"D.O.N.S.A" Illustrated Journal

Hand Lettering

Guided Army Journal

"D.O.N.S.A" Illustrated Journal spread: the 5-Minute D.O.N.S.A. page with a topographic map, a name and reward box, gratitude prompts, and a rucksack with boots

"D.O.N.S.A" Illustrated Journal spread: a dining facility illustration beside the Attack of the Green Weenie prompt with ruled lines

"D.O.N.S.A" Illustrated Journal spread: The Lingo matching game beside a desert ridge illustration with the words False Motivation Is Still Motivation

"D.O.N.S.A" Illustrated Journal spread: a desert scene with a partly buried vehicle beside the Push-Up Snack prompt with ruled lines

"D.O.N.S.A" Illustrated Journal spread: Smoke Em If You Got Em with a writing prompt beside an illustration of a smoke area picnic table

This project consists of one cover and five interior spreads. Together the spreads hold four full-page illustrations, four spot illustrations, and four call-out words. It can be a guided journal, a list-making journal, a diary, or a date book.

This is the first project in which I share my experience in the Army to inspire the art. When people talk about the military, they often think of violence, chaos, and destruction. I wanted to show the down times I shared with my brothers and sisters in arms when we were training. I used watercolor brushes to soften the illustrations intentionally. The plan is to make a full version of this journal and get it published.

Illustrations

"D.O.N.S.A" Illustrated Journal cover page: the lettered title above three green tents on a pebbled path with pines behind, and a yellow card reading A Guide To Escape Basic Training

"D.O.N.S.A" Illustrated Journal map page: a gridded terrain map with a red dashed route from FOB ROB to an X marked EP, above a yellow card reading This journal belongs to and Reward

"D.O.N.S.A" Illustrated Journal 5-Minute D.O.N.S.A page: gratitude and what-would-make-today-great prompts above a camo rucksack and desert boots, with a yellow box defining D.O.N.S.A. as Day Of No Scheduled Activities

"D.O.N.S.A" Illustrated Journal DFAC page: the dining facility entrance drawn in one-point perspective, with a yellow tip card reading Bring the bowl to the food; not the food to the bowl

"D.O.N.S.A" Illustrated Journal page: a field antenna above a sandbagged bunker with yellow labels reading False Motivation Is Still Motivation and Motivation

"D.O.N.S.A" Illustrated Journal Attack of the Green Weenie page: the lettered title above ruled writing lines, framed by floating green weenies

"D.O.N.S.A" Illustrated Journal The Lingo page: a matching game joining Blue Falcon, Ate-Up, FOBbit, Barney Style, HUA and Charlie Mike to their definitions

"D.O.N.S.A" Illustrated Journal page: a tan armored vehicle in rocky sand dunes under a muted sky, with a yellow card reading A private can expect to do 0 to 500 pushups a day at BCT (Basic Combat Training)

"D.O.N.S.A" Illustrated Journal page: the red stenciled title Smoke Em If You Got Em above ruled writing lines, with a cigarette pack under a no symbol and a yellow card reading contraband cigarettes

"D.O.N.S.A" Illustrated Journal page: a smoke area picnic table on a concrete pad against a barracks wall, with a yellow card reading One cigarette butt on the ground could result in Sergeant Major detail

"D.O.N.S.A" Illustrated Journal page: the red stenciled title Top 3 Go To Snacks above numbered red lines and Honorable Mentions, framed by scattered gummy bears

"D.O.N.S.A" Illustrated Journal end page: a gridded topographic map on aged paper with green terrain patches and a bright green winding stream

"D.O.N.S.A" Illustrated Journal end page: a second gridded topographic map on aged paper with dark green terrain and meandering bright green waterways

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