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I Use Old Books To Create Art (Part 2)

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Hello, fellow Pandas! It's been some time since I first posted my art on here and I am still overwhelmed by all the love and support I received.

This really helped me to go on even when times got darker over the last months. Thank you!

I still believe in books being a wonderful and unique medium that presents art as well as being art itself. So I still try to rescue as many books as possible from those free give away boxes on the street, so they won't be lost in the rain, offering them a new life as a canvas for my creation.

Using mainly black and white markers, as well as quite a lot of red, I try to tell a story with my pictures and I simply love how the words on the pages merge with my art.

Recently I got to use watercolors as well and I think the way they softly frame the strong black ink has something magical about it. I also started doing time-lapses some weeks ago, so if you are interested in my working process to have a look on my Instagram. They are there, right next to the final picture. :)

Please let me know what you think in the comments and I sincerely hope you enjoy my work!

Lots of love!

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Diane Sotto 6 years ago

The leaves are a nice touch.

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layne 6 years ago

Guardian angel shielding protection of the bear. Poignantly befitting as to the old text & laments that once Deutschland's Bavarian woodlands once filled their wild homeland. Not known to approach humans. Though quickly taken out & forced to search for new habitats; one eventually made it's way home from Austria. The last one being shot 170 YBP. so goofy, nerdy of me - yep!

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Buloogi 6 years ago

Nice

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Capermom 6 years ago

Wow. Stunning.

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Shruti Naik 6 years ago

love the cat's expression!

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Shruti Naik 6 years ago

wow. and you made me love snow-white all over again!

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Kendall Davis 6 years ago

Guardians of the Galaxy!

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Shruti Naik 6 years ago

I can't figure out which story this is but a 'witch taking care of a cub' makes this my favorite piece of artwork out of all in this article

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Shruti Naik 6 years ago

so graceful!

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Shruti Naik 6 years ago

this is painful but beautiful!

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Leo Fatima 6 years ago

The hot red is love

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Susanna H.-W. 6 years ago

I can read the German text in the books... :) Love your idea and especially love these birds!

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Bluebell Rizzi 5 years ago

Stockings! ^ ^

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Bluebell Rizzi 5 years ago

"Burrrrd?"

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Just Carmen 6 years ago

Fall. My favorite time of year.

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Shruti Naik 6 years ago

This is my favorite! The wolf is my spirit animal! I love how you have merged to two faces.

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Shruti Naik 6 years ago

hedwig's brother?

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Moonlight Mist 6 years ago

Moomins!

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RacconLifeGirlie 6 years ago

Oh great now you've given me ideas for my old science book.

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Dark Isabel Rose 6 years ago

Totoro! oh my god it's adorable!

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Sarah Karl 6 years ago

This would make an awesome tattoo ;)

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Shruti Naik 6 years ago

ooooh i love this! the cat makes this drawing very cute!

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Just Carmen 6 years ago

This looks like our little weenie Sassy!

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Shruti Naik 6 years ago

fairy or a dancer? either way she looks lovely!

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Shruti Naik 6 years ago

peter pan? or an elf?

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Kristin Connon 6 years ago

I love this book and this illustration is wonderful! Thank you for sharing it!

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Shruti Naik 6 years ago

love it. absolutely love it.

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janice deane 6 years ago

AMAZING! LOVE them all!

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10amcoffee

Drawing on books and loving it;

Drawing on books and loving it;

What do you think ?

img 6 years ago

As a book lover .. as a crazy book lover.. this hurts me..

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Sree S 6 years ago

I get what you think... if I wanted to create something like this, I would use newspaper.

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Aahzmandus Pervect 6 years ago

I like the drawings, but you say you "rescue books from free giveaway boxes"? How? By drawing on their pages? Books are supposed to be read, not destroyed like this. Why don't you use old newspapers or magazines? A book is a book, whether it's old or new, and this is just wrong.

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Cara Celeste 6 years ago

Or, gather up the millions of copies of 50 shades of gray that are burdening thrift shops. It's a real problem lol

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Andrew Keane 6 years ago

Beautiful work but I don't get the idea of putting it on book pages. If anything I was looking at some of those picture thinking this would be so much nicer to look at if the text didn't feel so intrusive. The artist has a unique style about their work and it just seems wrong for them to use a cynical gimmick

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Taki 6 years ago

Completely agree, it'd be just as beautiful on standard paper. It'd be one thing if the illustrations used the text in some way, but from what I can see they just pick a random page.

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img 6 years ago

As a book lover .. as a crazy book lover.. this hurts me..

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Sree S 6 years ago

I get what you think... if I wanted to create something like this, I would use newspaper.

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Aahzmandus Pervect 6 years ago

I like the drawings, but you say you "rescue books from free giveaway boxes"? How? By drawing on their pages? Books are supposed to be read, not destroyed like this. Why don't you use old newspapers or magazines? A book is a book, whether it's old or new, and this is just wrong.

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Cara Celeste 6 years ago

Or, gather up the millions of copies of 50 shades of gray that are burdening thrift shops. It's a real problem lol

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Andrew Keane 6 years ago

Beautiful work but I don't get the idea of putting it on book pages. If anything I was looking at some of those picture thinking this would be so much nicer to look at if the text didn't feel so intrusive. The artist has a unique style about their work and it just seems wrong for them to use a cynical gimmick

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Taki 6 years ago

Completely agree, it'd be just as beautiful on standard paper. It'd be one thing if the illustrations used the text in some way, but from what I can see they just pick a random page.

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