Thoughts are like fishes: sketchbook diary

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Sketchy zine

Made this zine while I was waiting for my partner yesterday

It uses drawings from the sketchbook diary that I kept for a month in 2013, inspired by my family and the work of James Kochalka.

That project developed my comic-making skills surprisingly quickly and gave me an appreciation for how much work Kochalka put into his American Elf series.

This zine will likely be a parting gift to my class when I finish up next week and I hope it shows them the joy of drawing and self-publishing.

I've used the format promoted by Austin Kleon, see here.

You should print a copy of the zine and leave some lying around your part of the world because, assuming they don't become litter, it'd be great to be distributed!

Grandy Dawn shows grandkids her photos

Reunited

After a week away, it was back to normal for my family

I've been encouraging my daughter to start a sketchbook diary but she never finishes her comics.

It's just like how she eats her dinner, saving the important vegetables until the end and then leaving them.

Clearly there's a conclusion required here to explain why the parents are two mums.

One weekend activity

Previously I've mentioned how my daughter has started a sketchbook diary.

This is her pic from the weekend, when she played Mario Kart on our new Wii.

The Wii was bought secondhand as I'm keen to play Skyward Sword and I think I unlocked a new level of geek (or maybe achieved a merit) when I spent Sunday updating the various hacks on the console so it would work.

Thankfully the internet has a record of the detective work undertaken by people smarter than myself in this area.