Hey fiction author peeps. What's your take on illustrations in your books? I'm considering including charcoal/pencil drawn portraits of key characters & a campus map. (It's an academic mystery.)

The mystery of the medieval fighting snails
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#13thCenturyIlluminators #MarginaliaArtworks

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20231221-the-mystery-of-the-medieval-fighting-snails

Angels we have heard, while high,
Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-Dude.

#MisheardChristmasCarolLyrics
#HashtagGames #Photography #DigitalArt #BookIllustration #BookIllustrations #illustration

Anyone interested in Altered Book Art done the normal way, as opposed to my chaotic #Dadaist approach , here is a video that answers common basic questions on technique & method.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzhOtySHZnU

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https://c.im/@JPK_elmediat/109877030220944657

As mentioned in my intro, I've acquired too much material for my #ScannedCollages. I'm branching out with #AlteredBook #AsemblageArt. #Collage #CollageArt #Assemblage #Books #AlteredBookArt My first attempt at this goal has begun, and is definitely #WIP.
To begin with, I dove in head first, doing it my way (without tutorial instructions) - so it is definitely wrong & messy. The rough, messy look actually works (what else am I going to say?) with my #Dadaist style & #Asemic content. So far, it does not have that polished artistic antique Victoriana quality that seem to be typical of many of the examples I found.
I've incorporated #AsemicWriting, #AsemicPoetry, #DadaistPoetry #ErasurePoetry, #ProsePoetry & #CollagePoetry. I have kept the #Book's original #BlackandWhite #Illustrations.

**CW #Face #Eyes
#AsemicArt #Dadaism
#Poetry #DadaistProsePoem #MixedMedia #BookArt #BookIllustrations #Illustration #Art #MastoArt #FediArt