Hey everyone!
I am back with a new video and this is going to be a sketchbook tour.
So let’s get started!
So the first sketchbook I am showing you I started back in October 2015 just in time
for my very first participation in Inktober.
This was around the time I was getting used to using a brush and liquid ink for inking
my artworks.
So that’s why there are a lot of ink drawings in this one.
So like always, the start of my sketchbook is fairly neat.
It looks like I’ve got a theme going on which actually helps me complete a sketchbook
faster – at least that’s how I’ve found it to be.
But eventually the sketchbook evolved into something messier since this was also around
the time that the YouTube Artist Collective started.
So you can see some of my brainstorming and inspiration sourcing in this sketchbook, and
eventually it just got messier and messier from there.
The next sketchbook, I used simultaneously.
This was supposed to be my messy sketchbook.
So the idea I had was I’d use two sketchbooks, the first one would be for drawings that I
wanted to put a little more time into, whereas the second one – which is this one – would
be where I would brainstorm, practice using references or quickly draw out concepts and
ideas that I had in mind.
So with this sketchbook I would use charcoal because it allows me to work quickly and in
a way commit to the lines I would draw because I don’t really use an eraser with charcoal
– that’s just my preference though.
It really helps me be more careful with each stroke, like I have to think about it, but
at the same time it stops me from being a perfectionist because usually when I draw
with a pencil and I don’t like how I’ve drawn a line I would erase it.
And not that I think that erasing is bad, but for me personally, whenever I have the
chance to redo something, I somehow plant this idea in my head that I can make it perfect
the second or third try and that adds a lot of pressure for myself – which can sometimes
put me off drawing.
Because you have that doubt and so you think it’s going to turn out horrible so why bother.
And so with this sketchbook I really wanted to loosen up, and I feel like charcoal is
the medium that works for me in that sense.
I also added a gouache background for some of the sketches, which I think really helps
clean up the drawing – it makes it look like it wasn’t a super quick sketch.
The last sketchbook is something I just finished recently.
So these are basically a year’s worth of sketchbooks, which I am super proud of.
Cause back then I struggled with finishing one sketchbook in a year, this time I’ve
finished three so I’m kind of just patting myself on the back.
I am super happy with this sketchbook, because if you compare it to the previous two, the
other two showed a decline in the quality of drawings as you reach the end page of the
sketchbook, but with this one, it’s so different.
I started it as a journal and sketchbook, and I kind of stopped doing that towards the
middle of the book, but then I had this sudden burst of inspiration and motivation.
After a while of not drawing in my sketchbook, I just suddenly wanted to draw everyday.
And so I was experimenting a lot towards the end of the sketchbook.
I would glue in pieces of paper, photos, anything I wanted and I went back to using it as a
journal, but in a different approach.
I was really inspired by art journals I’ve seen on Instagram and Tumblr.
So that’s what I tried to recreate in these last few pages, and I’m really enjoying
it so far.
So yeah!
I ended this sketchbook before the start of Inktober this year so I’m hoping I finish
the same amount of sketchbooks next year as well, if not more.
Fingers crossed.
That is definitely one of my goals.
And yeah!
That is it for this video.
I hope you enjoyed it and I hope the pace was okay and a lot better than the previous
sketchbook video I had.
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