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A NEW BOOK:) "Le due bambine" di Domenico Brancale , accompagnato dalle mie illustrazioni ed edito da Blu Gallery e libreria Modo (Bologna:) Per ora lo trovate a Milano presso libreria Spazio Bk, a Bologna presso Libreria Modo / Blu Gallery e a Bari da Spine bookstore, da metà settembre sarà distribuito in tante altre librerie:)
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On Today's Journal:
I was trying to recreate an Amapola's flower into a character, so I research on my library and found this lovely images from an Encyclopedia.
I found plenty of information that is easily resumed just for anyone to comprehend. I had forgotten how interesting and entertaining was to navigate through the pages of a book like this was. So it was a pleasure to re-discover the beauty.
And at the end of my navigation, I found that Amapola is a beautiful flower that comes in some many Illustrated Dictionary and Encyclopedia books. Even if is prohibited this is a beautiful flower. So here is what I draw.
AMOS JUDD by J.A. Mitchell (New York: Scribners, 1901). Illustrated by A.I. Keller. Binding designed by Amy Richards
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'A Christmas Carol' - Dickens by Arthur Rackham, 1905
![The 'Look About You' Nature Study Books, Book 4 [of 7] by Thomas W. Hoare](https://64.media.tumblr.com/d6650dce47bd5f4fafa5962344d1c650/b4bb836fef50e039-51/s250x400/ed2250ff0aaabf3a73a0b8fb840991b80da8f00f.jpg)
From the 'Fairy Ring', illustration by Elizabeth MacKinstry, 1910
Death on the Pale Horse by Gustave Doré (1865)
VIKING TALES by Jennie Hall (Chicago/New York/London: Rand McNally, 1902) Illustrated by Victor R. Lambdin.
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FOUR AND TWENTY FAIRY TALES selected by J.R. Planche. (London: Routledge, 1858). Etchings by the Dalziel brothers.
Selected from those of Perrault and other popular writers including Edward Harry Corbould, James Godwin, William Harvey.
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RIDING FOR LADIES by Mrs. Power O’Donoghue. (London/Calcutta/Bombay: Thacker, 1887) Illustrated by A Chantry Corbould.
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THROUGH CONNEMARA IN A GOVERNESS CART by Martin Ross (London: W.H. Allen, 1893) Illustrated by W.W. Russell.
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Dante Gabriel Rossetti (English, 1828-1882)
Study for Desdemona’s Death Song
PHANTASTES: A Faerie Romance by George Macdonald (London: Chatto & Windus, 1894).
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A BOOK OF MYTHS by Jeanie Lang (New York/London: Putnam, 1915) Illustrated by Helen Stratton.
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' The Council of the Rats' from La Fontaine 's Fable by Gustave Dore
The strange land
Art from my illustrated novel. Lex finds herself lost in an eerie place where forests suddenly cease and the inhabitants are nothing short of confusing
5 hours in procreate
This is the first part of my Illustrated book called ‘A Tale of a Patchwork Goblin’, which I created for my FMP (Final Major Project) of my HND Graphic Design course in my second year.
The story of the book is about a girl who finds out that she is different from most others and her journey through a world that’s not designed for people like her. I wrote the story myself using my avatar and my experiences as a neurodivergent person with a touch of fantasy mixed in. I used fantasy creatures as a metaphor for neurodivergent people as I, a neurodivergent person, feel like at times I’m something completely different from others due to how people treat me and how the world just isn’t designed for people like me. I created the book to raise awareness for neurodivergent people and what we must deal with in a world that isn’t designed with us in mind.
I was the one who designed, drew, and edited the illustrations that go with the story. I first sketched and inked the characters and the items they are interacting with by hand, then I edited and coloured them all in Photoshop, using either the paint bucket tool or the textures that I took pictures of and edited myself. I painted the background by hand using gouache paint and edited it in Photoshop, to fit with the aesthetic of the book. The borders were drawn in Photoshop using my drawing tablet and then edited and coloured. The font for the title was created by me, it was created for another project, but I decided to use it for this one as well, as it went with the design of the book.
I printed out the pages and bound them by hand using a variation of the kettle stitch. I also created the covers using fabrics, paint, and string, and I created a bookmark ribbon to go with it. I then put everything together and decided to add two of the lino prints that I carved and printed myself to the inside of the covers.
The book, illustrations, and story are all created by me.
I only created the title font the rest of the fonts weren’t created by me.
The second part of the book is here: This is the second part of my Illustrated book... — M.A.J Boughey (tumblr.com)
The last part of the book is here: This is the last part of my Illustrated book... — M.A.J Boughey (tumblr.com)