Official International Fake Journal Blog

OK, I'm not advocating that you toss out all the ideas that have been simmering in your head as you gathered (or bound) a journal and ma...

Left: The prizes for this year's contest—two weirdly shaped journals, hand bound by me with 90 lb. watercolor paper for text pages and h...

Yesterday I posted about my prepping process for last year and this year—one quick, one a bit more involved. ( To Prep or Not to Prep… ) Tod...

Left : The graphite test page in the first APICA book I purchased and tested. All the images were simply sketched from memory—more or less ...

Above: A selection of commercially bound sketchbooks that might be suitable for my 2010 Fake Journal. From top left: wirebound Monteva...

I made a short, low-tech movie, using my digital mini-camera, while paging through this year's fake journal. I wanted to do this because...

Above: the last post in Anne Bray's 2009 Fake Journal. ©2009 Anne M. Bray. This journal was also an altered book journal. The judges, as...

Above: the April 30 page spread from my 2009 fake journal. I used Ziller Acrylic ink with a dip pen and Schmincke pan watercolors. Note that...

Above: the April 29 page spread from my 2009 fake journal. I used Ziller Acrylic ink with a dip pen and Schmincke pan watercolors. Click on ...

Above: the April 28 page spread from my 2009 fake journal. I used Ziller Acrylic ink with a dip pen and Schmincke pan watercolors. Click on ...