I was at WordCamp US recently and my takeaway was wow everyone is talking about ai a lot. And also wow everything feels very complicated. And then Ma.tt said in the last session/fireside chat two things like he was reading my mind: maybe we’re focusing too hard on ai and we need to simplify. And I was like “WOW. Yes, please.” (He also just wrote a post telling WordCamp attendees to learn about more ai that included 13 links… I dunno. It’s good, it’s bad, it’s the opposite of simple. 🤷🏼♂️)
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Here I’m finishing up the last 4 spreads in a handmade book made from recycled planner pages, day 19-22 of the 100 day project I’m currently working on. The intro music is ‘all these mornings (49)(instrumental)’ from my band, Rushmore Beekeepers. Most of the video is just sped-up art sounds which is really satisfying to me and I hope it is to you too. The full flip-through starts at 17:20.
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For years I’ve been working in a 5.5” by 8” art journal, but am having fun playing in pocket size notebooks (3.5/4” by 5.5/6” -ish) the last couple weeks and want to keep the momentum up on my art practice. SO, here I am starting my first 100 day project in 5 years?! I completed the project in 2021/2020/2018/2015 + one very failed attempt in 2019, ha!
I grew so much as an artist during the 2021 #100dayproject and think that’s why I’ve been a little hesitant to try again. But something about the smaller format makes me want to experiment more with collage and shapes and who-knows-what—we’ll see where it takes me! Instead of getting too in my head I really want to attempt to keep it light and joyful. 🙌
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Made a little video with all the paper things I use.
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Still at it.
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This will be my fourth year participating in the 100 day project. I finished the project in 2015, 2018 and 2020. Trying to remember why I didn’t do it the other years – it’s a mystery. In 2015 I did little drawings on notecards, 2018 was small square drawings that follow the grid and connect together, and 2020 was Procreate and Apple Pencil illustrations. 🙌
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My word of 2020 was ‘create’ which I didn’t think too much about after March. The end of December I was reminded of it and was like, ‘well so much for that.’ Then I was like HEY WAIT A MINUTE. I did a whole 100 day digital drawing project and am doing a song a week project with my band RBK. I also created routines around exercise and bedtime that helped so much, especially when I was feeling all the dread and spending too much time doom scrolling. We created space in our home for the four of us to come together and also for spending time alone when we needed it. Maybe it ended up being the perfect word?
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I bought some small LED lights for my art desk and have been trying a few different set-ups & cameras. The Rilo is super cool, it’s similar to a Go-Pro and takes 360 degree video. I also used my old Canon DSLR and my iPhone X. None of them look as good as I was hoping but I was surprised the Canon looked the worst! Camera phones are so good now, like, woah. I’m going to keep trying tho – I enjoy making videos, especially editing and creating music for them. Watch out Youtube here I come, ha!
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