How I began my illustrated journal
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ต.ค. 2024
- Dive into a captivating tale of creativity and self-expression in this video, where I share my 25-year journey with illustrated journaling. This journey began in a small basement section of Tower Records in New York City, where I stumbled upon a handmade zine titled "Moonlight Chronicles." The simplicity and intimacy of this personal diary, filled with hand-drawn illustrations, sparked a profound shift in my creative life.
🎨 Inspiration from 'Moonlight Chronicles': Discover how D. Price's simple yet evocative journal, depicting his life in a tiny Oregon town, became my window to a world of minimalism and creativity. His handmade life, documented with pen drawings and personal anecdotes, inspired me to capture my own experiences in New York City through a similar lens.
🌿 Embracing Simplicity and Authenticity: Witness how D. Price's choice to live a frugal, self-sufficient life on the Snake River, far from the bustling streets of Manhattan, exemplifies the beauty of simplicity. His unique lifestyle, captured in his zine, juxtaposes my life in a big city, creating a rich, ironic tapestry of experiences.
✏️ The Art of Illustrated Journaling: Learn about the transformative power of journaling with drawings and words. I share techniques and insights from my journey, encouraging you to start your own illustrated journal, regardless of your artistic skills. This practice is not just about art, but a deeper contemplation of life.
🔄 A Journey of Mutual Inspiration: Explore the friendship and creative exchange between me and D. Price, leading to adventures and shared artistic experiences. Our journey highlights the impact of mutual inspiration and the evolution of our respective artistic pursuits.
🌟 The Lasting Impact of a Creative Life: Reflect on how D. Price's approach to journaling and living influenced not just me, but many others. Although he no longer publishes his zine or journals, his legacy continues to inspire and guide new generations of journal keepers.
📘 Start Your Own Illustrated Journal: I invite you to embark on this fulfilling journey. Grab a pen and sketchbook, and start documenting your life, from the mundane to the extraordinary. Share your experiences and progress in the comments below.
Remember, an illustrated journal is more than a collection of drawings; it's a reflection of your life, growth, and the beauty around you. Start today, and let your journal be a canvas for your thoughts, experiences, and creativity.
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You are not only a great artist, but a wonderful storyteller as well!
I had a drawing teacher and he made us carry a sketchbook. We had to fill the book by the end of the semester. It was him that changed me to draw in my book. He passed away suddenly and he changed me.
You inspired me a while back and I started journaling. Now I have started drawing little pictures and coloring them with colored pencils. And I am watching drawing tutorials to improve my artistic endeavors. I'm almost halfway through my first journal. It is helping my memory and I quite enjoy my penmanship. It is nice to see little pops of color as I review my pages.
Thank you so much. Thank you one million times for this video. God Bless you 🙏 ❤I am in the beginning of something very important for me and it's going to change my life. 😊
In a time when everything is high tech and highly polished you can see why something so human can appeal.
Oh my goodness! What an absolute GOLDMINE of a youtube channel. I am 35 and I cannot express how relevant and inspiring these videos are for me. A thousand thank-you's.
Stumbled upon this video today. Wow! Loaded with inspiration! Thank you for the amazing share. Looking forward to experimenting with this!
Hi Danny, thank you for your classic “The Creative Licence” which I bought in 2010. It changed my life. I am the writer and illustrator of over 17 published works now. My own graphic memoir was published in 2019 and although I am still working as a professional actress … my life is richer and more creative, less at the mercy of outside forces because of your beautiful advice on the elements of creative freedom. ❤
I’m so glad!
What a stunning video - thank you so much for sharing this beautiful story of creativity. So inspiring!
Glad you enjoyed it!
This is the coolest story. I don’t hear many people having experiences like this anymore!
❤I love this advice! My sister has always journaled, and she encouraged me to journal. I would always complain. I never knew what to write in a journal. Then three years ago, I had a ruptured aneurysm in my brain and had to be life flighted out of my state spent a month in ICU while they fixed it and found that I had two other aneurysms in my brain, which they also secured. After spending a month in ICU and coming back home, my sister stayed with me for the first few weeks while my husband worked out of town. Now she had me as her captive audience and she plopped in front of me a journal and said start journaling. With much skepticism I started, but continued every day that she was there. She said, just write down anything whatever you eat what you did. So I did now I journal every day. It doesn’t matter what you write. She has done the same thing with me with drawing and art. I have always wanted to make art of any kind but drawing and painting in particular. So now I try to make the time to do a little bit of drying every day. Sometimes it’s just a mushroom or a flower. Combining the two is such a sweet mixture of creativity. I’ve always loved illustrated journaling, and I thank you for encouraging to just start.
I have started an everything notebook because when sketching and journaling are separate activities I never seem to do both as regularly as I want to. Now I combine them and it’s working. Loved this video. Amazing.
Hi Danny. I am RELISHING this video (although I love All your videos). But this particular video hits all the bases for me, the simple life, drawing, journaling and sharing. Mr. Price’s journal and story and your friendship with him are just so inspiring. I can’t tell you how much this means to me.. it has re-energized my art-soul and I can’t wait to get going on my journals today. Thank you so much. 🤗🤗
Such a fascinating story. Discovering D.Price's zine in a basement in a record store was meant to be. I have these moments with books in charity shops - as though they were calling me at that very moment and I was always meant to have read them! Thanks for sharing.
I have D.Price’s books and return to them regularly. Many years ago it was your own book Creative Licence that inspired me to keep an illustrated journal, of which I now have over 50. I too am so grateful to you for that and whenever someone sees me and asks, “are you an artist?” (Which happens a lot), I say, “I keep a sketchbook. I read a book my a man called Danny Gregory and since then I’ve been drawing.”
What a nice story! I better take a very speedy course since I am teaching a clase on Art Journaling for senior citizens. Totally took myself by surprise, the people liked the first class. Half of them are younger than me, last week we were also dancing to the 50's. Bought the Creative License years ago and still no license but class #2 is this Friday so I'm in a rush now. (Not kidding!)
Thks again Danny! You're so inspiring! Big hugs!
Thank you for your encouraging talks... I started daily drawings a few weeks ago, and yesterday I could say to myself... "It is not perfect, but it us authentic!" Drawing has bacome a happy healthy addiction now! ❤
Same! Danny has inspired me to draw everyday and I finally started doing it a few weeks ago. I love waking up inspired to draw! ❤ Thanks Danny, you're a gem! 💎
I now will forever regret not ever having known about the zines while Tower Records still existed. This one is truly a treasure; so much life contained on just a few pages. I’m 62yrs old and just discovered i can draw and began keeping my own sketch journal with drawings, various insect wings, my thoughts and so many discoveries, etc… even at this age! I’m so glad I found your video because I really enjoyed your expressing such appreciation for another’s “inside world”. It’s nice knowing we’re our own little community of people who’ve discovered we can do this! This zine, (or was it zeen?) is truly amazing.
I love the look of writing coupled with drawings. Great video, thanks!
I just love listening to you! So inspiring! I feel free when you talk about how to draw! I listened to you and "read" some of your books in the end of the pandemic, I was very ill, but I could draw! Since then I NEED to draw very often! As a girl I was raised to draw and paint beautiful things, which I hated! Now I am 71 and I draw exactly as it suites me, thanks to you! Now I inspire other old ladies to paint and draw and that is inspiring too!
Fantastic and inspiring video, Danny. What I love is that YOU have become the example and source of inspiration for so many others, including myself. Your book was one of the first I read that got me started on my own sketching journey and have always been so grateful for coming across that book in the library. Thank you for sharing this with us, for being you and thank you to your inspiration, Dan Price 🙂
I just drew and wrote in a page of a sketchbook that's gone unused for months because of this video, I'm going to try to continue using it as my own illustrated journal. I'm not sure why I never considered that I could both write and draw on the same page, before I always had a sketchbook for drawing and a journal for writing, but I love this style and can't wait to fill more pages. Thank you Danny :)
I can’t wait to get started. Thank you
What a story. You just moved me to tears. You've actually inspired me to start months ago, but then a lot of things happened and I lost touch a bit. You just gave me a push to simplify my practice and make it doable. Thank you for sharing this. I wanted to tell you how it makes me feel when I do an illustrated journal: I feel it gives my stories way more depth than words alone could, I realised I express myself visually as well - I always found my "word" journals got carried away with words and got a bit cheesy - but when I draw, I manage to capture the essence, the atmosphere, the deeper feelings. When I look back at those entries I am instantly transported in time. I know exactly what happened and how it made me feel, I even remember smells and sounds. Generally it makes me remember everything way better and longer.
That is fantastic! I am definitely inspired!!Thanks for sharing!!!🤗🎨🖌🖋📓
Loved this so much. I had done so in the past but the motivation faded away. However, when I saw that journal and the story behind it something inside me told me to do this again. I was drawing you as I listened to the video and I will do everything in my power to start my journal again.
Wonderful!
I loved this story so much. Thank you for sharing it with everyone.
I am going to start illustrated journaling too. I'm going to journal everyday life, scenes of my dreams, quotes from books etc! Makes me excited just thinking about it!
I've been keeping a journal since I was 12.When I was like 25,my sister lent me a Cathy Johnson book about art journaling. I was so excited for the idea, but I was always bad at drawing. I tried, but didn't like any of my drawings and quit. After a year I tried again, gave up again. And then I found your channel with the inspiration and Koosje's tutorials. I've been keeping a visual diary ever since, it's been a couple years, and I love my drawings! Huge thanks to you and Koosje!
I love this thought-provoking wonderful video on keeping your personalized sketch journal of your everyday life. I gleaned so much information from this and I am excited to start my own journal and most likely will turn it into a picture book. Thank you so much!❤
I love this and am totally inspired to begin sketching and journaling.❤
Started a blessings journey a few months back!! You’re right. The sketches are simple but oh so satisfying!! A great feeling to capture at least one good thing about the day!! Helps my life feel more positive when the world news can be so negative!! 😊
this was rather inspiring, thank you
I’m rather glad it was.
It's like early social media! His life for all to see, just not digitally 😊
Thank you for this inspiring video.❤️
Hello, I just wanted to say thank you for this video. It has inspired me to continue with the content that I create. I usually make videos of the natural scenery around me, and I sometimes will also highlight some of my other interests on my channel. I am also able to use my videos with a writing program that I facilitate for people with disabilities. Sometimes, you wonder if your work is making an impact, but watching this video today has provided me with more motivation to continue to create and share my work.
It really inspired me to do this. I am surrounded of technology. I want to do this! I feel inspired by Dan and you!
Well done!!! I'm excited to give this a try!
Yesssssss! Loved TOWER RECORDS. In the early 1980’s, I lived 3 hours away as a kid and my dad would drive my twin sister and i into Manhattan and we would run around Tower Records & Canal Jeans all day. Great great memories. Thanks for that flash back. Great channel.
Thank you for sharing "This is truly inspiring "
What a treasure... thanks for posting. Wonderful message. I began to journal in my 40s and every so often, when I find myself in a slump, I reach for an old friend and see where I was years or weeks ago and I feel instantly better. I only wish I had begun when I was eight.
You are so welcome!
Love loved this inspiration😊
Thank you very much! You have changed my life for the better! I have started my own journal too, And not only I feel extremely happy about it, but also my interior voice has become quieter, because it always talked way too much to me all the time😀🤓 Thank you 🥰
It is beautiful! I'm sooooo jealous!! 😅
Big thanks for your knowledge and wisdom. I was constantly drawing as child/teenager and was pretty good at it. Now I'm beginning again at the age of 64 :D Did my first journal spread just now and although it doesn't look that good, I'm happy I've started the journey. But I feel I have to hurry doing them and I don't know why. I've been watching the „How to draw“ episodes and they are great :)
Wonderful story!!! ❤
Major props to you both!
I always kept a journal and then stopped. This is a brilliant idea to let two birds free with one turn of the page.
Thank you so much for inspiration!
Oh my gosh. Thank you so so much. This was just the inspiration I need right now. (PS great voice and great presentation)
I can see the joy and peace a person can have simplifying life and living (for awhile) as this person you mention here. I absolutely LUVVV being in nature, camping and getting away from the “day to day” of making a living. However, I would not call it “complete” or sustainable. Maybe for a while if you’re single. Definitely not if you have a family. I’ve done some rugged camping….even when our children were babies. But “living off the grid” for any period of time with a family would require far more building and resources than a “hobbit hole”. It’s a romantic notion, but you have to find balance. 🌲⛰😊🏕
Wow! Talk about coming full circle. A few years ago I was very into alternative living and stumbled onto a youtube video that documented Price's home and how he lived. I thought his was of life was fascinating and loved the homeplace that he had built. I had briefly considered doing the same on our property but raising a family in the traditional sense made it less than ideal. I remember the video mentioning his photography career at length then his move into publishing but did not go into detail about the books as I recall.
Fast forward to today when I'm looking for new creative ways to essentially note take, and I see photos of the same home tour I watched years ago. What a déjà vu moment haha. Great video by the way! But if you will excuse me, my ADHD brain has now been rekindled so I'm off to build that hobbit home in the woods while I document it all in a sketchbook.
Thank You so much! It is so inspiring!!! 😊
I love this very lovely story. More of this in the world please.
This video was very inspiring. Thank you!
🎉thanks for nudging me to paint out doors again Helen, love your videos like this one.
You probably know of Kurt Jackson’s paintings and sketches? Saw the gorge there too…such a decorative element of your landscape.😍
Nice, similar to my journals … patterned a bit after the old explorer journals from the 1800 early 1900s. 👍 As an 80s person, I was always fascinated by not so much Indiana Jones type movies, per se, but the concise journals being followed to whatever.
Great story, thank you for sharing ❤
What a lovely tale...I've tried to keep an illustrated journal for years, but I always get intimidated and go back to text only. I loved seeing D. Price's work and hearing your perspectives...it helps to remember that it doesn't have to be anything epic or impressive to be worth recording about. Stoked to have found your channel!
Ha! I thought I recognized the drawings so I started looking through my library for a book I purchased quite awhile ago entitled Radical Simplicity by Dan Price. It was an advance uncorrected proof and I fell in love with it. Made me think of the forts that we made as kids. I believe I have another similar journal somewhere. Your video has reawakened something in me. I'm surrounded by my art supplies but the spark just wasn't there. Now it is. Thank you!
Holy Moly! I’ve been in Sketchbook school since the very beginning and have only just made the connection between your D. Price and the same individual who is known to be in a completely different context (he plays the handpan). How cool is that?! Such a small world. He really is an inspiring individual.… As are you! Can’t believe it’s nearly 10 years!
I love your storytelling!
Thank you for sharing this heartwarming story! It was a pleasure to watch the pages Full of collected treasures in everydays life 💝
Thank you for this video. It is very informative and instructive I have been drawing with my journal for so time now. Looking back in my journal, my drawings give me deeper insight j to myself. II have never seen anyone else create an illustrative journal before. You video gave me great ideas how to improve my journal and add more dimension to it. Thank you so much. I am truly learning from and enjoying your videos.
Thank you Danny. Very inspiring words and so encouraging. The hardest thing for me is to start. I'll get there.
Looks lovely. So much love put into it. 😊
Gosh- Remember Tower Records?!
Love your videos, they are so inspiring ❤. Thank you 😊
Always so interesting listening to you
I so much enjoyed your video. I have been keeping a journal for two years, and it is a great pleasure. As you say, it helps one value one's life.
Great video. I live in SW Oregon. Wish I could have met D. Price. I do draw, paint daily but not organized like his zine, but now I'm inspired to do that too. Thank you both!!
I keep a written journal since about 4 or 5 years. To my own astonishment i kept it up.
I've seen your illustrated diaries before, and think they are fantastic. The only thing keeping me from illustrating mine is that I'm a bit apprehensive about the time factor. Maybe I should stop worrying and start inserting a drawing here and there...
Thankyou so much. I never knew how to label what I’ve been doing for quite sometime now. My journals are a little different but the idea is the same and it brings me such pleasure each day working in it. It’s such a mixture of stuff from poems I’ve read and their impact ( in words or illustrations) to song lyrics that are on repeat in my brain that day to memories that for what ever reason just jump into my mind. I do small art pics or I collage pictures that are hanging round the house from my past. I just never could tell people what I’m doing without a lengthy wordy explanation...such as done here. Lol. But, thankyou
Love your journal.
Wow, thank you. It’s funny, yesterday I was thinking of doing an illustrated journal, then I serendipitously found your video. Thanks for the inspiration, I think I am now not going to second guess making this journal, I’m going to just do it!
🥰Love this!
i LOVE this 💕 thank you for sharing your inspiration
Thank you for all your wonderful sharing. I’ve started sketching after watching one of your videos recently and I love it so much. You are such an inspiration, thank you.
I started a sketchbook on 11th Jan this year. It makes me feel happy, like I'm on the cusp of an important self-discovery.
I love your videos especially your origin video here about what inspired you to start having a sketch Journal I've started my own sketch journal and I'm on my fifth entry today so it's very new. My journal is all about little things in my day that are tiny in themselves and yet I really enjoy focusing on those little things thank you so much for the inspiration you've given me and so many others
Ooooh! You did inspire me! I did a ilustrated journal in my last trip, I was thinking about doing It again, now I'm sure I'll try again!!
D. Price sounds like an interesting fellow. I’m happy you got to know each other. Thanks for such an inspirational video.
Thanks for watching!
What a wonderful story. Thank you
I remember those, although not in New York. You also had handmade comics. 9:23 R Crumb was very good in that respect. There is a documentary on him, He seems allot like your friend was very talented and very private. Enjoy your videos. Thank You!
So many of your videos have inspired me to study the work of other sketch artists. Love how you link to their books; I now have quite a collection of these books and here's one more.
how wonderful! Maybe I’ll try it too
Thank you 🤩
Awesome!
Loved hearing today about who inspired you! You have inspired me to sketch in the morning while waiting for my tea to brew. I've added a haiku as well to jump start my brain, rather than doing wordle or the spelling bee. My drawings have gotten better and my artistic eye has developed. Thank you too, for being vulnerable and sharing that D. Price was your inspiration. Your voice is like a warm hug which lures me to embrace my creative self. Thanks for sharing!
I like to hike and draw the hike with notes and illustrations. I now want to do this more. Thanks for the inspiration
I'm so glad that you shared this, I had been following you for years and appreciate all of the inspiration that you have provided. its always interesting to see what inspired a person that inspires others. That is totally awesome 😍
Hi Danny, I found out about Dan Price and his Moonlight Chronicles many years ago. In fact, I have a yellow wooden box under my bed with the first 55 small Moonlight Chronicles publications in it. After watching your video just now, I think it is time to start that journey again into his world. Thank you for sharing your side of Dan Price's Story.
What a treasure!
Thank you!
Fun video! Really inspiring!
Excellent episode and inspiring story
I honestly can't remember if I found you or D. Price first. I still have the little Moonlight Chronicles I ordered from him, and your books. Both of you had a style, that was so personal, and I thought I could do that too! I'd always drawn from the time I was little, but inspired by your first book, at some point when my daughter and son were in high school, I bought a sketchbook and decided to draw every day. I drew every day for a long time! My kids are now in their mid thirties, and drawing is still a big part of my life. Eventually I started illustrating for other people as well as drawing for my own enjoyment. I have you and D. Price to thank for adding so much pleasure to my life. So thank you, Danny!
I love your channel … it’s different 😊
Fascinating Danny. You might be interested in watching a TH-cam video about Alfred Wainwright, The Man Who Loved The Lakes. He recorded his adventures in handwritten/ drawn journals and many years on these records are still highly regarded and have a cult following. Have a wonderful day ☺
Fascinating story. Really inspiring. Thank you for sharing. I started my illustrated journal few months ago, it’s really a joy. The words “ illustrated journal “ just makes me happy. ❤