I've just uploaded a new video explaining the image I created in response to the book 'Closet Case' by Robert Rodi. Please feel free to check it out, if you have any questions about the piece let me know I would love to know your thoughts!
In case you are new to this project I am uploading videos on a Wednesday reviewing fiction with queer characters at the heart of the stories. You can take part as well by linking in with my Facebook group which you can find here. I upload regular quotes from the stories involved and provide fan art images from the titles I'm exploring.
If you want to see what I'm working on at the moment check out my Instagram account as I upload images of works in progress there. You can see them here or search for the hash tag #bookdraw
It’s been a couple of years since I uploaded anything and
that’s mainly been because I had started a new job which involves a lot of travel.
I’ve managed to find my feet, settle into the work pattern and it made me
creatively itchy. I’ve missed having time to sit play and experiment and so I
decided to find time. It started small, first of all I just went back to an
older process of sketch booking which worked for a while. I felt creatively
stimulated and then I decided that I wanted to do more.
I shared these feelings with a colleague at work who is in a
similar role, also lacks time and hasn’t, like me been able to get it together
properly and make a start. We decided that we would push each other, be in each
other’s corner and commit to meeting for at least 30 minutes a week and start
making together.
We defined what we wanted from each other, I needed a
sounding board and someone who was willing to be really critical about my work
and question why I was doing the things I was making. She wanted me to push her
because she knew she would slip and get distracted. We are similar in that we
both like and need routines. The problem with routines is neither of us have
specific routines with our working life. We travel between offices
responding to different managers and directors needs as well as having a
portfolio of clients we regularly meet.
This makes daily routine impossible to
say with confidence we will regularly have a spare 30 minutes on a specific
day. So instead we agreed that we would likely be able to Skype, what’s app or
meet once a week, for 30 minutes during the course of the week. It just meant
we had to co-ordinate dairies regularly so we could make it work, and that is
what we did. This was an early plan I made trying to work out what I actually wanted to do creatively.
We’ve been doing this since September and had it tailed off
after Christmas, but that isn’t stopping me from doing more work, if anything
it’s enabling me to have space to develop the ideas I’ve been working on in
more detail. I want to commit to blogging more regularly to keep a diary of
what has been happening and share my working process. Here is a video of the
idea I came up with check it out see if you think it’s any good?
