Janeys Journey

Janey's Illustrated Guide to Poultry

Well there was a slight rethinking after I posted pix of the zine in progress.  I made the first one and it was way to thick to fold.  20 watercolor papers plus cover and title pages was just way too much.  And too expensive to make. 

I want to keep the cost of making them as well as selling them down.  My intent is to break even on the expense and share my drawings.  Most of the time I give them away so obviously profit isn't one of my main goals here.  Of course I wouldn't be adverse to making lots of money doing this but I don't think I have to worry about that happening. 

So here's Zine #4 whose format is like the first 2 small ones.  They are 5 1/2" x 4 1/2", printed and then hand colored (each one), cover page is card stock, plus inside title and back page and then sewn down the middle and folded.  20 drawings (19 poultry and one not), colored with crayons and markers.  They're $10 each including 1st class postage in the USA and Canada, $3.00 outside the USA .  So far I've made 10 which are in my Etsy shop where several are reserved.  The next 10 are for family and friends.  If the ones in the shop actually sell, I'll make 10 more.  30 is my limit because I'll be bored out of mind with poultry by then.

Zine #5 is about to start.  It's an updated version of twig and berries.  I posted a few awhile ago on Flickr but there are lots more.  I even did a flip book, it's buried somewhere in my closet.  Haven't decided if I'll redo the flip book or just the drawings.

That's it for now, have to pack up my stuff for the gym tomorrow.   Back to pain and agony.  Nothing like some healthy exercise.

Dear Mr Cheney

I took a class at the Y tonight 6:30-7:30.  It's what our former (yes there is a God) vice president said isn't torture.  

Me:  OMG I can't move

DBD: And what class was that?

Me: Burn & Tone

DBD: BURN & TONE?

Me: Yeah, I can't move.  A whole hour non stop fast music, steps and weights and weighted bars and sit ups and I think I may have hit the person next to me when I threw my arms out and OMG I can't move.

DBD: Are you nuts?  What did you think it was?

Me: I just didn't think it could be worse then pilates

DBD: Yeah like why don't you take the swimming class next.  It's called Swim and Die.

Me: I can't

DBD: Why not?

Me: I can't MOVE!

A Zining we will go

Is that a word?  How about speed painting?  I'm using watercolor crayons, graphitint and wax pastel crayons on index cardstock (heavy then regular cardstock) and watercolor paper.

Some Beasties

Sweet ones.

Oh boy...

I took a Pilates class at the Y tonight.  Alpha and Omega definitely.  It's like Yoga on steroids.  I think they should warn you.  

This was me on the mat 1/2 way through the class.  I finally regained consciousness only to find the step class stepping over me.  No one seemed to notice.  I guess it's a common occurrence.  Oh don't mind her, she's a left over from Pilates.

And then there's sheep and

cattle but no pigs.  I'm so glad I'm a vegetarian now.

These are colored with Derwent Graphitint.  They're colored graphite pencils.  Either dip in water or use a brush. Once wet the colors are very intense, more then if just used dry.  They're almost a different color.  I wet the pencil since these are on cardstock and then blot the paper right away so it doesn't warp.  Maybe I'll use these instead of markers for the zine.

Pre Zinery

I have about 40 + poultry drawings so zine mania is about to begin.  The original plan was to print them on watercolor paper and watercolor them.  Well that's not going to work.  20 pages plus covers and title page would be more a book then a zine and too expensive since they'll be 5"x7". Instead it's markers and crayons.  There are 15 tagged for family and friends and another 15 to sell.  That's 30 X 20 pages each = 600 hand colored pages.  I think I may crazy to do this again.  Of course no there's no profit in this just pure obsessiveness.

I'm not going to post any more poultry drawings except for these 2 so there'll be some surprise in the final zines.  Since there are over 40 drawings and each zine is 20 pages I can vary the contents.  Here's one tired duck and a boxed in chick.

Since my hard drive died and I switched to a MAC, I don't have the list of people who asked to reserve a copy.  If you'd like reserved copy when I list them on Etsy, please send me email and I'll reserve one for you.  This way I can judge the minimum # I have to do.

Bliss

Heavenly

To have wings I think.  And I've never eaten duck, thankfully.  

Hi there

My doctor said 10 days coming and 10 days going and I still have this damn cold.  I finally slept through the night so I guess I'm in the 10 days going part.  

I have loads of little chicks.  Not going to post all of them or the zine won't have any surprises will it.  But there's a change of plans.  I wanted to water color them all but at 5"x7" it'd cost too much and 20 watercolor pages wouldn't be manageable as a zine.  So, like the portrait zine I'll print the originals, copy onto the paper I usually draw on and use markers and crayons to color them. There's about 30 + drawings so far.  Just a few more so that I can mix and match the contents.

Meanwhile, here's a balance exercise I do 2x a day.