Art Journaling Inspo for Spoonies (who love cats) is a zine that aims to give journaling and art inspiration to folks with limited energy - who also may love cats! The black and white version of the zine is below, available for download. Link to Download directly: https://drive.google.com/file/d/150O6w1LIhWopCqaWlhmgm9QtpjaOltMM/view?usp=sharing See my complete Zine PDF Collection in my Ko-Fi shop (free +): https://ko-fi.com/birdbo/shop Author's note:  I still plan to add color as per my previous post, but this version looks so cool and also functions as a coloring book. It is also easier to print while using less ink. I'm looking forward to learning about how to create my color layers properly for Risoprinting in case I can make that happen!  Scroll below the PDF viewer for the alt text. Alt Text: (All pages feature quirky black ink drawings of my cats.) Front Cover: Art Journaling Inspiration for Spoonies (who love cats) Each new page of your journal is an opportunity to p...

  'Medieval Manuscript Marginalia meets Risograph Splatter' This is 'Medieval Manuscript Marginalia meets Risograph Splatter,' a mock up that combines the inspirations for my next zine! Semi-transparent color shapes will be placed around the page to balance out the weight of clean text.  Each of the pages will be both a poster and a social media asset showcasing quirky design and awareness of typography and page layout design rules. I want to combine hand-drawn lines with vector shapes and clean font as a delightful showcase of the zine's inspirational creative guidance. (Zine text in last post.) Career development I'm hoping to use this zine as a portfolio piece for marketing, as I shift toward a career that allows me to use what I have learned in my attempts to create art businesses over the years. Every time I've come up with a business or book idea I have researched more about marketing and communication - including illustration and visual design, websit...

A proposed cover for the zine that fits the interior pages I'm aiming for. Below are the previous two dummy drafts that helped me pick out my words This current zine iteration has Bird and Cat talking to the viewer, but I want something completely different and more decorative than narrative! Here is the interior copy: Make Art Easy! It's OK! Your blank page is a safe place to coach yourself through those intrusive thoughts. Practice courageous curiosity. Try to use grace with yourself. "Beginner's Mind" -- treat yourself as you would treat a child who is just learning to draw or write. Be gentle and patient. Consider the value of the making process itself rather than only counting a finished project as "Art." Consider blending writing and drawing for new modes of expression.  Lined or dotted paper can help reduce fears of preciousness or perfectionism. Blank paper covered in doodles might be the juice you need to brai...