I'll be posting sketches, colour studies and things like that. I like the feed back. and i think it'll make it an even nicer body of pieces in the end. Not that we dont like suspense...but i beleive that people would still want it next january anyways....will they? If people still havent gotten one for 2010...i suggest you get Boum's, it is a pretty cute serie of cartoonish-edgy pinups, and it brightens my kitchen, and kind of weirds out some of my guests, but in a good way.
In the meantime, im not sure yet if i'll print it and spiral bind it myself, or go with the deviant art format like she did. I havent totally understood their submission process, but i like the fact that they take care of the charging and shipping. BUT i dont like that i dont get to design the month pages and the format. Pros and cons, pros and cons...still plenty of time to think about it.
Anyhooo, this is January. There is a lot going on in my mind about each month, i started with occidental birth stones, and english months' flowers. Little traditions that i've never really paid attention to before, but somehow i wanted to go away from zodiac signs and things of that sort.
So i'll tell you for this one, but maybe it would be nice of you to try guessing the other ones from the sketches? The birth stone of January is Grenat/Garnet in english. I love the fact that it's name comes from latin of pomegranate...and the flower of that month is Oeillet/Carnation, which happens to be one of my favorite flowers, so i guess i'll have to see january on a different angle now, with such pretty stone and flower in mind...
i found little gregorian poems about each birthstones that were used by Tiffany and Co in the 50's...i kind of want to use them but im worried about copyright issues. i'll have to look into that....
still, here it is:
By her who in January was born
No gem save garnets shall be worn
They will ensure her constancy
True friendship and fidelity.
No gem save garnets shall be worn
They will ensure her constancy
True friendship and fidelity.
Pretty isnt it?
xx