Create an illustrated journal entry of how you spent your time while sheltering in place.

In this class, Mimi will be walking you through creating an illustrated journal to represent how you’ve spent your time while sheltering in place during the COVID-19 pandemic. You can also use this process to document any period of time you’d like to.

Start by gathering some source imagery to use for inspiration. This could be photos you took during the time you’re illustrating, images or graphics pulled from Google that represent shows you watched, books you read, etc., or anything else you might want to include in your journal.

Then, get to drawing! You can use your source imagery to guide you as you visually represent these memories on the page. If you’re drawing on paper instead of digitally, it can help to roughly outline the spacing of where everything will go before you start, and to do your first sketch in pencil so you can easily erase if you need to move things around. If you’re drawing digitally, make sure to keep each individual item as a separate layer so you can easily move it wherever you’d like on the page.

Once you’re happy with your sketch, you can go in and add final ink lines, and color if you’d like! Then, share your final illustrated journal entry in the project gallery.

Looking for more inspiration and advice on keeping an illustrated journal? Check out Mimi’s class, Draw Your Life: Intro to Illustrated Journaling.

Materials

While Mimi will be drawing digitally on her iPad, you can follow along using paper and pen or pencil, digital drawing tools, or whatever medium you prefer.

If you’re also using an iPad and want to match your setup to Mimi’s, she’s using the Procreate app to draw, the Artisul Freestyle Stand for propping up her iPad, and the Paperlike screen cover for making her screen feel a little less slick.

Resources

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