Day twelve of The 100 Day Project.
Illustrations:
A good monk by Wilhelm von Kaulbach from Reineke Fuchs
Heron by J. J. Grandville from Fables de La Fontaine, volume one
those magnificent men on their flying machines
Day eleven of The 100 Day Project.
Here's one I created earlier :)
I made this one yesterday so I could have a lazy lie-in this morning and hopefully get out with my camera this afternoon to celebrate my birthday.
Hope you're having a lovely day wherever you are.
Stay safe! x
Illustrations:
Feathered steed by Carlo Chiostri from La avventure di Pinocchio
The chase by J. J. Grandville from Un autre monde
the courtship
Day ten of The 100 Day Project.
Illustrations:
Dodo by Peter Newell from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Flamingo by an unknown artist from Bilder-atlas zur Wissenschaftlich-populären Naturgeschichte der Vögel in ihren sämmtlichen Hauptformen
garden of unearthly delights
Day nine of The 100 Day Project.
Illustrations:
Casts of renal pelvis and calyces by Max Brödel from Diseases of the kidneys, ureters and bladder
Common octopus by an unknown artist from Nouveau dictionnaire encyclopédique universel illustré
class of 1811
Day eight of The 100 Day Project.
The illustrations that make up today's collage are all by Samuel Howitt from his compilation A New Work of Animals.
I've never seen the original book but all of the images were available on the Old Book Illustrations website. They caught my eye for the above concept while looking through illustrations for yesterday's collage.
Illustrations:
Horse, elephant, greyhound, hare, ram and cat by Samuel Howitt from A new work of animals
of frostbite and food bellies
Day seven of The 100 Day Project.
Did I mention I'm also a fan of the absurd?
I had big plans for a new instalment of my postcards from another's life series today.
But then I had a bit of a lie-in. I spent about two hours on Skype with my dad. I did some chores. I joined a Quaranteam session with Marianne Cantwell. And I had to work on 'this' despite not knowing what it was going to be when I started.
My big plans have been rescheduled to tomorrow. But I already have an idea of what tomorrow's collage and my next 'pfal' will be.
Illustrations:
Behemoth by Louis Le Breton from Dictionnaire Infernal
Frostbitten sun by Gustave Doré from Wunderbare Reisen zu Wasser und Lande, feldzüge und lustige Abentheuer des Freyherrn von Münchhausen wie er dieselben bey der Flasche im Zirkel seiner Freunde zu Erzählen pflegt. Aus dem Englischen nach der neuesten Ausgabe übersetzt, hier und da erweitert und mit noch mehr Küpfern gezieret
from the moment you’re born you’re dying
Day six of The 100 Day Project.
This is what happens when an atheist searches for Easter symbols on the Old Book Illustrations website. Specifically, rabbits and eggs, to create a topical collage.
I had no idea what I might create today, but I guess my subconscious was driven by death, birth/rebirth, the perils of life, and the death toll from Covid-19 surpassing 10,000 in the UK overnight.
Listening to The Dirty Three all day may or may not have also contributed to the bleakness of today's collage. Though it doesn't really capture my mood today.
I've had a good day. I hope you have too x
Illustrations:
Four rabbits by Carlo Chiostri from La avventure di Pinocchio
A young one unfeathered by Gustave Doré from Wunderbare Reisen zu Wasser und Lande, feldzüge und lustige Abentheuer des Freyherrn von Münchhausen wie er dieselben bey der Flasche im Zirkel seiner Freunde zu Erzählen pflegt. Aus dem Englischen nach der neuesten Ausgabe übersetzt, hier und da erweitert und mit noch mehr Küpfern gezieret
head first
Day five of The 100 Day Project.
Illustrations:
Diving head first by an unknown artist from Nouveau dictionnaire encyclopédique universel illustré
The fairies flew away by Charles Henry Bennett from The chicken market and other fairy tales
up, up and away
Day four of The 100 Day Project.
Illustrations:
Seizing our captain by Gustave Doré from Wunderbare Reisen zu Wasser und Lande, feldzüge und lustige Abentheuer des Freyherrn von Münchhausen wie er dieselben bey der Flasche im Zirkel seiner Freunde zu Erzählen pflegt. Aus dem Englischen nach der neuesten Ausgabe übersetzt, hier und da erweitert und mit noch mehr Küpfern gezieret
Aerostat ‘Le Comte d’Artois’ by an unknown artist from Les aérostats
a knight at the opera
Day three of The 100 Day Project.
Did I mention I like puns...?
Not my best Photoshop work but today was busier than I expected. I hope you can forgive the poor execution as a trade-off for the (at least vaguely amusing) concept.
I like to think the knight is mincing for a bit of attention, but getting none. Maybe this is moments before a bloodbath brought on by the lack of attention?
Or maybe the thought of an ensuing bloodbath is just me projecting because loud music and bad singing are coming from my neighbour's backyard for the second time within a month.
Illustrations:
Soldier with shield and sword by Eugène Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc from Dictionnaire raisonné du mobilier français de l'époque carlovingienne à la Renaissance vol. 5
The opera by J. Godwin from The poets of the nineteenth century
a plague o' both your houses
Day two of The 100 Day Project.
Obviously inspired by the current situation but using a remix of plagues from past and present that are not directly related to the current situation.
Illustrations:
A physician wearing a seventeenth-century plague preventive costume
Château de Mehun-sur-Yèvre and Château de Chaumont by Albert Robida from La vieille France: la Touraine
something fishy this way comes
So, I'm having another stab at The 100 Day Project this year since I have more time on my hands than usual now.
My 'postcards from another's life' series will continue as and when I'm inspired, but this year's project is to create a digital collage each day, using a mixture of my own images and public domain illustrations or artwork, inspired by current events, personal feelings, film/literature/famous quotes/other popular culture, etc. Whatever inspires me on that day.
I started off with a specific quote in my head today, but couldn't find a public domain illustration to build the image around, so looked to my own collection of photographs to build upon instead which took me off in this direction.
It took me longer to get to the concept than to create the actual collage.
Not the worst result for my first attempt at this, but hopefully the results improve over time.
Illustrations:
All illustrations taken from Le règne animal distribué d'après son organisation, vol. 4 (atlas), 1836-1849
Orbicular batfish, rocksucker and scaly dragonfish by Jacques Reyne Isidore Acarie-Baron