Sketchbook Tour - The Training Arc Sketchbook

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[KingOfSlackersComic]

Remember dudes: Step 1: Fropping. Step 2: Shape the shapes.

[kseniav]

great sketchbook! i'm not into mechas, but your ink drawings make me appreciate how much work and thought goes into that genre of art. and the way your reflect on sketches is very insightful. took a couple of ideas for my own practice, thanks!

[KhayJayArt]

I like how your sketchbook is filled with ACTUAL SKETCHES. I see way too many sketchbooks where people have whole ass paintings in them and I usually just draw rough head portraits and anatomy practice. It's cool seeing someone whose sketchbook video is just practicing studies
13:10 this page isn't ugly at all. The drawings are amazing and it's cool to see ur work in progress.

[jobejones]

Seeing this is very helpful for me to finally understand how to tackle a sketchbook. I have been drawing for as long as I can remember and am not too bad at it, but I have never taken the time to properly practice.

[jamesfogel]

4:53 This "downloading" and "installing" analogy is so good. I heard this same description for a skill from my sports trainer and this is perfect. Sometimes we hear and believe we understand something/ a skill or sequence, but then go to replicate it, even a few seconds later and find it difficult to emulate entirely, or recall in the correct timing.

I never applied that thought to my art however, and this is a great addition. Thanks for this raw description and walk through.

Also find it funny how you say "this is ugly or i'm drawing ugly"... you have impeccable line work and proportions my guy. Excellent Video and drawings. Thank you!!

[LimeGreenCouchPotato]

This was a nice reminder that I dont need to study literally everything to be good at art - I can just focus on studying things that I enjoy and am interested in studying. Its so easy to get overwhelmed with what I feel like I should draw vs. what I actually want to draw. Thank you, I will be applying many of these tips in my sketchbook from now on!

[OldeLeshi]

this is basically all I do (after just doing anatomy/figure for a long time). I'd like to actually do more illustrations sometimes especially since long-form texture/detail rendering is its own skill, but I never feel like I'm ready since there are so many things to analyze and learn about.

[winonaz]

I have felt lost on my art for a long while. Your sketch book is inspiring, reminding me how i used to study art before. Thank you so much for sharing it.

[laowaistudieschina]

This is probably the most useful sketchbook development video I have seen to date. Thank you!

Also, the guy with the staff that you thought was "too skinny, " if you want to make him really creepy, keep him skinny, define the muscles a bit like they would be on a skinny guy, maybe show his ribs and some loose skin near his waist, make his hair stringy and greasy-looking, and mess up his visible teeth. I think the drawing is cool!

[kava]

One of the best videos on how to use your sketchbook. To study, to analyze, to redraw. Love what you said sketching is like…exploring not knowing which direction you are going like in a video game. Also I like what you had said about writing what your purpose/intentions are for a sketchbook.

[hollowedboi]

Perspective, simple shapes into complex shapes, write notes and use different colored pens, be messy, and what seems most important is to focus on what you’re interested in or find what you’re interested in within’ everything, jot down it all.

Build a mental library, try to figure out how something was build or works, be interested in the world around you, be creative.

Uhh what seems most important is to have a focus on something you are interested in, and write notes to better understand something in your own words, and try thing despite not being good because you want to get better and have the potential to grow

[brandogould]

this REALLY helped me! I 100 percent agree with your final thoughts about the fog of war and I so appreciate you sharing the "downloading/installing" sides of your practice. I know that this will help me put more of my sketches to good use learning rather than just feeling stuck with a blank page in front of me! Thanks so much for sharing!

[kaboomsihal]

Him looking at someone's sneakers wasn't weird until he made it weird by being so defensive lmfao

[raissahofmann]

as someone that is struggling to get back at....just feeling curious again, or at reviving drawing as a natural way to express myself, this video gave me so many sparks.
you made it feel really accessible and joyful. Thanks for the amazing video!

[taika]

i find you so much more understandable and relatable than the typical artist teacher online and in person. Your work and words are highly education because they are to the point! no waffling! no going on about the rules and getting bogged down by details. pure art is observation, and that is what you are showing.
Love your work and always enjoy watching your videos.

[LisaWheeler-ep]

This was a nice reminder that I dont need to study literally everything to be good at art - I can just focus on studying things that I enjoy and am interested in studying. Its so easy to get overwhelmed with what I feel like I should draw vs. what I actually want to draw. Thank you, I will be applying many of these tips in my sketchbook from now on!

[Shebacca]

Honestly. When people have sketchbooks pilled up to me is art on its own ❤

[obieswan]

great video. the type of drawing you mention doing on the scarab at 10:50 is called an eidotype; typically used in architecture to understand composition of specific building details. great job using it on the scarab beetle

[CWARrated]

I love the way you study in your sketchbook. Seeing the process to your sketches and how you are learning makes all the puzzle pieces come together.

[NNN]

Really helpful and awesome sketchbook spreads! I need to practice life drawings more, especially ink!!
But what i find so fascinating is how you get the perspective so good without a pencil layer