A third book with my illustrations!

 I can't believe, how sneaky the coming through of dreams is. I have always wanted to illustrate books, since I was a small kid. And here it is-3 illustrated books in 1,5 years!

This one here by Lina Bakšytė is really close to my heart. It's about the creative upbringing of a child. Being close to nature and finding fun things to do there.

 I always say-go out,go to the forest. It works miracles for me if I start feeling a bit tired, annoyed or grumpy in general. Trees have that special thing. It doesn't even need to be summer green. I have posted about looking for mushrooms in winter previously. They are more exposed and really fun to take photos of when covered in snow. 

 The book should already be available in the books stores and on internet. 

Scary books

Oh no, I forgot what books I have been reading. So here come the ones I've read recently.

"Stories of your life and others" left a really big impression on me. Wonderful fiction, with most short stories in Sc-Fi genre.
My favorite was "Seventy-two letters"-about a parallel science world to ours, a steampunk biotech, with a good dose of ethical dilemmas. 
By the way, the film "Arrival" was based on the "Story of your life"... 

I have always been fascinated by monsters, disease and apocalypse. 
So somehow a few unpleasant books found their way into my kindle.

And "The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic - and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World" title says a lot. Just to add-it's about cholera.

"The handmaids tale". Another dystopian novel. Set in a near-future New England, in a totalitarian theocracy that has overthrown the United States government, the novel explores themes of women in subjugation and the various means by which they gain individualism and independence. 
There's the new series for your liking!

"The hot zone" is a  nonfiction thriller by Richard Preston about the origins and incidents involving viral hemorrhagic fevers, particularly ebolaviruses and marburgviruses. A really terrifying and fascinating book.

I am still on this gigantic, never ending "Seeing further: The story of science & the Royal Society, edited by Bill Bryson" book. Truly curious stories of how people perceived world and how the science evolved. Many ridiculous things, I promise!

Summer reading

I can't recall what other books I have been reading this summer. 
But here are the few that came to mind and reading them gave me a great pleasure.
I think a book qualifies as a good one if it makes me laugh in that hysterical type of laugh. The one you can not get out of that easily and just giggle away for a few more minutes.
I love all travel books by Bill Bryson. But his memoirs were just the best!
Douglas Adams is also a favorite. He was surprised even more than me to find himself writing documentary on endangered animals. "Last chance to see" was written in 80's. Aren't you curious how these animals are doing nowadays?
"The man who mistook his wife for a hat" by Oliver Sacks. This one simply blew my mind away! It studies cases of people with brain damage or mental impairment. Even though written in 60's the book is still up to date because it seems that lots of things our brain comes up with are still considered to be a mystery.
I am still on the autobiography "Me talk pretty one day" by David Sedaris. Some language and situations make me think of Bill Bryson. And I don't mind that! Made me laugh out loud on few occasions.
"Daily rituals. How artists work" by Mason Currey comes in-handy if you happen to be lost in your creative work. Or if you can not become lost (which is much worse). Also the book is right for you if you are interested in famous people and juicy details.
"Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative" by Austin Kleon. The title talks for itself, believe me!

Morran at my place

I have finally got "the Morran project book"! 
Very colorful in means of colors and styles!


P.s. somebody has to teach me how to make big, but good quality gifs...

My contribution.

The green code

 I consider myself very fortunate to have such talented friends!
You see a very special book here. It contains stories by ordinary people. The subject is nature, it's preserving. Green thoughts in general.
The "head" of the project is EU Parliament member Radvilė Morkūnaitė-Mikulienėnė.
Coordinated and compiled by-Justė Brukštutė and Benas Buivydas.
Stories-by 19 different people, mostly children and teenagers.
Book design and illustrations-by Jonas Liugaila and Rūta Ivaškevičiūtė (both are also here).
There are two illustrations, created by two other people. They are the winners of the visual part of the project.

 The format and the paper are sooo pleasant!

 My friend Luka is a part of the book as well. 

It's a pity one can't find the book in bookshops. There were only 1000 editions printed.  I was lucky - I got mine as a present.


You can see the whole book here. It can also be downloaded as a pdf...

The book !

Remember, I told you about an open project that I took part in? Well the books, containing all 236 and chosen 77 pictures of Morran are here and here!
All the profit will go to WSPA - World Society for the Protection of Animals - Sweden (WSPA international).


It's even more precious as Morran is not here anymore... 

I'll go and order myself one right now.

Animals on paper

I got these by mail yesterday.
Two old books, reminding me of my childhood.
A Lithuanian pop-up and Russian water color. 

And this is my tiny collection of pup-up books. There are far more impressive and complex books, waiting for me to purchase them :-)

Dave Mckean

Dave Mckean's line is incredible!
And he uses mixed media to illustrate books, written by Neil Gaiman. 
Have you seen the film "Coraline" ? You should definitely read the book. It was really scary! I would say, it's a book for grown ups.

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