Johanna Basford's sabbatical diary, weeks 17-18: The final furlong
As Johanna's four-month break from commissions comes to an end, she launches her Wonderbeasts show at DCA in Dundee.
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Johanna Basford's sabbatical diary, week 16: A few thoughts on time management
Thia week Johanna's preparing to embark on her big show – but not everything's going to plan.
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Johanna Basford's sabbatical diary, weeks 13-15: How to deal with epic fails
Johanna’s sabbatical has been going so well that when it was time for her to fail, it came in waves.
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Johanna Basford's sabbatical diary, week 12: How to draw 200 animals
Johanna's spent the week working through a list of 200 creatures for a super-sized Wonderbeasts artwork.
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Johanna Basford's sabbatical diary, week 11: How to be good
Johanna's spent the week finding out how to win friends and influence people – by being nice.
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Johanna Basford's sabbatical diary, week 10: Riding the Kickstarter rollercoaster
Johanna's just finished her first Kickstarter project. Did she successfully hit her target?
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Johanna Basford's sabbatical diary, week 9: Digital print is my saviour
This week Johanna discovers that digital printing is better for producing larger-scale artwork projects than screenprinting.
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Johanna Basford's sabbatical diary, week 8: Tell Johanna what to draw
This week has seen Johanna launch her first Kickstarter project, Wonderbeasts.
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Johanna Basford's sabbatical diary, week 7: A painful denial
Seven weeks in and the thing Johanna has been dreading the most has happened.
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Johanna Basford's sabbatical diary, weeks 5 and 6: A guilty confession
Over the past fortnight, Johanna has failed at multi-tasking but succeeded at tattooing a dog.
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Johanna Basford's sabbatical diary, week 4: Going cuckoo
This week's diary features some early starts, a confused pup and a cuckoo-clock workshop.
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Johanna Basford's sabbatical diary, week 3: My book has arrived
This week's diary features Japanese calligraphy, a heck of a mess, more trees and a nude photo.
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Johanna Basford's sabbatical diary, week 2: Drawing a forest, buying a boat
Fuelled by a potent mix of Berrocca, caffeine and nervous adrenaline, the illustrator has drawn a forest and bought a boat.
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Johanna Basford's sabbatical diary, week 1: kicking off 4 months without commissions
It's been a funny first week: funny peculiar, not funny ha-ha. After months of build-up, January finally arrived and...
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How to turn personal work into client commissions
Johanna Basford reveals how important it is to create self-generated projects to win new work.