A City of Words in a Suitcase (Watercolor Timelapse)

Yesterday, I finally settled on the title Float or Drown and began organizing the poetry collection into four distinct sections. Today, I dove straight into the first artwork, because if I’m going to create 15 watercolor illustrations in 60 days, there’s no time to waste!

The Suitcase & The Unfair Dice Roll

The piece I worked on today is an illustration of a suitcase housing a city. The buildings are being built using Arabic calligraphy which I will do with a black pen at the end of coloring process.

Progress Check

• Title: Float or Drown  
• Structure: 4 sections organized from 17 core Arabic poems  
• Translations: Started today - In progress (Arabic to English) 
• Illustrations: 1/15 under way!  

Painting watercolors while translating poetry is definitely a heavy lift, but seeing the visual elements start to take shape makes the 60-day finish line feel a little more real.

Watch the Process Timelapse from DAY 3/60

Check out the time-lapse above of today’s painting session, where I start bringing the first major piece to life.

How You Can Support 

I am pre-selling the complete digital poetry collection right now for €67. 

Pre-ordering funds the remaining art materials and gives you early access to pages while they're in progress, plus, it makes this public promise impossible for me to back out of!  

You can pre-order with the following link: https://payhip.com/b/OoJFN

Thanks for watching the time-lapse and sticking along for the journey. See you tomorrow for Day 4!