I'm out of town for the week filming the new season of Scrapbook Soup TV. While I'm away, I hope you'll enjoy these posts from the Balzer Designs archives. You can always search the archives for past gems HERE. Enjoy!
This post is from November 2, 2012. The linky list at the end of this post is a fresh one for this week!
If you're new to Art Journal Every Day, there is a short introduction here. All of the previous posts can be found archived here. There is a flickr group for sharing right here. Remember, it's just ten minutes of nourishing your creative self every day! No need to finish anything or even like it. If you've done some art journaling this week and you've blogged about it, or put it on flickr, please leave a link in the linky list at the end of this post. Thanks!
I use my art journal to pour out a lot of raw feelings that I don't necessarily want to share with the world. You'll notice that I often redact my art journal pages when I share them here on the blog. I often feel awkward bringing my art journal to class for students to see. I rarely publish my journal pages, because they're intensely private. And then I had a thought: What if my handwriting was unreadable?
So, I decided to work on making it unreadable.
- My normal handwriting.
- Squishing my normal handwriting.
- Squishing my handwriting even more and elongating it a bit.
- Spreading out my handwriting
- Spreading it even more.
- Really spreading it, and keeping it super loose.
- My normal handwriting with a nib pen and India Ink.
- Squished.
- Spread out.
I decided to try out my new handwriting in my art journal:
(I also experimented with my new white acrylic ink and a nib pen to create the white writing you see!)
I'm totally digging how the two kinds of handwriting turned out and I think I'll be doing this a lot more. It will make it easier to share my pages.
How about you? Do you use your regular handwriting in your art journal?
Here is this week's linky list:
Thanks for stopping by!
I love the way you have played with handwriting. I love messing about with my handwriting too. Hope the filming is going well.
I love the way you have played with handwriting. I love messing about with my handwriting too. Hope the filming is going well.
I love the way you have played with handwriting. I love messing about with my handwriting too. Hope the filming is going well.
I love the way you have played with handwriting. I love messing about with my handwriting too. Hope the filming is going well.
I love the way you have played with handwriting. I love messing about with my handwriting too. Hope the filming is going well.
I love the way you have played with handwriting. I love messing about with my handwriting too. Hope the filming is going well.
Very cool with the handwriting, I adore the lovely heart.
Love and hugs
Maarit
Very cool with the handwriting, I adore the lovely heart.
Love and hugs
Maarit
Very cool with the handwriting, I adore the lovely heart.
Love and hugs
Maarit
Very cool with the handwriting, I adore the lovely heart.
Love and hugs
Maarit
Very cool with the handwriting, I adore the lovely heart.
Love and hugs
Maarit
Very cool with the handwriting, I adore the lovely heart.
Love and hugs
Maarit
Love the handwriting, sometimes I use my everyday handwriting other times I scrawl and scribble so only I know what it says. xoxox
Love the handwriting, sometimes I use my everyday handwriting other times I scrawl and scribble so only I know what it says. xoxox
Love the handwriting, sometimes I use my everyday handwriting other times I scrawl and scribble so only I know what it says. xoxox
Love the handwriting, sometimes I use my everyday handwriting other times I scrawl and scribble so only I know what it says. xoxox
Love the handwriting, sometimes I use my everyday handwriting other times I scrawl and scribble so only I know what it says. xoxox
Love the handwriting, sometimes I use my everyday handwriting other times I scrawl and scribble so only I know what it says. xoxox
Unfortunately, I think that, after a while (maybe a long while), the unnatural handwriting will be illegible even to the writer. At least that had been my experience, and it was frustrating not to be able to remember what I had written.
We think that we’ll always know what we wrote even if it is in “code”, but you will be surprised at how much time erases from our memory.
I wish I had a better suggestion than just using Photoshop to digitally manipulate the journal so that you still have your original readable copy to yourself.
In any case, I love your pages and your art.
Unfortunately, I think that, after a while (maybe a long while), the unnatural handwriting will be illegible even to the writer. At least that had been my experience, and it was frustrating not to be able to remember what I had written.
We think that we’ll always know what we wrote even if it is in “code”, but you will be surprised at how much time erases from our memory.
I wish I had a better suggestion than just using Photoshop to digitally manipulate the journal so that you still have your original readable copy to yourself.
In any case, I love your pages and your art.
Unfortunately, I think that, after a while (maybe a long while), the unnatural handwriting will be illegible even to the writer. At least that had been my experience, and it was frustrating not to be able to remember what I had written.
We think that we’ll always know what we wrote even if it is in “code”, but you will be surprised at how much time erases from our memory.
I wish I had a better suggestion than just using Photoshop to digitally manipulate the journal so that you still have your original readable copy to yourself.
In any case, I love your pages and your art.
Unfortunately, I think that, after a while (maybe a long while), the unnatural handwriting will be illegible even to the writer. At least that had been my experience, and it was frustrating not to be able to remember what I had written.
We think that we’ll always know what we wrote even if it is in “code”, but you will be surprised at how much time erases from our memory.
I wish I had a better suggestion than just using Photoshop to digitally manipulate the journal so that you still have your original readable copy to yourself.
In any case, I love your pages and your art.
Unfortunately, I think that, after a while (maybe a long while), the unnatural handwriting will be illegible even to the writer. At least that had been my experience, and it was frustrating not to be able to remember what I had written.
We think that we’ll always know what we wrote even if it is in “code”, but you will be surprised at how much time erases from our memory.
I wish I had a better suggestion than just using Photoshop to digitally manipulate the journal so that you still have your original readable copy to yourself.
In any case, I love your pages and your art.
Unfortunately, I think that, after a while (maybe a long while), the unnatural handwriting will be illegible even to the writer. At least that had been my experience, and it was frustrating not to be able to remember what I had written.
We think that we’ll always know what we wrote even if it is in “code”, but you will be surprised at how much time erases from our memory.
I wish I had a better suggestion than just using Photoshop to digitally manipulate the journal so that you still have your original readable copy to yourself.
In any case, I love your pages and your art.
I’m not actually interested in re-reading what I wrote most of the time. But that’s one of the great things about journaling, we all do it differently and for different reasons.
I’m not actually interested in re-reading what I wrote most of the time. But that’s one of the great things about journaling, we all do it differently and for different reasons.
I’m not actually interested in re-reading what I wrote most of the time. But that’s one of the great things about journaling, we all do it differently and for different reasons.
I’m not actually interested in re-reading what I wrote most of the time. But that’s one of the great things about journaling, we all do it differently and for different reasons.
I’m not actually interested in re-reading what I wrote most of the time. But that’s one of the great things about journaling, we all do it differently and for different reasons.
I’m not actually interested in re-reading what I wrote most of the time. But that’s one of the great things about journaling, we all do it differently and for different reasons.
I use many different styles of writing in my art…but I rarely actually write in my art journal…
Lovely journal pages!
Hugs Giggles
I use many different styles of writing in my art…but I rarely actually write in my art journal…
Lovely journal pages!
Hugs Giggles
I use many different styles of writing in my art…but I rarely actually write in my art journal…
Lovely journal pages!
Hugs Giggles
I use many different styles of writing in my art…but I rarely actually write in my art journal…
Lovely journal pages!
Hugs Giggles
I use many different styles of writing in my art…but I rarely actually write in my art journal…
Lovely journal pages!
Hugs Giggles
I use many different styles of writing in my art…but I rarely actually write in my art journal…
Lovely journal pages!
Hugs Giggles
I have enjoyed your archives this week. I hope you’re having a successful trip. It is so interesting to see how much your style and skill has changed and improved during the last few years.
I have enjoyed your archives this week. I hope you’re having a successful trip. It is so interesting to see how much your style and skill has changed and improved during the last few years.
I have enjoyed your archives this week. I hope you’re having a successful trip. It is so interesting to see how much your style and skill has changed and improved during the last few years.
I have enjoyed your archives this week. I hope you’re having a successful trip. It is so interesting to see how much your style and skill has changed and improved during the last few years.
I have enjoyed your archives this week. I hope you’re having a successful trip. It is so interesting to see how much your style and skill has changed and improved during the last few years.
I have enjoyed your archives this week. I hope you’re having a successful trip. It is so interesting to see how much your style and skill has changed and improved during the last few years.
I use my actual handwriting in my journal, especially when I’m out & about and don’t have stickers, stamps or some other alternative handy.
I’m gonna play with it now tho…
I use my actual handwriting in my journal, especially when I’m out & about and don’t have stickers, stamps or some other alternative handy.
I’m gonna play with it now tho…
I use my actual handwriting in my journal, especially when I’m out & about and don’t have stickers, stamps or some other alternative handy.
I’m gonna play with it now tho…
I use my actual handwriting in my journal, especially when I’m out & about and don’t have stickers, stamps or some other alternative handy.
I’m gonna play with it now tho…
I use my actual handwriting in my journal, especially when I’m out & about and don’t have stickers, stamps or some other alternative handy.
I’m gonna play with it now tho…
I use my actual handwriting in my journal, especially when I’m out & about and don’t have stickers, stamps or some other alternative handy.
I’m gonna play with it now tho…