Where Do You Get Your Inspiration From? Visual Journal Process
I often get asked, “Where do you get your inspiration from in your visual journals?” This video shows my process for this visual journaling spread. First, I often begin by journaling. I like journal vertically, just in case I decide to leave some of the words showing through my layers, it adds a bit of privacy. When I’m finished journaling, I like to circle words of interest, which could become possible words for of inspiration or a for my theme for my visual journal spread. Here I circled the word seven because it’s a significant word this week, so I decided to find different ephemera relevant to seven. Then, I decided to add a bunch of textures: Tea dyed papers, and other textured papers I made with modelling paste. I also glued on some pine bark that I found from one of my trees on the ground, and some wasp nest paper for colour and texture. Telephone book pages, old maps, a page from a receipt book, ...
