Explore Absurd Ideas in Your Sketchbook

[@ProkoTV]

What kinds of things do you enjoy sketching the most in your sketchbook?

[@Trustee-of-The-Most-High]

Heroes, BUT not usual type, kinda cyberpunk style 😊

[@Trustee-of-The-Most-High]

Gouache is awesome

[@unicornpupart]

dog breeds and multiple animal creatures also forests and mountains or the badlands but i do like drawing anything i see in life like pigeons, canadian geese, ducks and mallards. anything nature basically 😂

[@y1qeen]

Naked women's bodies

[@prix_Ilustração]

Animals...❤❤

[@aferretwithatophat1882]

I love this guy. He's exactly the artist I wanna be.. I think I found my calling.

[@hosseinrezapour251]

exactly me too. his ideas are my cup of tea.

[@JustGaming117]

Agreed. Sketching the imagination is the only reason I learned to draw.

[@toyagogo]

@@JustGaming117 thank you so much everyone.

[@todorkovacevic]

You have

[@crabtreyanimations7148]

I agree

[@milosh5050]

this was probably the best sketchbook tour I’ve seen 😂👍🏻 the guy is pure gold

[@toyagogo]

😍

[@ProkoTV]

Glad you liked it!

[@Emkaylab]

Bro have you seen Peter han and Robert remald brov it's crazy 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@alluba4867]

"Just because you're cute and cuddley doesn't you can be hurt without recourse."

[@Doggieworld3Show]

bunny rabbits and poison frogs

[@vaughan2632]

An argument to stop eating eggs rip baby chicks

[@TSOMTSOMTSOM]

Absolutely brilliant. You can feel the passion and personality in every drawing.

[@toyagogo]

thank you so much

[@galaxy_mosaic3587]

omg, that end part with Marshall and the presentation of the Marshall cyborg, that was priceless. really interesting content and perspectives (ideas, not visual angles)... thanks for this

[@ostrobogulous1]

This was a great video! It's so nice to HEAR the path of his imagination, his positive outlook toward drawing for fun, and his sense of humor with his work. It's inspiring! In his bug segment, I fully expected to see him doing a cockroach battle against robots. It's been said that in a post-apocalyptic world, the roaches will still be around, and of course, the robots!!!! Then THEY would have to battle for supreme ruling!!!! Side Note: Yay for Earthworm Jim!!!!! If you know, you know!😁

[@ZETAGeTh]

I've enjoyed all the sketchbook videos, but so far this is the best

[@ProkoTV]

Thanks for enjoying it!

[@ZETAGeTh]

@@ProkoTV Thanks for posting it!

[@SebastianTinajero]

Few things I love more than a sketchbook tours, thanks for the gifts Proko. Reminded me I’m long overdue for new sketchbook tour on my own channel.

[@CaptainFutureman]

Awesome and inspiring sketchbook, my fingers are itching to draw now. Thanks for showing! Also, the interviewers "in-laugh" is gold.

[@kai-e6n]

The duck with the tank.... Dangerously cute 🥲

[@fandeandreaarruti]

I vote too, so this sketchbook tour, becomes a permanent section.

[@proffesor8882]

One of my favourite guests so far! Great idea with a paint bug out bag, I will definitly make one!!!! Love this series!

[@gabrielbruce1977]

I have one for my stuff, it's a smaller bag that sits in my edc bag. Highly recommend, just be careful to pick supplies you'll actually use

[@user-hr3do6tf9x]

This guy is a joy to listen to! amazing art🙌

[@Ali.M]

First time I've heard about this guy and I absolutely love him

[@rinea4784]

YEAHHH NEW VID🤸🤸🤸 I'M SO EXCITED TO DRAW!!

[@jimjr7789]

I love his style

[@esteban-iriarte-animation]

Wow! Len is such an awesome artist! It was just so inspiring seeing his cool sketches and hearing about his process. That also makes me reconsider how I tend go about doing my work lately. From now on I'm gonna try to do more of my sketching with that kind of mindset. Thank you Len for your time, and thank you Proko team for producing this video! Also, always great to see you Marshall!

[@toyagogo]

😀

[@volny_gasyat_veter]

The garnet turtle is adorable

[@eggplant000]

The mech ducks are amazing 😂

[@SusansColorfulExpressions]

He's having so much fun in his sketchbook!

[@ravynwooden7940]

You made my day I also lounge in a onsie at the end of the day to draw and decompress. I also have a totoro PJ's!!!

[@toyagogo]

it so hard to find people with good taste. 🤪

[@J-MLindeMusic]

Great sketchbook tour! I think his thoughts on AI "art" are spot on...

[@beardmonster8051]

Nope. They are clueless. How many AI artists do you follow? He's talking complete nonsense.

[@SaHaRaSquad]

@@beardmonster8051 He makes perfect sense, he does art for the process and for himself while AI bros think they're doing art because they get a pretty picture out of it. If you think he's talking nonsense, it might help to pay attention.

[@V6HAVOC]

​@@beardmonster8051 art is beyond just about the pretty results, which is something AI users seems to only care about. If you truly do enjoy creating art then why aren't YOU creating them lol?

[@NatePilgrim]

@@beardmonster8051 Instagram already drools enough slop in my feed, for me to follow it on purpose. Besides, there is no such thing as an "AI artist"

[@beardmonster8051]

@@SaHaRaSquad For the record I'm a traditionally trained artist who happens to be interested in new things. I remember my painting teacher's disgust when I talked about creating digital art back in the days. The reaction against AI art by many artists today is the exact same phenomenon. Gut reaction first, and made-up arguments to fit the reaction later. Anyone who has spent some time with actual ambitious AI artists knows that he's talking nonsense. It's like someone only knowing of paint-by-numbers and talking as if that's what "painting" is. The AI art tools and their use have diverged and developed enormously over the past couple of years. It's hard to keep up even if you follow channels dedicated to the development, like Olivio Sarikas or Theoretically Media.

[@reanozeon9459]

Love ❤️ this one !! Thanks proko 😊

[@todorkovacevic]

Romania! 🇷🇴 Very cool country ❤

[@arknark]

Oh! I've been following this dude for a while! Love his work

[@toyagogo]

thank you so much

[@crashmlt3286]

Utterly charming!

[@jenohogan9254]

Marshall is everyones favorite cool uncle... Forever.

[@johndoe-rq1pu]

As long as those absurd ideas are exactly things that exist in photographs, I can try.

[@OldeVikingOriginal]

I feel you man. Try putting different references together one by one through a sketch first, that worked for me.

[@super5ucc142]

alright found my art parent and also what kind of artist i want to be. concept art always stood out to me but now its standing even taller

[@extrememaybe1534]

Love the use of toned paper. It seems to add an extra deminsion. The Marshall at the end is an awesome sketch may need more cowbell 😂. See you on the next stream Toyagogo. P.S. Colorado Chile is better!!! 🌶️

[@hayeonkim7838]

Thanks for useful and valuable video as always ❤❤❤

[@marktheshark7588]

His sketch book looks awesome🔥

[@lindakopec7036]

I doodle/draw at church. I tell people I am a kinetic listener and would not be able to take in the sermon if my hands were not busy.

[@MaximMelamed]

I'm the same way. Not the church part, but the listening part. I absorb info better when my hands are busy. My wife gets mad because she thinks I'm not paying attention when she's talking to me and I'm drawing at the same time. I tried to explain that it's actually when I'm just sitting there nodding, when I'm not really hearing her.

[@aztro.99]

bros so chill, great vid :)

[@oliviajones4588]

My church sketches are some of my favorites 😅

[@dm_ex_machina3395]

A big part of the visual design of the comic I'm developing is a combination of plants and early 1920s tech. Sort of like if the Brave Little Toaster had flowers growing out of it.

[@alezap5060]

"Art is the friends we made along the way" (Len Nicholas, kinda)

[@adibara]

pure gold 🙂

[@imjinaah]

Bro has next level imagination, fantastic! 😆

[@jamesgoodman5643]

Hey! He has his Environment Design book already! I’m waiting for mine still.

[@toyagogo]

It's a great book. I stood in line at lightbox to get it, and It was worth the wait. It's a must have.

[@Jmetoyer]

His sketchbook reminds me of donato giancola’s sketbooks

[@DinotielDraws]

14:12 this is a dad joke I also use 😂 except I race against my son and when he’s winning I shout out ‘time for a fart booster!’ Then crank up the speed and take over him once I’ve done the fart.

[@toyagogo]

fart jokes are the cornerstone of fatherhood.

[@Cartterr.]

Honestly, I'm way more focused drawing at night

[@gooner6t7]

yeah, it just feels like the drawings naturally come to me at night. i dont even have to think about it

[@ProkoTV]

A lot of people talk about that being the case. It may be a product of there being less interruptions from those you know, work or social media being quieter. Whatever the cause, put it to use and draw a bunch! 💪

[@RealArts1857]

Thank for new video❤❤❤😊😊

[@ProkoTV]

Thanks for watching it!

[@___Q_]

Am I the only one who thinks he kinda looks like David Wallace from the office? Dope art btw! 🙂

[@lrose1046]

this guy is fucking awesome! love seeing parents that are still big kids lol

[@PEGuyMadison]

Rats will eat you also... there was a guy that had rats as pets a mile or so from our house, at some point he died.. the rats ate him. The coroner lost it when a rat came out of the chest cavity (this came from one of the officers at the scene). Even after a complete renovation it's been known as the "rat house" for 20+ years now. Great video, love the content.

[@rubysdivinearts3720]

OMG I freaking love mushrooms 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@toyagogo]

😄

[@YosemiteLee]

I wonder how much NOT having a TV while growing up has influenced Len’s work?

[@DHM_Creative]

Art out bag! 💼

[@andyalvarez7761]

cooolllll🤤

[@gabrielbruce1977]

No one has mentioned the little Umbreon pokedoll and that's a shame, little guy is clearly doing a lot of lifting to help the creative process.

[@toyagogo]

my 13 year old daughter wanted to go to lightbox but couldn't. So I brought her pokemon and took photos with it ever where . She loved it. I hope to get her there next year.

[@boscorner]

The lonely sketcher likes to free his mind at night

[@ProkoTV]

At at at night

[@nooruzbekeshbolotovich7137]

,🔥

[@15clank]

I can’t believe heckle fish made it to proko

[@toyagogo]

he called me, human😍

[@Trustee-of-The-Most-High]

I love it Have you thought of making your own game? I mean, is the most famous art at the moment and it will definitely introduce those gamers to your art

[@toyagogo]

a game would be fun

[@Trustee-of-The-Most-High]

@toyagogo 😀🙆‍♂️

[@petervargas483]

❤

[@RealFableFox]

Shouldn't have asked that "based on personal experience" question LOL. Now he's selling Schoolism on Proko! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@charnich]

🤣

[@korkad_]

3:10 says チキン or just chicken

[@CRUCIFi777]

I thought he was asking about actually drawing pen and ink onto mushroom caps.

[@pascalineh4792]

What sketchbook do you use? Thank you

[@ProkoTV]

Len talks about this at 22:43 of the video. They're from a company called Earthbound and he mentions them not being sold anymore. That being said, we're able to see some similar ones listed online by a few sellers. Might just be a few remaining in their store rooms!

[@toyagogo]

@@ProkoTV I wish I could still find these. Strathmore toned tan mixed media pads are a superior replacement to the sketch book I am presenting with. I hope this helps.

[@pascalineh4792]

Thank you guys 😊

[@bmmania0120]

Toyagogo... Loves robots

[@toyagogo]

😂

[@eddieblake4039]

Rabbits would die if they ate trix.

[@aidenleary670]

I want to know what his version of a corpse or a brumak would look like in his mind

[@crabtreyanimations7148]

Question so I notice figure practice on the other page. I would like to Kano more about your method for figures

[@toyagogo]

I don't consider myself a figure artist, but when I approach them its from basic shapes and silhouette. In all honesty I could also push gesture more.

[@crabtreyanimations7148]

@@toyagogoThank you for informing me. Have a blessed day!

[@parkman29]

I think this guy likes to draw

[@beardmonster8051]

Wait, what? The contour line is the darkest and the thinnest line?

[@toyagogo]

the contour or silhouette line is the thickest, parting lines are the middle in terms of thickness, Contour and spring lines are the thinnest. This is according to my personal system. Rules are made to be broken of course. :)

[@garrettgoldsmith]

he mentioned he has courses, does anyone know where those can be found?

[@ProkoTV]

He sells a course and some digital brushes on Gumroad. You can find that here: toyagogo.gumroad.com/

[@toyagogo]

@@ProkoTV 🤩

[@SeeArtWorks]

If you draw church related stuff then I feel no one can judge you lol

[@ifman1]

I can't find you on Cara.... I'd follow you if I could find you!

[@toyagogo]

i'm under toyagogo

[@ProkoTV]

And we're under ProkoTV!

[@NatePilgrim]

"Would you not want to implement it (AI) in your art then?" That was outright insulting.