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Inspiration: SamanthaKira

I like what SamanthaKira has to say in her videos and her techniques are great, her journals aren't overly cutesy but not overly dark either. She talked for the first half of the video and the music in teh second half needs to be shut off, but I think that's because i'm old. I like her idea of filling pages with collage and paint then going into to  work on them later... Oh wait that's very similar to my technique.

Inspiration: Traci Bunkers, proof that cool doesn't have to be cute

I'm glad to say that Traci BUnkers has stuff up on youtube now. (I'm sure she's had it for awhile but I just found it.) Everyone should check out her videos and her website and check out her very cool stuff for sale. Her rubber stamps are too cool and really something I lust after and I'm not that into rubber stamps for the most part, I carve my own but own very few commercially available stamps.

INspiration: PaperBag Studios Feeling free

RobenMArie on youtube creates a journal page that is super cool, lots of layers, colors an djournaling and uses my most hated image:the butterfly without being hooky or cheesy. And she's using a cool spray on ink that I need to find out more about... Anyway watch this great video.

Quick Imagery- OneMinuteMuse Art Journal technique

I'm into a big fan of using mass media images in my art BUT I see some possibility in this particular technique. In this video she takes an image from what looks like a fashion mag, glues it into her journal, gessos over the top of it and then colors it by hand. Because the features are muted and dulled it would be very easy to turn that image into a zombie or dirty it up pretty fast. I'll try it out and see what I get. Zombies. Yeah. I love zombies. Killer fashion zombies. So cool!

Oh wait where am I'm going to find fashion magazines? We don't have any in the house.

Inspiration: SamanthaKira Makes a journal page

I like the journal page. Love the use of sumi inks, makes me what to get mine out.  She seems to have a thing for teal... I like the yellow it's a great shade and looks good against the teal.

Journal on the Darker Side:

LOve this art journal/ sketchbook great stuff.

Collage Background for art journaling- stuff you find

Millande has some great techniques for creating one of a kind backgrounds for use in art journaling. They can be adapted to any style.

Journjal on the Darker Side: journal jan feb 2009

Again digging on these art journals.

Moleskine Takayashi Yoshinari notebook @ Detour exhibition

This moleskine has a really interesting concept- one idea throughout the entire journal. This might be a good idea for a jotter notebook. 48 pages all working out one concept, one idea over and over one each page.

Moleskine Chris Dent notebook @ Detour exhibition

Chris Dent does some great stuff here in this moleskine of city scapes and other drawings. I love simplicity of the black and white and the activity of his line. Very nice and well done. Great inspiration to draw everyday!