BEST COMPANY IN BED.
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Personal project. Illustration part of a series of a 100, creating 1 per day for 100 days (3 months). Part of the #100DaysProject Scotland 2021. Full project here.
During the pandemic I experienced a couple of difficulties on top of the global health crisis we all went through: one of them was a breakup after the first lockdown and the subsequent loneliness that came after that during the next few lockdowns. I had to re-discover the joys of being by myself, and books were a lifeline for me during that time (as they have always been throughout my life).​​​
​As this was a 100 illustration series reflecting on what I went through during the pandemic, this drawing had a before and an pfter "page", as the stories evolves, but I realised this illustration worked by itself as an ode to the love of reading.
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This small safe space, the bed with the books, has made several appearances in my illustrations.​
The initial sketch is the one on the top right side of this site, but I did a more detailed version later on. Before I had my tablet, I bought a tracing table just to do re-do this drawing. The final version is still the one done by hand, pen and paper, only digitalised.
