#slow creating

I began to adapt my design practice into a more - illustration with design one. It's been fun to finally feel freer in the elements I share online, as being a research based designer - gave a sense of restriction and stress. Also beginning to put my process together in the form of shorts, which has also been very fun, still greatly learning about what works and what doesn't, but im hoping they will evolve and feel more fluid. I would really appreciate a follow on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@kerryanncleaver And Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/kerryanncleaver/ This current collection of works has been in the works for a few years. On my procreate I enjoy to draw and doodle, things often get left there without a home. Going back to some of my favourites I thought it might be nice to create fun compositions which I could use on my videos or else where online as digital stickers, or perhaps real ones. It's lovely to see my raven, beefly and frog be at home within a final project, and will look to expand.

The end of last year my hands became itchy to do some traditional modes of creating. Screen are becoming a negative well in my life and needed to get a pencil crayon in my hand. It’s been genuinely lovely to sit, slow down, and explore colour again without pressure. Some mono prints also feature. There are quite a few quill and ink drawings — a practice I used to work with a lot — rediscovering the unpredictable, expressive quality of the line has been joyful. Sketchbooks have always felt challenging to me: blank pages, precious space, the fear of “getting it wrong.” Letting go of that preciousness has opened up a space for experimentation, where different mediums can sit together freely. It’s been interesting to see where my hands naturally want to go when I allow myself that freedom.

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Eventually, I’ve reached the last page of the yellow bound book. She now resides comfortably on my bookshelf instead of at the bottom of every other tabaco drizzle-filled bag I grab when leave the house. She has yearned to be seated comfortably between her paged friends and I regret keeping her away for so long. 

I have concluded that you should never be too busy to read, too old for an easter-egg hunt or to premature to take magic mushrooms.

I don’t know whether it was the fact that my window into Gillian and Damian’s turbulent lives was closed so abruptly. Or if by becoming a 21 year old adult before I reached the last yellow page elongated my time spent with them. Either way, they have managed to show me that life is crazy and you should never be too busy to look through the paged windows.