Evergreen post reminder that your sketchbook is allowed to look like shit, it's meant to be a sandbox environment where you can just try stuff out without the pressure to crank out a pretty illustration🤠yeehaw scribble town
I always read these and nod along and think yes, yes, this is the truth.
And then I still fuss over my own stupid sketchbook bcs it has to look nice bsc everybodys sketchbook looks nice.
I feel the same pull! All those pretty sketchbook posts are tempting haha 😅But! I also remind myself I gotta allow a space to scribble stuff in pursuit of trying something new or practicing using ref for things I'm getting too muscle-memory about or getting an idea on paper etc 💗
That’s when you maybe have a “nice” sketchbook (that never ends up getting filled LOL) and another “trash” sketchbook that you’re allowed to “ruin”
I usually have cheap sketchbooks or scrap paper for messy sketching, so I don’t get too precious (plus a whole shelf of barely used “nice” sketchbooks)
Bcs of this discussion I got motivated to drag out a cheap sketchbook I got as a gift with a newspaper sub 10+ years ago and start using it as trash sketchbook. Thanks! I have plenty of half full nice ones, time to make a bad one.
So true, sketchbooks are meant to be something you can do whatever you want. For me it's important to have a private sketchbook that's just for me to see
THIS...I live by this. My sketchbook has unfinished scribbles & drawings that I did take my time on as well(only coz I was in a zone and the pencils/inks were looking and feeling good).
Rough concepts and ideas with explanations as well...
