OK, so I got some artist's tape in 1/4 inch (Suzi bought it for me) and tried again. They came out MUCH better! These ones are watercolor:
These are alcohol inks:
The only problem now is I don't really like trying to FORCE myself to use them. It feels like what I was doing with cartooning. I know a lot of artists say that they had to force themselves to sketch every day before it became fun. (OK, most of them say "a joy", which is something I will NEVER say.) But I already have to force myself to do things. Study. Cook. Clean. How many things in a day should I hate and make myself do anyway? And should art be one of them? I guess it should if it's something I want to get better at, but for now I'm just going to hang on to these pages and maybe use them when I go to Florida as a travel journal.
Oh I love these segmented pages! What is the name of this tape that doesn't eat the paper like your last batch..?
ReplyDeleteI can see how it reminds you of your cartooning format. Kind of cool though... possibilities...I like your idea of a travel journal. Go Goog!