Illustrated Journal Pages: March 2023

Back when I first started my illustrated journal, I was very active on Flickr. Flickr, for those who are not ancient millennials, was (and still is) a photo sharing website. The platform was mainly focused on photographers, but we had a small yet active community of illustrators who would share their journal pages almost daily and we’d comment back and forth, exchange tips and tools, and sometimes even set up ‘traveling sketchbook’ projects. The connections we made resulted in many online and eventually also offline friendships. Years on, as Instagram took Flickr place, and Instagram changed, many of my journal pages are never beyond the occasional flip through or sketchbook tour.

Not sharing every drawing I make has given me a lot more freedom. I experiment more, and the pressure is lower to complete something from start to finish every day. But I also miss sharing my work. Posting a post on Instagram has become this ‘thing’ where I feel like I can only post the best of the best, and not every day IS the best. I also refuse to draw with the aim of having enough ‘content’. Drawing and painting is truly a practice for me, not a goal. So here’s a few (not all) of my recent illustrated journal pages that I liked creating and don’t hate the result. Into the silent void they go ;-)