365 Days of Daily Drawing

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Since April 28 of 2017, not one of 365 days went without a set of sketches that would depict the highlights (or lowlights) of that particular day. It was by accident that this project had started: having grown out of an idea to illustrate one day I had, eventually transforming into a year-long project.

The project occupies 59 double pages. There are 4 – 10 days that had fit onto a double page A5 format.

In the beginning there were 10 days illustrated on 2 pages. With the project idea yet in development, it was not clear what are the events that should be illustrated. After some time only 4–6 days could fit on one double page, depending on amount of interesting events that had happened.

Full project can be seen here

May 8th – May 16th

May 30th – June 6th

August 18th – August 22th

It's especially fascinating to draw journeys, when you constantly get new impressions. You want to remember and capture every window, every leaf, or every breakfast. There were so many of such details, that during the trips there were just from 4 to 5 days on a single sketchbook turn.

August 29th – September 3rd

September 17th – September 22th

November 2nd – November 7th

Many pages contain not only events of each day, but also illustrations, or parts of, which I had been drawing for work. It's a way to diversify a standard day composition and to remember on what exactly I've been working during a certain period.