Fog Journal (February 2022-February 2024)

I was gifted this Stillman & Birn Zeta Series journal when I left my job in California in February 2022. It took me a while to fill since I, unfortunately, wasn't a fan of the paper. It was weirdly too smooth to draw/paint on. I mostly filled it up with gel printing/monoprinting experiments from February 2024. The pages are organized in the order they appear in the journal.

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Art journal cover. A mixed media art journal page about a job offer and the death of Mark Lanegan with a portrait of him and some flowers from the album Blues Funeral. The opposite page has some ephemera from junk mail and and a beer can with designs I liked. A mixed media art journal page with an illustration of a shark blimp sailing through the sky trailing rainbow hearts, and a woman writing in her journal next to a quote by poet Ted Kooser. Reference photo of the woman was from sarahallyn on the Museum by Sktchy app. A mixed media art journal spread about coming alive again. Illustration of a woman with flowers in her hair and mouth, next to dandelion seeds flying through the air, a rainbow, and a backbone. Lyrics by Windhand. Reference photo is alita on the Museum by Sktchy app. A mixed media art journal page with an illustration of a vampire woman looking tired with the words, I must take to my bed for I am overwhelmed & fatigued next to her. A mixed media art journal page with ephemera on the left side and a painting of Jack White playing live and a white raven in the moonlight with lyrics by Jack White surrounding it. A mixed media art journal page with illustrations inspired by The Leftovers and a blue jay I saw in my backyard. Drawing of a fictitious woman from the Guilty Remnant smoking under the words we are all gone and a blue jay on a fence post next to the words, the lies we tell ourselves. A mixed media art journal page with a portrait from the Museum by Sktchy app of a woman with white eyes and blue hair, holding a finger up to her lips with the word invalid written across. There is a bull demon poking out behind her with the word provoked across its head. She is surround by field bindweed. The right side has a self portrait holding a paintbrush over my eye, surrounded by a quote by Josh Homme. A mixed media art journal spread with an illustration of a woman smiling with scrawled lyrics by Queens of the Stone Age. Reference photo is pieceocheesecake on the Museum by Sktchy app. A mixed media art journal spread with an illustration of a horned demon woman licking her lips, with lyrics by Queens of the Stone Age underneath. Reference photo is acidhoneyangel on the Museum by Sktchy app. A mixed media art journal page with fan art illustrations of the Little Pale Girl and Art the Clown from the horror film Terrifier 2. A mixed media art journal spread with an illustration of poet/artist Weldon Kees holding a cigarette, a doodle of the Golden Gate Bridge, and a drawing of my arm in a sling after dislocating my shoulder at work. Lyrics by Paramore. A mixed media art journal spread with a painting of a seahorse and a sketch of my niece. Did not finish this page, but I kind of like the unfinished look on this one. A mixed media art journal page with an illustration of a frazzled looking woman, the words people pleaser next to her, and some words about work not defining worth. It also includes an inside joke from work. An illustrated art journal page inspired by Greg Kletsel’s YouTube video, Finding Your Illustration Style Through Iteration. A mixed media art journal page with an illustrations inspired by Greg Kletsel’s YouTube video, Finding Your Illustration Style Through Iteration. Some of it was done while I had Covid. The page on the right are strawberry-themed drawings, reference photos were from the Museum by Sktchy app. A mixed media art journal page with monoprinting experiments using a gel plate with an image transfer of the musician Abbath. A mixed media art journal page with monoprinting experiments using a gel plate, I used leaves on the left and a linocut stamp I made of a crow on the right. A mixed media art journal page with monoprinting experiments using a gel plate, I used a stencil of a rib cage on the right. A mixed media art journal page with monoprinting experiments using a gel plate, I used string and clothes pegs. A mixed media art journal page with monoprinting experiments using a gel plate, I tried an image transfer of Lady Gaga on the right. A mixed media art journal page with monoprinting experiments using a gel plate, I tried an image transfer of St. Vincent/Annie Clark). A mixed media art journal page with monoprinting experiments using a gel plate, an illustration of a tooth covered in roots and leaves on the left and rainbow ribs on the right.
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