So how about Fake Journal Month

Yeah. How about it.

Let's just quickly explain what Fake Journal Month is. The idea is that during FJM you keep a journal that is not 'your own'. You keep a journal as if you're someone else, living or dead or made up completely. Or you use techniques or materials you would normally not use. For a whole month, do something completely different to what you normally do in your Art Journal.

I really liked the idea, but at this moment in time, it seems to constricting. I joined March Art Journal Challenge at the Artjournaling Ning (did I mention I'm an Admin there now? No? Well I am and sooo happy and proud!) and fell behind due to personal circumstances. I still have a fair amount of prompts to go, will try and somehow get them in my Art Journal. More than likely not within the next two weeks, but one every now and again. I don't want to rush myself, the prompts are too good to rush them.

To now take on yet another daily Art Journal thing would be too much, unfortunately. And if I wanted to really join the Fake Journal-community it would take away from my time on the Artjournaling Ning, and I've learned in the past that spreading myself too thin does not work.

One thing I do want to do is set aside a journal for doing faces. I've never learned how to do them properly, but want to practise and see how far I get with pointers I picked up from watching others do faces on Youtube. I suppose I could have turned that into a Fake Journal-thing, but then I'd still have to do a face a day and I just don't have the time to do that right now. I hope to be showing some faces here soon!

Three into one

Right. Bear with me, this will be a long post on how three projects will turn into one huge project as of Nov. 1st.

First of all: Nanowrimo. Nanowhatoh? Nanowrimo; (inter-)National Novel Writing Month. It starts on Nov. 1st, and it's all about writing that book that you always said you wanted to write, in one month. Yes, you heard that right, writing a book in one month. Or well, writing a 50,000 word novel in one month. I've been doing this for a few years now, this year will be my 6th time, and I absolutely love it. Last year, I actually finished the story at the end of the 50,000 which had not happened to me before, and I was quite pleased with myself. I can't wait to get started again this year and not only get those 50k down, but also finish the story I want to tell.

Ok, now hold that thought...

A few weeks ago, I stumbled across this blog, telling me about Fake Journal Month. FJM is in April, and the idea is to keep an art journal, but not your own. You keep one for 'someone else', living or dead, or maybe even fictional. You might want to use materials you normally don't use, or techniques you normally would not use in your own work. Try something different, but as if you were someone else.
Sounds cool, right? But April is so far away...

Now, hold that thought too...

The other day, I was going through another 'I don't know what to take a picture of today' sort of mood. I'm still loving my Project 365, but sometimes there is simply 'nothing to take a picture of' and then it's hard. As I was looking around at my stuff and things to see what I could use for my daily picture, I saw my old Little Red Ridinghood doll. It can change into the Grandmother and the Wolf, but I only took a picture of Little Red Ridinghood. Here it is:


Nowwwwww... Put all those three together and you've got: a Nanowrimo novel about Little Red Ridinghood (but different, I promise) and a Fake Journal I will of course take pictures of to go with it! Ha! Because after 5 years, I know I can do the writing, and this would make it a bigger challenge. Besides, I love art journals and I can't wait until April to try a Fake Journal.

I'm already doing backgrounds in a Pokemon magazine that we got for the 3D glasses so we could watch a 3D episode of Chuck (it did not work... wrong colours I guess) so come Nov. 1st I can let Red pour her heart out in her new art journal! Can't wait!