I used to be very intimidated by blank pages, especially if the diary was a beautiful book. When I was little, I tried so hard to have the neatest printing. Those diaries are hilarious now, mostly because my spelling was so terrible. Never mind, the printing was quite passable. When I got a little older, I filled pages and pages with lists of everything I did and everywhere I went. Those diaries are incredibly boring! As a teen, I thought I'd better spice up my diaries with more emotional content. My diaries became seething raging journals of teen angst. EEK! I threw them out! Now I just keep doodle journals; little 4 by 6 inch books that I doodle away in. Sometimes I write down strange or funny things that I hear. I actually enjoy looking back at my doodle journals without embarrassment. They are fun and relaxing and they give me great art ideas.
The picture above is a watercolor which has been "cartoonified" with GIMP. I do love GIMP! Below are some random pages from my doodle diary. They'll enlarge if you click them.
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ahahah, I have a funny story about diaries... when I was 9, my best friend game a diary, and I ask her "what is it?" and she answer "is a book where you can write your stories". Well, and i start writing stories... but not about my life! (beautiful watercolor, Laurel!)
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7/11/2010 12:36:13 am
great colours! Blank pages are beauiful.. I get always scared of ruining them!
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7/11/2010 03:00:27 am
Lovely piece. Something about the perspective here gives it a sense of dreaminess which works well with the story. I totally know what you mean about those teen-angst filled pages. I still have mine and while I cringe less while reading them as I get older, cringe I do.
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Love the gimpified watercolour (and probably the original). Evocative, that blank page.
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Nikkie
7/15/2010 01:52:13 am
I'm glad I'm not the only one who got rid of my old journals! But white pages can scare me too! I have never heard of GIMP. I just did a quick google search...is it basically an easier version of Photoshop? Great doodles!
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7/15/2010 03:00:05 am
I love the doodle pages, and yes the "go to work" is in red because work is not much fun right now.
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