January 25 - The evolution of a journal

(side view close up - inspired by Seth mentioning side views of an art journal are often his favorites. I have to agree!)

Today marks the six month point

for having started this altered book journal.

Kinda hard to believe six whole months worth of art is in here,

but it is - and there is still some room to go!

Here is what the book started out looking like.  

Unfortunately, I didn't think to take a side view at the beginning.   

These two shots are from October, 

at which point I could still keep it under weights, 

in an attempt to stay within the boundaries 

set by the cover and it's binding.   

That lasted, until mid December, when it finally broke through,

and I had to do some damage control, which I wrote about here ...

...and here!

Which brings us to today.  (Tape is for scale☺)

I still have to rebind it, but decided to wait until the pages are complete, 

so I know exactly how much room I need.  

By the way, the exact measurements 

are 5 inches wide, by 7 ¼ inches long - 

and 7 inches thick at it's widest point!

Now for today's pages...