Skull Journal (May 2017-April 2018)

Journal: Unbranded journal with mixed paper
Medium(s): Acrylic paint, acrylic ink, ink, watercolors, modeling paste, washi tape, some ephemera
Status: Complete
Notes: Vanessa Oliver-Lloyd gifted me this journal when we were working on an art journal collaboration in 2017. I used it for part of my Year of Creative Habits project. It was one of my favorite journals to work in due to all the different types of paper. I used it until it almost fell apart!

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Days 216 and 137/365 of Year of Creative Habits. A mixed media art journal illustration of a butterfly and a hand. Day 273/365 of Year of Creative Habits. A mixed media art journal illustration of a gothic woman looking angry and an ink sketch of hands. Days 330 and 249/365 of Year of Creative Habits. A mixed media art journal illustration of a woman mirrored with a negative version of herself and a drawing of the bassist from the band Shroud Eater playing bass live. Days 259 and 143/365 of Year of Creative Habits. A mixed media art journal illustration of a woman with bright red hair with an anatomical heart outside her chest and a drawing of a sad woman with the word overload underneath. Day 144/365 of Year of Creative Habits. An art journal collage of a woman with a hand to her head with electricity coming out of her head and eyes with the words take action! Days 207 and 145/365 of Year of Creative Habits. A mixed media art journal sketch of a witchy woman holding a skull surrounded by neon pink paint and a sketch of a sad woman with an unknown entity whispering in her ear, you're too worried to be a nihilist. Day 150/365 of Year of Creative Habits. Practicing 30 second doodles of people for an art show I was being featured in (I was asked to do quick portraits on the night). Day 204/365 of Year of Creative Habits. An art journal illustration of comedian and podcast host Marc Maron talking about summer in Los Angeles with ants and everything on fire. Days 274 and 175/365 of Year of Creative Habits. Mixed media art journal portraits from photographs found on Sktchy and Reddit Gets Drawn. Days 146 and 165/365 of Year of Creative Habits. A mixed media art journal illustration of a shadowy figure reaching out into the abyss. This piece was featured in Synapse Zine, Vol. 3 (2017). A mixed media art journal abstract painting of an eye flying through space with lyrics from Enough Space by the band Foo Fighters. Day 170/365 of Year of Creative Habits. An art journal illustration of magical women and snakes. Days 275 and 316/365 of Year of Creative Habits. Art journal illustrated portraits of women in elaborate makeup, one in skull makeup inspired by Sktchy and the other as Bjork. Days 276 and 152/365 of Year of Creative Habits. A mixed media art journal with witchy female portrait illustrations from Sktchy and Instagram. Day 153/365 of Year of Creative Habits. A mixed media art journal illustration of an Instagram follower (I messed the first one up and tried again!). Days 331 and 155/365 of Year of Creative Habits. A mixed media art journal illustration about becoming more assertive and a quick portrait drawing of an Instagram follower. Days 333 and 332/365 of Year of Creative Habits. An art journal illustration of a sad woman in blue and a woman in a crown beating herself up (yes, the hand is the wrong way around). Day 254/365 of Year of Creative Habits. Feeling on edge today, just needed to push paint around aimlessly. Art journal illustrated portraits of Instagram followers. Day 335/365 of Year of Creative Habits. A mixed media art journal doodle using a technique by a.creature and an illustrated portrait of an Instagram follower. Days 146 and 148/365 of Year of Creative Habits. A mixed media art journal illustration of a skull with the words no stories next to it. Mixed media art journal illustrations of Instagram followers. Day 346/365 of Year of Creative Habits. An art journal illustration of Dougie Jones from Twin Peaks with a bad/silly political joke about newly elected Senator Doug Jones hopefully not being a tulpa and a portrait of an Instagram follower. Mixed media art journal illustrations of Instagram followers. Day 212/365 of Year of Creative Habits. Art journal illustrations of a woman with a mask inspired by Sktchy and a portrait of Lady Olenna, Queen of Thorns, from Game of Thrones. Day 271/365 of Year of Creative Habits. A mixed media art journal illustration of myself in blue rolling my eyes with the words I'm not sure my eyes could roll back any further today. Day 230/365 of Year of Creative Habits. A mixed media art journal illustration of a cute white dog with its hair sticking up and looking sad. An art journal illustration of a fluffy white dog with their tongue out. Day 234/365 of Year of Creative Habits. A mixed media art journal illustration of a cute white and brown dog lounging in the grass from Reddit Gets Drawn. Day 235/365 of Year of Creative Habits. A mixed media art journal pet portrait of a grumpy french bulldog. Reference from Reddit Gets Drawn. Day 236/365 of Year of Creative Habits. A mixed media art journal illustration of a cute white and brown dog with swimming goggles on from Reddit Gets Drawn. Day 244/365 of Year of Creative Habits. A mixed media art journal pet portrait of a shaggy dog on a beach. Day 251/365 of Year of Creative Habits. A mixed media art journal illustration of a crone on a bicycle with jigsaw puzzle pieces in the front basket and the words don't be scared! next to her. A mixed media art journal illustration about falling down the Twin Peaks theory rabbit hole. Day 258/365 of Year of Creative Habits. A mixed media art journal page I doodled on the bus after seeing an advert for American Horror Story at a bus stop. Day 261/365 of Year of Creative Habits. A mixed media art journal illustration of myself telling my brain to shut up while it thinks of all the embarrassing things I've done. Days 277, 317 and 318/365 of Year of Creative Habits. A mixed media art journal illustration of a witchy person (half-finished) from Sktchy and an illustration of art_of_kadu. Days 278 and 279/365 of Year of Creative Habits. Mixed media art journal Halloween portraits from the Museum by Sktchy app – a forest witch and skeletal woman! Days 280 and 288/365 of Year of Creative Habits. A mixed media art journal illustrations of spooky female portraits from Sktchy and Instagram (haleyca on IG as Sally from Nightmare Before Christmas). Days 282 and 285/365 of Year of Creative Habits. An art journal illustration of a smiling fox-woman and a witchy woman holding a skull. Days 284 and 285/365 of Year of Creative Habits. Mixed media art journal Halloween portraits of my Instagram followers – a zombie/wendigo and a zombie-witch! Days 287 and 156/365 of Year of Creative Habits. A mixed media art journal illustration of an Instagram follower I spookified as Medusa and a failed drawing of Special Agent Dale Cooper from Twin Peaks with his thumb up saying a damn fine idea! Days 146 and 180/365 of Year of Creative Habits. A mixed media art journal illustration of an alternative woman with a side cut doing the Rosie the Riveter pose with the words trying to be brave. Days 181, 182 and 183/365 of Year of Creative Habits. A mixed media art journal illustration of a wolf howling at a blue moon with lightning striking a psychedelic pink and purple background with lyrics by Ulver. Days 202 and 203/365 of Year of Creative Habits. A mixed media art journal illustration of Ruth Zoya the Destroya Wilder (Alison Brie) and Debbie Liberty Belle Eagan (Betty Gilpin) from the TV show GLOW. Days 186/365 of Year of Creative Habits. A mixed media art journal illustration of a pink punk zebra singing the intro from Quick and to the Pointless by Queens of the Stone Age. An art journal illustration about anxiety including a double exposure portrait of a woman with her mouth covered with wool and doodles. Day 190/365 of Year of Creative Habits. A mixed media art journal illustration of musician and comedian Reggie Watts performing at a concert at The Getty Museum with an abstract collage next to him. Day 320/365 of Year of Creative Habits. An art journal blind contour illustration of myself with the words so basically everyone is a scumbag on the right and an illustration of a pink haired woman from Sktchy on the left. Day 338/365 of Year of Creative Habits. A mixed media art journal illustration of artist Vanessa Oliver-Lloyd next to a moon and a skeleton stencil. Days 176 and 178/365 of Year of Creative Habits. A mixed media art journal illustration of two women playing tug of war with an angry mountain in the background and lyrics by the band SubRosa. A mixed media art journal illustration about not being a livewire. A mixed media art journal collage about harassment. Day 194/365 of Year of Creative Habits. A mixed media art journal altered collage of a weird white seahorse. An art journal illustration of a faceless fairy with her heart exposed and the words one day underneath her. Day 215/365 of Year of Creative Habits. A mixed media art journal illustration that says you make me feel Eddie Vedder with doodles. Days 341 and 342/365 of Year of Creative Habits. A mixed media art journal illustration of a pinup woman and skull joined at the head with a floral and dark background. Day 327/365 of Year of Creative Habits. Mixed media art journal pet portraits of a grumpy pug and bulldog from Reddit Gets Drawn. Day 255/365 of Year of Creative Habits. A mixed media art journal illustration of a bloodshot eye floating in non-existence. Day 257/365 of Year of Creative Habits. An art journal illustration of a street after I got locked out of the house – luckily I had some art supplies with me for some (sub)urban sketching... not sure it's for me haha. An art journal illustration of myself refusing to use a chip clip for cereal and then spilling it everywhere the next day. An art journal illustration of a blue haired woman being controlled by a mystical gothic woman. Mixed media art journal illustrations of people from Instagram and the Sktchy app. Day 166/365 of Year of Creative Habits. A mixed media art journal illustration of a bloody zombie nurse from Reddit Gets Drawn and a sketch of an archer. Day 168/365 of Year of Creative Habits. A mixed media art journal illustration of two versions of myself with one being my true self with a side cut hairstyle and doing what I want. Days 206 and 167/365 of Year of Creative Habits. A mixed media art journal painting of myself with my hands over my eyes under my glasses, looking exhausted and a portrait of someone in a flapper costume holding a cigarette from Reddit Gets Drawn. Art journal illustrations about moving house and feeling exhausted. Art journal illustrations about period pain and Scary Terry from Rick and Morty. Day 304/365 of Year of Creative Habits. Art journal illustration of baseball player Justin Turner when he was on the Dodgers. The drawing says Game Seven! above him. Day 319/365 of Year of Creative Habits. An art journal portrait of a woman with a crown on the left and drawing of devil horns with Clutch lyrics on right. Days 340 and 299/365 of Year of Creative Habits. An art journal illustration of a goth woman on a pink phone saying everything is going to hell in a hand basket and an abstract self portrait. Day 298/365 of Year of Creative Habits. An art journal illustration about being a lion hearted girl. Art journal illustrations of Instagram followers. An art journal illustration of an Instagram follower. Mixed media art journal illustrations of people from Instagram for International Women's Day 2018. A mixed media art journal self portrait about having a bad day and finding a grey hair (unrelated). Day 6 of the April Art Challenge. A mixed media art journal illustration of King Tuff with lyrics from his song Psycho Star. A mixed media art journal illustration of Fiona Apple with a squid on her head and lyrics from her song Every Single Night. Day 8 of the April Art Challenge. An art journal illustration of a cassette tape that says I hate the 1980s! with doodles of shapes in the background.

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