CREATIVE HARVESTING Extra Notes
by Debbie Ridpath Ohi
(Last updated August 4, 2018)
This page of resources is for the attendees of my SCBWI Illustrator's Intensive session.
MATERIALS I USE IN MY CREATIVE JOURNALS:
Desiderata Daedalus (fountain pen that uses a dip nib). Here's a video of me drawing with my Daedalus:
I use a Zebra G nib with my Daedalus pen: Zebra G chrome - Zebra G Titanium
My DIY travel watercolour sets created out of Altoids tins
Rhodia notebooks (I use them because they are fountain pen-friendly)
Platinum Carbon Black ink (permanent lightfast ink that is safe for fountain pens, though you do nned to maintain/clean your pens regularly)
BOOKS I MENTIONED (other than mine):
Danny Gregory's books, including "An Illustrated Life"
The Creativity Project (the book I created the graphic short story for, edited by Colby Sharp)
DIGITAL JOURNALS:
My handwritten journal entries on Flickr (these are old entries, created with Corel Painter)
Procreate (I use this for handwritten journal entries on my iPad Pro, with an Apple Pencil)
OTHER RESOURCES:
Delde Slide Pen Pouches on JetPens
How To Combine Drawing and Writing into Deeply Personal Art Journals - by Sara Barnes
Planner set-up for an illustrator - Evydraws
PROJECTS OF MINE THAT I MENTIONED:
My new/upcoming broken crayon picture book with Linda Sue Park