I love looking at journal spreads on Pinterest and Instagram but never really knew where to start, what layout to use, what designs to incorporate, anI love looking at journal spreads on Pinterest and Instagram but never really knew where to start, what layout to use, what designs to incorporate, and how to fully maximize the use of a journal. To be honest, I wasn't entirely sure what a 'dot journal' was aside from all the habit tracker spreads I always see on my feed...
But that's why this book was so great! It's a great beginners' guide on how to get started with a Dot Journal/DIY planner with all the basics tips and techniques for keeping your life organized.
I loved that this book didn't include a bunch of overly complicated designs that I always see on Pinterest (those can be overwhelming to look at, and rather time-consuming to replicate). Instead, this book shared a lot of basic (and easily customizable) layouts/spreads, ways to organize and keep track of different information, and a lot of other really helpful tips.
This book covers various useful journaling topics including: - Starting an index - Yearly, Monthly, Weekly, and Daily Spreads (with various layout options depending on your needs) - How to cover up mistakes - Writing prompts - Health & Fitness spreads - Financial spreads, - Chore spreads, - Meal Plan spreads, - Travel spreads, - Types of lists that you can keep in your journal (and ways to organize these lists), - Useful accessories to have if you decide to start journaling, and - Types of titles and dividers (to make your spreads prettier).
I thought everything was explained very clearly with great (and very do-able) examples to go with each tip.
I'll admit that I haven't started dot journaling yet (I have my hands full with my 3-year journal and my work notebook), but I do plan on using some of the tips and tricks I learned (for example, the index technique was super useful and I have been using that in all my notebooks now).
This book consists of step-by-step instructions (using pencil strokes instead of words) on how to sketch and draw monsters and other creatures.
I'm notThis book consists of step-by-step instructions (using pencil strokes instead of words) on how to sketch and draw monsters and other creatures.
I'm not sure I consider Darth Vader, Yoda, Jaws (the shark), Hercules, etc. as monsters or "other scary creatures"...also some of the strokes seem arbitrary and really random, with no explanation as to what they're for or why the were necessary.
Overall though, I still managed to draw all 50 monsters and they turned out pretty well. For example: [image]
I also posted a few reels and picture of my sketches on my Instagram, which you check out here, here, and here....more
Back in February, I won a giveaway to attend a lettering workshop and absolutely loved it. I figured I may as well look for books on the subject for iBack in February, I won a giveaway to attend a lettering workshop and absolutely loved it. I figured I may as well look for books on the subject for inspiration and to practice my lettering skills.
This book is great for beginners - I learned some useful techniques and styles which I will definitely use for future journaling projects.
You can watch my journal flip-through video of all the lettering alphabets found in this book on my Instagram @melharareads.
Here are also some pictures of the lettering styles I learned from this book: [image] [image]...more
**This book is part of a personal challenge to read all the books in my parents house.**
This book also offers up a lot of useful tips and tricks (alon**This book is part of a personal challenge to read all the books in my parents house.**
This book also offers up a lot of useful tips and tricks (along with examples) on how to photograph everyday objects and sceneries in your own yard or town and how to utilize natural lighting, whether it be during the day, dusk, dawn, or nighttime.
The copy I have is actually my dad's book. My dad loves photography and has a decent sized collection of cameras. When I was in highschool, he taught me a few photography tricks, like how to take pictures at night and how to stitch together panoramic pictures on Photoshop.
See below the panoramic selfie I took back in 2013 for New Year's. Let's just say I took selfies/camwhoring to the next level 😏: [image]
I'm pretty sure my dad learned those skills from reading this book, as this book does include step-by-step instructions on creating a panoramic image on Photoshop. Around the time when he bought/read this book and taught me how to take panoramic images, my dad also suddenly started visiting the tiny park across the street at odd hours of the day and would come back with wonderful photographs of leaves, caterpillars, snails and squirrels.
Here's one of the pictures he took that I quite like: [image]
I'm almost certain that this book inspired him to look for beautiful things in our neighbourhood to photograph. ...more
I decided to listen to this audiobook mostly because I had previously loved Steve Jobs, also by Walter Isaacson
To be honest, the first time I saw the I decided to listen to this audiobook mostly because I had previously loved Steve Jobs, also by Walter Isaacson
To be honest, the first time I saw the Mona Lisa at the Louvre, I was underwhelmed (in fact, I much preferred hanging out at the Musée D’Orsay). I guess I never really learned to appreciate renaissance art. Even so, I really enjoyed Isaacson’s analysis of DaVinci’s work - he explains the history and techniques involved in most of his well-known paintings, which made me appreciate the artist’s skill and talent. Although I listened to the audiobook, I did occasionally flip through the accompanied PDF to look at DaVinci’s work and listen to the explanation and stories behind his sketches and paintings.
Prior to reading this book, I only ever knew Leonardo DaVinci as a painter (the Mona Lisa obviously) and inventor (from what I gathered from The DaVinci Code). What I learned from this book though, was that DaVinci was a man of many talents and passions. He dabbled in various fields driven by his inquisitive mind and need for answers and knowledge. He was painter, architect, engineer, inventor, anatomist and scientist. Many of his discoveries that he recorded in his journal were way ahead of his time. Unfortunately, since he never published any of his findings, his research had to be re-discovered by others centuries later.
My favourite fact about DaVinci was that he was left handed and wrote mirror-script… like me!! I wrote in mirror-script up until grade 2 which really caused concern amongst my parents and teachers (whereas, all my friends thought it was really cool). This caused my parents and teachers to believe that I was dyslexic when in reality, I was probably DaVinci reincarnated (ok, maybe not. I was probably just a confused leftie).
Overall, I really enjoyed this audiobook. It ran a bit long but I found every moment of it to be fascinating. I wish there was more information available about DaVinci’s sexuality (was he gay or just eccentric?) and relationship with Salai (just a close friend or something more?) but I suppose there's no way of ever knowing for sure.
Ce livre contient environ 60 motifs d'origami différents (sans compter les plis de bases et les modèles de bases) mais je n'ai réussi à en faire que lCe livre contient environ 60 motifs d'origami différents (sans compter les plis de bases et les modèles de bases) mais je n'ai réussi à en faire que la moitié ...
Certaines des instructions et des illustrations étaient difficiles à suivre. Voici des photos de celles que j'ai réussi à plier.
Boïte simple [image]
Multiboïte [image]
Boïte maison [image]
Gobelet [image]
Bombe d’eau [image]
Boïte complexe [image]
Sanbow [image]
Ravier [image]
Casque de samouraï J'ai dû tricher et consulter une vidéo YouTube pour celle-ci ... [image]
Yakko-san [image]
Dame japonaise [image]
Crayon [image]
Tenue de football/soccer [image]
Anneau à serviette Je trouvais que chapitre avec les modèles modulaires était très difficile à suivre... [image]
When I visited the Ghibli Museum Bookstore in Japan, I seriously wanted to buy every design book I saw. When I saw this book, I debated long and hard.When I visited the Ghibli Museum Bookstore in Japan, I seriously wanted to buy every design book I saw. When I saw this book, I debated long and hard. I quickly checked Amazon (in case I decided to buy it later on) and realized it was way cheaper to buy it from the museum. This is hands down the best purchase I made in my Japan trip this year.
This giant and heavy book is full of gorgeous sketches of some of the most popular Ghibli Studios animations.
I received a free copy of this coloring book at a company team building workshop (I don't really know how coloring relates to team building but listenI received a free copy of this coloring book at a company team building workshop (I don't really know how coloring relates to team building but listening to speeches and seminars was a lot more fun while coloring). All my coworkers now have a copy at their desks and we would start coloring whenever we're on the phone or if it's a slow day at the office.
I'll be taking my time filling in these pages. Progress pictures below. Let me know which ones you like best! ---------------------------------------------- (view spoiler)[ Oct 15, 2018 Update: I finished coloring my first mandala! Yay! I'm pretty happy with the way the leaves turned out. I also used a white gel pen to trace some of the circles and I like how that turned out as well. [image]
---------------------------------------------- Oct 29, 2018 Update: My second mandala! I just realized that this is the pattern that's on the cover. For this one, I decided to play around with contrasting colors. [image]
---------------------------------------------- Nov 2, 2018 Update: Colors of the rainbow! [image]
---------------------------------------------- Nov 9, 2018 Update: I'm starting to understand why these coloring books are so popular. It's a very relaxing pastime. [image]
---------------------------------------------- Nov 14, 2018 Update: I decided not to color in some of the spaces... and I love the effect! [image]
---------------------------------------------- Dec 10, 2018 Update: Getting into the holiday spirit! I decided to try and limit myself to using just two pencil crayons and focus primarily on shading. [image]
---------------------------------------------- Dec 11, 2018 Update: Lots of free time at work lately so I managed to finish another mandala! [image]
---------------------------------------------- Dec 12, 2018 Update: Fifty shades of blue. (Just realized that the color scheme is the same as the cover of this book) [image]
---------------------------------------------- Jan 3, 2019 Update: New year, new colored page [image]
---------------------------------------------- Jan 28, 2019 Update: [image]
---------------------------------------------- Feb 7, 2019 Update: Finally using the pack of pens my coworker gave me for Christmas! I used every single pen colour for this one (I think i'll only use these felt-tip pens from here on out). [image] [image]
---------------------------------------------- Mar 5, 2019 Update: Tracing instead of coloring because I'm feeling lazy. [image]
---------------------------------------------- Mar 26, 2019 Update: Tried another lazy way technique of coloring - hatching! Hundreds of tiny lines. [image]
---------------------------------------------- Apr 30, 2019 Update: Trying out different hatching patterns: [image]
---------------------------------------------- May 8, 2019 Update: Using only ballpoint pens: [image]
---------------------------------------------- May 30, 2019 Update: Fifty shades of grey (hide spoiler)]...more
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