-just-me]

This little chubby boy needs some stitching, but I'm not ready to screw it up yet. #book #bookbinding #notebook #sketchbook #littlebook #craft #paper #papercraft #creative #handmade #sewing #button

[vixie-just-me]

How much chunky is too chunky? I think I will add more, just for a good measure. This makes me really excited, was thinking about making a chunky one for quite a while now. Featuring my unphotogenic hand. #book #bookbinding #notebook #craft #paper #papercraft #creative #handmade

[vixie-just-me]

Inky sketch on a budget. My humble contribution to #inktober #inktober2017 #ink #inkdrawing #line #linework #crosshatching #gem #crystal

[vixie-just-me]

This year I hopped on the bullet journal hype train in hopes to actually organise my life. Not sure how well that goes so far, but at least I’m getting into habit of planning. Here and there I manage to add a little illustration to empty spaces (so I don’t feel bad about wasting pages :D). Couple of pages are dedicated to art resources and my study plans, so maybe I’ll cover that some day later.

PS: I shamelessly retouched some smears and dots here and there... And censored the text on Plans&Goals page... Why? Who knows?

[vixie-just-me]

I just realised that I never actually posted any good shots of those sketchbooks, so now I’m going to overload you with silly shots and close-ups, you’re welcome! :D

[vixie-just-me]

Little drawing in a journal. So far the journal was more of an excuse to procrastinate even more, rather than to actually organise stuff xD But at least I get to draw all those leafs and flowers I bring home :D #drawing #doodle #sketch #art #artist #journal #linework #bulletjournal #fineliner #flower #leafs #nature #procrastination #ornament

[vixie-just-me]

Character design practice - Post Apocalyptic Witch

Or something along those lines :D Came up with fun little exercise for myself, working on figure drawing, drapery and design at the same time. Took figure reference picture, drew the body and then came up with the costume - lots of fun =)

[vixie-just-me]

Moon antlers

Finished this bad boy some time ago and completely forgot to post it. Mainly because I’m not 100% sure about the moon part, but I figured it’s better if I post it anyways. Had quite lot of fun with the antlers. There is something majestic about the antlers, don't you think? A crown of the animal kingdom...

[vixie-just-me]

Little mad girl

Did some drinking and sketching yesterday and I felt like finishing it, so here we go. I was surprised how much I actually remember from figure drawing, although I suppose the anatomy is all over the place =) Also the colouring looks more like a dirt, should fix that some day =/

[vixie-just-me]

Finishing late night drunk sketch from yesterday #art #drawing #line #linework #flatcolours #woman #pose

[thebumblebeebindery]

Trying out the long stitch + loop stitch combo in hardback. ☺ #bookbinding #handmade

[vixie-just-me]

This looks so exciting, I’ll have to try it! Also the books are so lovely, especially the ones on the left side looks like they would be great journals for adventures in some magic lands :D