that’s a super cool idea!

A four-way symmetrical illustration of a Spotted Lanternfly with its wings spread surrounded by the kudzu vine. Both are invasive species in the states to the New England area and the south respectively.

Tiled version of the illustration, where the drawing is repeated many times

Another tiled version of the pattern, but each tile is flipped 90 degrees, which creates a mosaic-like pattern.

Spotted Lanternfly and kudzu tile pattern I made in response to my research on invasive species in places I’ve lived! I find them endlessly fascinating

it would be hard to do since the nature of this book is to be hand-folded, but maybe someday there could be an edition of it! there are a lot of poetry/illustration projects i would love to work on and publish in the future though

hahahah definitely 3 things i love!!

thank you!! i agree, there’s a lot of cool stuff and people here

thank you!!

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The thirteenth page! The stanza reads: “XIII. We mistake cicadas’ music of freedom for screaming. We mistake their living for a swarm.” The illustration depicts a cicada in flight, with several others accompanying it in the background.

The last page! I made this for a final in school, which I’ve been working on for a few weeks now. Happy it’s finally done! (6/6)

The ninth page. The ninth stanza reads: “IX. The first cicadas of the season are all pale and pink like us when our skin first meets air.” The drawing is referenced by an old photo of my older sister at two years old holding me as an infant in her lap on a couch. The infant has her thumb in her mouth, looking content. The toddler holding her is looking to the right of the camera.

The tenth page. The stanza reads: “X. It is easy to look at the cicada’s body and only see chipped bark.” The drawing is of a cicada resting on a tree from below. The lines of the cicada and its wings blend in with the tree bark slightly, which is emphasized by the perspective.

The eleventh page. The stanza reads: “XI. The cicada’s legs stretch out like blood vessels against the tree’s limb, to remove the insect would be to pull at veins.” The drawing depicts a cicada emerging from its exterior shell from a front facing view. It is surrounded by trees in the background.

The twelfth page. The stanza reads: “XII. August comes to an end with the cicada’s last cry, high and strong as a summer storm.” The drawing is of a flying airplane from underneath looking up. It is surrounded by clouds.

(5/6)

The fifth page. The fifth stanza reads: “V. Children whine about cicada buzz. The whine and the buzz are one.” The drawing is of a child’s hand holding hundreds of cicadas in a pile. In the background there are blades of grass.

The sixth page. The sixth stanza reads: “VI. All along the churchard dogwoods, light pierces cicada wings.” The drawing is of a dogwood tree. The text is embedded in the leaves of the tree.

The seventh page. The stanza reads: “VII. The music of the south is mourning and celebration. The music of the south is also cicada song.” The drawing is of a notable statue of a female figure wearing a dress and cloak. This statue is from a historical cemetery from our hometown that is still used today.

The eighth page. The stanza reads: “VIII. I never notice cicada hum until after the door closes, until I notice their absence.” The drawing depicts a door slightly ajar, with an obscured figure just beyond it with their hand on the inside handle. We do not see the other half of their body or their face.

continued (4/6)

The first illustrated page of the book. Text reads the first stanza of my sister, Katy Gilmore’s poem “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Cicada.” The text is: “I. The cicada knows two lives— one is seventeen years of silence, the other, a final song.” The drawing is of a periodical cicada done with brown linework and a lighter brown wash of color.

The second illustrated page of the book. Text reads the second stanza of my sister, Katy Gilmore’s poem “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Cicada.” The text is: “II. Biking past the tulip poplars, I see cicada skins glinting in the fading sun. When they fall, they plummet like bronze coins into an earthen fountain.” The drawing is of a cicada emerging from its outer shell on the side of a tree. In the background is a young girl riding on her bike.

The third page. The third stanza reads: “III. Rising from the dirt, the cicada sees the green leaves shuddering above and must think, for a moment, that they are wings.” The text is surrounded by illustrated leaves connected to branches, as if looking at them from below and seeing the sky past them.

The fourth page. The fourth stanza reads: “IV. The dog snatches cicada shells up off the concrete, consuming the corpses as treats.” The drawing is of a dog’s head with its mouth wide open, lunging for a cicada sitting on a stick or branch to its left.

The actual poem & illustrations (3/6)

The front cover of the book, which is 3 x 3 inches that has an outline of a cicada. The text above reads “WAYS OF SEEING” and the text below reads “CICADAS”

A photo of the entire book laid out on one side. On the other side is the other half of the book.

Another photo showing off the folds and structure of the book

Another photo from the side to show the pointed triangle shapes the pages create

More pics of the book (2/6)

A photo of a portion of the artist book. The pages are each 6 x 6 inches, and are folded in a cross formation and then diagonally once, so that the square page becomes a 3 x 3 inch square when folded down. Each of the pages are attached to each other inversely by the bottom square section to create a chain.

Another photo of a portion of the artist book. The pages are each 6 x 6 inches, and are folded in a cross formation and then diagonally once, so that the square page becomes a 3 x 3 inch square when folded down. Each of the pages are attached to each other inversely by the bottom square section to create a chain.

A photo of a few pages from directly above to show some of the illustrations and how they interact with the folds

Another photo of the pages from above to show more illustrations

Artist book called “Ways of Seeing Cicadas” — I illustrated each stanza of my older sister’s poem and assembled them in an origami folded book! The font is made from my handwriting and images were referenced from childhood photos and landmarks of our hometown. (1/6)

finally finally done with the fall semester! Now I have more time to post more art stuff here :-)

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Yes, I’ve found it difficult to take my 2D brain and push it into 3D space, but once I got the hang of it it’s super fun!

just saw them! they’re super awesome, I only recently started learning how to make pop ups and they are deceptively difficult to make close all the way and look good 🥲

this is awesome

thank you!!

The cover of the pop up book. Blue painted background with paper cut out letter reading “Evolve”

The first spread of the pop up book. It is a 90° fold of concentric circles illustrated to look like a cell, with the background dark blue and center circles being lighter blue and then orange.

The second spread, also 90° angle folds. This spread illustrated an ocean scene with layers of paper going backwards to be taller and lighter in color. In the foreground, sea grass is on the layers, and on the background there is a yellow sun. In the middle is an orange fish.

The last spread of the pop up, also 90° fold. Across the spread, a diagonal branch connects the ground and background, surrounded by green foliage. On the branch is a small rat-like mammal.

Another paper engineering project based on the early stages of evolution, from cell to fish to mammal! #popupbook

Grayscale digital illustration of a stylized bird, with its mouth wide open. The bird sits on a curved branch or tree trunk, surrounded by other dark trees. The background fades into white behind the bird.

Closer image of the bird’s head

Another weird bird illustration from the summer

Illustration of a dancing, semi-anthropomorphic swan with a very long neck and a large star-shaped hold in its chest

Close up image of the swan illustration focused on the head/neck/chest

Funky, dancing, long-necked swan! #illustration #birdart

i was in the same boat not long ago and now i’m back to being a 20 y/o book loving girl! it comes full circle :)

that’s so kind thank you!!

I’m going to! I didn’t know about it until today after I already posted stuff, I will in the future

thank you! I will :)

thank you very much!!

thank you !

thank you!

Thank you! I was just made aware of this and will be doing it in the future :) I never heard of it until today!