How to fill a sketchbook in 12 hours

I challenged myself to fill a sketchbook in 12 hours. Tried my best to replicate the 'CalArts sketchbook' style.
CHROMA MOMA is
KENN: / meanhouseart
JES: / huesling_
MUSIC
Ratatouille - Dream Machine
Pixel swing - Moscillate
Digression - Dream Machine

[@Westofthesun15]

You can see how much effort you put into this love the video, you are really underrated man. Keep doing what you do 👍

[@ChromaMoma]

Thank you! We will definitely be making more. I really like your sketchbook tour too!

[@ericdonalson7276]

Yes

[@highlyoverdue4188]

@@ChromaMoma Please, for the love of God. What is that outro song?

[@serendinkity]

@@highlyoverdue4188 Temperature’s Rising - Love Fine

[@alexbarbuto1590]

Lp

[@ladybirdg5658]

"Just draw in it, homeboy" is going to be written on the first page of every sketchbook I own from here on out.

[@francescafrancesca3554]

That's so cool

[@MarioGomez-kj5bc]

lmao hahahahah

[@sarahhaider1]

Love this idea haha!!

[@mouse8709]

I literally wrote it in mine just now

[@aurora8834]

@@mouse8709 lmao i just did too

[@sezmonsta3229]

“My sketchbooks are not that” cuts to the crispest drawing I’ve ever seen in my life

[@asims2megafan]

deadass

[@yuval5628]

The sketchbooks he's covering are not what a sketchbook should be. They aren't trying new things, those books are finished projects they're using as a mini portfolio. Sketchbooks, imo, are where you should be fucking around with stuff you suck at drawing.

[@soon_to_emerge]

@@yuval5628 I agree. In the past these perfects sketchbooks really turned me off from drawing, because I already had low esteem in general and thought that because my sketchbooks were really messy I just ruined good paper for nothing.

[@yuval5628]

@@soon_to_emerge I actually hadn't thought about that. Yeah it makes it seem to new artists that everything these people do is perfection, and will just end up encouraging new artists to stay in their comfort zone.

[@timrobin4780]

Yuval true, I don't actually use sketchbooks that much. I just buy a piles of copy paper to try and fail real quick, learned a lot, tho

[@lilyolmedo3773]

bruh how do you stay creative for that long

[@ChromaMoma]

I make up for it by procrastinating for the next 3 weeks

[@hiddensinix2767]

Chroma Moma the artists law of equivalent exchange

[@Zaire82]

@@hiddensinix2767 indeed, after procrastinating everything during lock down, my art production has gone way up.

[@kermit5092]

Chroma Moma AHAHAHHAHAHA same

[@prntm926]

@@Zaire82 bro it suppose to be the orher way around, male art them prcrastinatinh. You broke the matrix.

[@umbriel7051]

Dude I can't even draw a bike- How is mechs your comfort zone?? Respect

[@MeemBeen]

I could see mechs being the comfort zone because in their simplest form they're mostly just a series of boxes stacked on top of each other. Take a few weeks to get good at perspective and it'd be simple to draw a couple mechs. It probably took longer to get a handle on drawing the "aesthetic" things on the mech like vents and tubing than it did the mech itself.

[@_droidly5029]

Yeah its mechanicaly ( that was a pun get it tech mech ) a bunch of boxes but sometimes it can also be complicated and confusing you also need to watch out from adding to much detail because it becomes a mesh of wires and lines... Read more

[@VJArt_]

I have a suggestion for you then, try to break objects, preferably wachles and bikes and such into snamm objects, the wheels are just a donut in differant shapes, the handles are made of cylinders and etc, like grab a photo of a thing in differebt angles and just simplyfy it to its basic shapes

[@comicguy3056]

Yea it's weird what can be people's comfort zones, for example my comfort zone is drawing hands

[@coolishmintz7212]

@@comicguy3056 mad lad

[@stephanie.kilgast]

I'm an actual professional artist. Those CalArts sketchbook aren't really sketchbooks, they are a form of artwork, they miss the point of a regular sketchbook (what you have) which is to explore ideas, better your skill and generally mess up. My sketchbooks are all pretty ugly at the core, but they're helpful. They help me to get ideas out of my head, to get shapes right and to find the right color combinations. I know some artist work with sketchbooks, but they use the sketchbook as a canvas. (Marco Mazzoni comes to mind) But yeah, you figured it out yourself in the video :D

[@Dunika]

Stephanie Kilgast I always saw those “calarts sketchbooks” more like a portfolio.

[@hellotwat]

i agree

[@lalalalala2958]

This right here!!! I approach everyone of my sketchbooks as a book of notes to refer to for my actual pieces. Messy paint swatches, pages among pages of gesture drawings and desperate attempts to understand the perspective or forshortening of a piece I'm working on, thumbnails, pratice with proportions because the struggle is real. None of it is meant to look pretty it is all just a way to learn and test new ideas or materials.

[@yebkamin]

I agree. Former CalArts student here, before they implemented this STUPID sketchbook requirement. I think it doesn't actually show you what a sketchbook should be when they encourage students to turn in sketchbooks like the ones you showed. They don't show their thought process. They just show me their ability to curate. Your sketchbook tells me WAY more about you. They are asking for basically a second portfolio.

[@zhetras1850]

@@Dunika its clearly the purpose of it

[@Zaire82]

I have 3 sketchbooks. I call them: "Hope" "Realisation" "Dissapointment"

[@BrokenGodEnt]

I have 2 (technically 4). I've had one since I was 16 and I've filled in 33 pages. I'm 20 now. My second is the third of its kind. I've had it for around 6 months. I'm 3 pages from finishing it. Plus the others that came before it that are filled to the brim. Guess which one I show people lol?

[@bloodyidit4506]

@@BrokenGodEnt I have a collection of sketchbooks and I plan to, if I get some kind of fame, expose all of them from first to last drawing as an art project to show the world exactly how much bullshit these people sling on platforms to make themselves look good. Art is a deceiver's game when money's involved. It's no coincidence that post modern art museums are pure money laundering.

[@Deedeedoodad]

“my sketchbook on the other hand are not that” his sketchbook: *is beautiful, consistent and literally perfect*

[@nathanieljonathan4275]

Searching for this comment

[@leonitawijaya6314]

Indeed

[@ari-ug1ws]

periodt

[@maivaiva1412]

he should really look at my sketchbooks to get some perspective lol i'm good at drawing (i think) but my sketchbooks just come out looking atrocious

[@godlybunniarts8549]

you need 1 more like till you reach 1k likes oop- also i agree his art was amazing in the whole video

[@kmalulan1]

other people’s comfort zone’s: faces, fruit, flowers... him: *mEChs*

[@paradisesomeday6630]

Don’t forget people like to draw eyes. I just called myself out-

[@sara_daria2]

I seriously can't draw objects. Just anime girls. *just anime girls*

[@ghost-fs7th]

Yeah, it's something I see a lot with certain artists. They tend to be more "left-brained." They work best with geometric shapes and linework. You'll find more male artists doing these intricate drawings than females. Not trying to be sexist, but it just takes a certain mind to create things like that. If someone can find a female who draws things like that, I'd be very interested to see her work. (I'm a female as well so please don't think I'm some misogynist)

[@mslightbulb]

Mine: monsters

[@yeeeoonnjuuuuuu]

@@ghost-fs7th not saying you are one, but women can be misogynists too. and i don’t really think it’s a matter of male or female, more just left or right brain as you stated.

[@bronaghfalloon8784]

I loved the line at the end "this one, this was a good"

[@ChromaMoma]

❤

[@kuddybeef777]

*a good day

[@nicole-ee7ec]

sounded like the end of an exciting movie!!!

[@JulianaBittencourt24]

Yes!!

[@BrokenGodEnt]

@@nicole-ee7ec Definitely reminded me of an indie movie involving a cute romance. Gave me "Garden State" and "The Girl Next Door" vibes, which ends with a similar type of line. "I will always remember... the girl next door". The music definitely helps lol.

[@BlueEyesWhiteDragonStan]

"My sketchbooks aren't good" *has drawings of intricately detailed machinery*

[@Meppity]

Beautiful stuff!! This really reminds me of the last three days before I sent off mine. MAJOR crunch time. I see you referenced my sketchbooks and honestly, your approach is way more similar than you might think!! People assumed I preplanned and composed every single one of my pages in advance but that’s not quite true: I made a list of skills/experimentations I wanted to demonstrate. I’d refer to this list if I was feeling uninspired but otherwise, I’d just kinda go for it. Like you, I kept to one theme per page which helps create a unified look. And you say your stuff wasn’t organised but it was!! 100% calarts worthy. I know for me and my classmates, once we finished our books, many of us went back in to fill gaps, add notes, decorations, colour etc. This is what gives our stuff that “polished” well planned look, but it’s all afterthought. It’s not like we know what our pages will look like! I agree that sketchbooks are a safe space for our art and that Calarts sketchbooks don’t quite fit that category seeing as they’re designed to be looked at but truthfully, that is how I draw even if people don’t see my work. That method IS my comfort zone. Many assume I have a hidden trash book or something but all my crappy doodles are on my iPad or scraps of paper lol. Best of luck to you with your work! This was a great vid and you have a new sub :)

[@ChromaMoma]

Hello Anya! That's a really good point about going back to fill in gaps and notes. That's something I definitely do as well! First of all, that's freaking awesome that you do draw like this in your regular sketchbooks because I certainly don't 😁. My main concern is these Calarts sketchbooks might be skewing beginner's perception of what a sketchbook ought to look like. Sometimes, I think it's better to forgo a nice page in favor of learning something as a result of 'ugly' drawings. I think that using a list like you, is actually a really good solution because that's a lot more focused on improvement/growth. Not that it's always necessary to be 'improving' with every sketch but that's an aspect of sketching that I find is often overlooked on KZbin. Thank you for watching and joining in on the discussion! And welcome aboard! P.S I have a secret ugly sketchbook that no one knows about.

[@jackelincognito]

What made you think this was a good comment to leave? On a video which is not explicitly but certainly implicitly for people feeling insecure about their sketchbooks, what made you think that saying "oh, that thing you assumed I worked very hard on was actually much more effortless than you think! Hey everyone in the comments discussing what actual sketchbooks look like, yours may be messy and full of trash but all of mine actually ARE that perfect :) I left this comment just in case this video meant to make people feel better about their sketchbooks was actually achieving it's goal! uwu good luck!"

[@Meppity]

Jackson I think you’re misinterpreting what I was saying - My sketchbooks were one of Chroma Moma’s examples. This video heavily implied I have “secret” sketchbooks or that a lot of hidden elements went into the final book but that simply isn’t true in MY case. I was responding to an implication that is incorrect for me but in no way did I discredit the way others approach sketchbooks. I am allowed to defend myself and my *actual* sketchbooks. You put words into my mouth. I never said I’m perfect by ANY means but my sketchbook happens to look more “polished” because of what I stated in my original comment. I was trying to provide more insight into my artistic approach in order to demystify CalArts sketchbooks a little. Surely that’s beneficial to newer artists? If anything, this video would be invalidating the way I draw, as if we *have* to have a bunch of messy work to be authentic. I know, however that this video *isn’t* saying that at all but it feels like *you* are saying that to me. Look, I didn’t come here to discourage anyone and I’m sincerely sorry if that’s what my comment did. My entire channel is dedicated to helping artists grow and find confidence in their work so it doesn’t make sense for me to discourage others.

[@jackelincognito]

oo condescend me more daddy

[@koalaguy177]

hi

[@tamiraasanjaajav4904]

“And this? This was a good day.” Damn, what a way to end a video. Color me impressed. ✨

[@roossidoe2820]

Gave me movie vibes

[@SophieRoseArt]

I've literally been waiting for someone to post a video talking about this, I love compositions in these sketchbook tours and this is the first video I've seen where someone explains it and shows it thANK you

[@SophieRoseArt]

That final explanation Loved that poetic and funny I'm subbing

[@ChromaMoma]

I know right! I don't get how they all get their sketchbooks to look this good!

[@tofu8816]

I really like your art aesthetic, looks beautiful

[@ChromaMoma]

Thank you! I'm glad you like my art :D

[@trongum6800]

I’m very late to this, but I never considered my sketchbook a safe place. I’m always too scared to mess up and I’m going to stop doing that. It’s the perfect place to mess up.

[@thelastcube.]

same

[@glowmilk7948]

You: how do I get my sketchbooks to look like theirs Me: how do I get my sketchbooks to look like _yours_

[@ChromaMoma]

Practice!

[@glowmilk7948]

@@ChromaMoma hell ye! I'm on it

[@anothercone1542]

yeee jojo playing in the background

[@ChromaMoma]

👀

[@kuniosaiki]

And it’s the ova, mad respect.

[@miialona5494]

@@kuniosaiki ova is really pretty ngl

[@calibri6782]

👁👄👁

[@aliensumbra]

The only unepic part of the ova tho was iggy

[@caoimhedoesstuff9293]

The KZbin sketchbook looks more like a portfolio, while the average person’s sketchbook is filled with their ideas and rough concepts and just general creative nonsense

[@sakshibhosale790]

That confidence that says, "I can draw better than that!" Is what every artist should possess in life.😂✌🏻 Great work 🙌🏻

[@dudebro3825]

I wish I had that d:

[@MariaRivera-qk1dq]

*JUST FOUND AN UNDERRATED KZbinR, AND I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THEM AS MUCH AS I CAN!!!!*

[@kokohai6044]

i wish someone told younger me when i first started getting into the art community on social media that sketchbooks dont have to be perfect. its in the name. their for sketching.

[@BelaCurcio]

Like Maxaye commented, there is the concept of doing a “bad” sketchbook to help you alongside your “good” sketchbook that you show people. It is kinda phony when you present your “good” sketchbook in such casual context. But I do think it’s a beautiful kind of art piece in itself. I think it would be fun to try having two - one to be a genuine sketchbook and one to be a finished product to be proud of. Like how people scrapbook kinda! But of course I would be clear about that when presenting the final work.

[@disasteriz3766]

Croma: people can feel really overwhelmed from seeing everyone's perfect sketchbooks... SO LETS MAKE ONE IN 12 HOURS!

[@flakeycakey]

You're making a great point with these "Calarts Sketchbooks" they are highly curated and so intimidating! I'm a Parsons grad and all grown up and I feel intimidated by those sketchbook walk throughs. Please don't take my diploma away. I CANNOT fathom being 18 and producing a sketchbook that good. Your 21 hour book looks awesome and drawing for 21 hours straight is a real achievement.

[@ngocthaodrawing]

You are the one who brings sketchbook 's definition back to the way it should be.

[@HilariouslyScary]

Woah, hold up, where are all your views?? This video was beautiful and inspiring. I already got out a new sketchbook with plans to attempt to finish it in a day. Your editing is incredible and super entertaining. I hope YT picks this video up and starts showing it to everyone because you deserve it for this much effort.

[@ChromaMoma]

Thank you! What you're doing is far far cooler. Id rather have one of you than a thousand more views. Oh and if you do go through with it, please let me see it. Feel free to DM me on Twitter or just drop a comment here!

[@TristansMind]

Drawing perfect sketch books is prob the most useless way of learning how to draw

[@TristansMind]

I don’t really care how eny one draws but from my experience just drawing freely and not caring got me the best results fast and fun and over time I could really see a difference. That’s my point and view on the home Sketch book thing

[@ChromaMoma]

Yep, I agree 100%. I have a video coming up on exactly this topic. I really dislike that pressure of having to come up with a pretty page, in my own sketchbook? Is nowhere safe anymore?

[@vrc7net]

​@@ChromaMoma I did not even know this is an issue for people lol. I just have several sketchbooks. One is the "pretty" one that I use when I have time and inspiration to do a good piece with techniques I already learned and found myself to be good at. Then I have several others I use to get warmed up and do the "6 pages of bad hands to get better at hands" and all the other practice and experimentational stuff. Sometimes that comes out good too these are just way more random. I always thought it's clear that this is what everyone else is doing too.

[@maya-jh6iw]

@@vrc7net I am sorry but why would you think that everyone is doing it that way and that that should be "clear"? I know Artist that don't do that and are able to create beautiful compostitions in their sketchbooks while drawing very freely and loosely. I don't do that either, I only have one sketchbook at a time where I do everything in - practice, quick Sketches, more defined stuff... You know, different people use different approaches :-)

[@TristansMind]

maya 379 wen I started drawing I started drawing in sketch books and trying my best to do it perfectly. Cus that’s what was mostly advertise to me on KZbin perfect sketch books. And I think that’s the case with most new artists. And I mean no insult to people that do draw perfectly in sketch books.

[@myriamtillson]

Ah man, that video was amazing!I loved your musings about the value of sketchbooks and I think there is a lot that could be discussed nowadays about our relationship to sketchbooks and in particular how social media has affected our use of them and our relationship to our own art. This video was wonderful, and your work is awesome! :)

[@buumbaby]

I did something similar when applying for my art foundation programme, though definitely not intentionally! We were tasked with submitting a 50-art-piece blog online to apply for a place on the course and i left it last minute... 12 hours to submit 50 drawings. I did reuse some artwork I had not included in previous coursework so not all of it was brand new but I've got to say that it was 100% the most streamlined my portfolio has EVER looked because i did it all at once. I try to reflect on that when i work now but it is still something hard to work with when you space your work out over long periods of time. Its also a lesson learned that I CAN work hard, i just need restrictions/deadlines to get into it.

[@johntravena119]

So true that the act of sketching anchors the moment in your memory like nothing else does.

[@mintgreen5614]

watching this i just realized: i dont have a confort zone. everything is just alien to me no matter how much i study. its not that i cant draw it it just FEELS wrong.

[@abcdefgh-fb5ny]

omg thank you for speaking on this! those unrealistic videos put so much pressure on me to make the perfect sketchbook, when in reality, a sketchbook is like what you said, a safe space for experimenting and making mistakes. working on the "perfect" sketchbook just made me less enthusiastic about making art

[@officialmaxrebo]

i actually find your sketchbooks more beautiful than others, because of how real and true they are to sketching. not every page is supposed to a perfect piece-the reason people have sketch books to develop their skills to make the best of bigger works beyond the sketches.

[@kainotyrvainen1890]

I like the idea and editing. It's clear that you have a vision for this and it shows. Maybe you should invest in a better microphone, the sound quality was the only thing that was lacking. Nice job ! : )

[@ChromaMoma]

We got a new mic it's on the way!

[@biaj.8864]

You're so underrated, wtf-

[@ChromaMoma]

Hey thanks!

[@agneschristinejengalacio9149]

I can’t stay being creative for a day, at most I can only do 1 to 2.5 hours. I just realized that I’m missing the point of what a sketchbook really is. It’s supposed to rough and raw and just, you know, ideas. It’s supposed to be a tiny space in the universe where I am allowed to create. The keyword here is allow. I am to allow myself to create, develope, and grow, and the process doesn’t have to be perfect from the start. Sketchbook is just like a journal, but in the form of visual and images. I guess I just needed to be reminded that I am also allowed to express in however and whatever way I could, through sketches. I’m glad I found this video :) Thank you.

[@ahuman5772]

Wow, that's an impressive amount of art! Personally, although I do have some sketchbooks that are just for quick drawings, I really like having one that's really nice and clean! That's actually where I like to put my "finished" art (well, as finished as it's gonna be, I don't tend to like spending more than 1-3 hours on one drawing). I'm a scientist so I do art just for fun, I just really like having a nice sketchbook!

[@peiyuc7780]

I just saw you watching Jojo's lmao

[@ChromaMoma]

Oh you're approaching me?

[@danielleroxy]

This ended like a really good 80s movie, “...and this one...this was a good day.😎”

[@JLC-hd1lj]

"Sketchbooks are not effortless" Yes. Finally. Thank you.

[@coooolibri]

what you mentioning here is actually pretty important, and 90% of people dont notice this!!! the intention of the sketchbook is where the difference lies. those sketchbooks you see on youtube mostly are created to be shown off in a video. a normal sketchbook can be random stuff in random order, and orientations. the collection is what makes it so interesting.

[@AbbeeRambles]

My high school art teacher always said to just scribble out the first page of the sketchbook, or even the first few pages. Best advice I ever got. (I always use the first few pages to scribble on when I have a pen that doesn't work, or to do color swatches)

[@thecannaartist883]

“Perfect Page Jitters” = perfect description of new sketchbook anxiety! You clearly work hard at what you do, best to you my friend! You are already going places 🚀

[@Tulip3030]

Very impressive... at some point during the video I started feeling weird about the video as though it was some big flex to show that you can make what people spend months making in a single twelve-hour period but when you showed that you weren't able to make it at the end, I respected you so much more. Not only did you try something really difficult like that, you also acknowledged that it was much more of a feat than you thought it was and posted it anyways. It's respectful to those who spend months on their sketchbooks though also I acknowledge you must have spent a lot of time making it this far to draw really well also. Great art, good effort, I'm happy it was a good day for you!

[@Dolmio24]

Those "Sketchbook" tours are probably more of an artbook tour, wouldn't it be more rewarding to see where someone struggled and eventually overcome the struggle? it gives people like me who are just starting out drawing hope. If I ever get good I'll happily show my sketchbook complete with the infantile doodles, erased ideas and the not so good drawings.

[@7687tulu]

As a current art student in uni, i can really say that the act of "doing" is another form of practice. I understand the feeling of "empty practice" but as long as you're consistently doing something, observing what you're doing, etc, it's a form of observational exercising and coordinating your eye with your hand. Depending on what you're doing you also could be observing colors and understanding how shading works etc. Any form of drawing is a form of exercise and I think that's wonderful

[@lukahhhhhhhh]

This video was incredibly inspiring to me, it's given me a lot to think about! I've actually never thought of my sketchbooks as a cohesive whole before, more like a collection of higher quality paper to do full finished works on- I'm not sure that I've ever done a study in one before. It's been a while since I've had that pure hype and joy about art, almost a year honestly, but I felt it today hearing you say that Mechs are your comfort zone. That's the complete opposite of me, I never draw machinery, my comfort zone is human anatomy. When I want to draw but have no idea what to do, my default is to draw a spread of hands, or a person. I've never thought of machinery as visually expressive before, but something about watching you draw that first mech, knowing it's comfortable for you the way bodies are comfortable for me, really hit me It's beautiful, made me think of them as something someone could be passionate about from an artistic perspective, instead of just a technical one, and it got me excited to maybe draw some robots! Honestly, I have no idea what witchcraft magic the youtube algorithm is pulling by recommending me this, I don't watch sketchbook tours, I very rarely watch art videos at all, and yet here we are. You with a new subscriber, and me excited to watch more!

[@plazzopants4428]

I think this is a great study in composition and cohesiveness, more so than the fundamentals of drawing and visual arts practice. In addition, this forces you to understand what an artist needs to do personally to complete and polish a thought, instead of being complacent. In the end, the medium becomes a magazine or coffee table book of sorts. Something more than general studies.

[@MonicaSivaArtwork]

DUDE YOU DESERVE WAY MORE SUBSCRIBERS!!!

[@ChromaMoma]

Thank you! We will try to get more :D

[@c.gramby2974]

I love the thought about how each drawing holds a feeling and moment in time with each one bc it's so true certain drawings/sketcbooks stand out to me based on how I was feeling or what happened that day. Sometimes how I was feeling when drawing it affects how much I like the outcome theres a story with each drawing beyond just the subject

[@lambchop33]

Being a perfectionist as an artist SUCKS. I keep having to remind myself that not everything I create will be perfect, nor will I always like it. Seeing a sketchbook as a safe space for experimentation is a nice way of looking at it, though, and I think it will help me in the future 🖤

[@livbishop3750]

This is awesome. I love that you challenged the CalArts Sketchbook idea - I used to treat my sketchbooks more like the "art book" and stress over goofing any of the pages. Now, I reserve my sketchbooks for learning, experimentation, and studies :) sometimes notes from podcasts and other learning moments. You have BEAUTIFUL linework / artistic skill. Way to go for challenging yourself and sharing it with all of us!

[@anszjaa]

3:24 What kind of beast are you? Making a time limit challenge and watching JoJo at the same time. Man, you're a legend

[@doodlesinthemaking8532]

This has motivated me to use my sketchbook more shamelessly! Thank you for the good message!

[@emmyemmyemmyemmyemmyemmyemmy]

"i filled a sketchbook in 12 hours" listen,, you're amazing at art but holy CRAP the fact you managed to think of things to put in it in the first place is mind blowing also you're super underrated my dude, you're gonna go far

[@SerPounce23]

I do like the concept of a sketchbook as an art piece, but agree that at its roots a sketchbook is a place to learn, to fail and be frustrated. There's a place for both.

[@findyourtruth9190]

2022 you started and finished a sketchbook in less than 24 hours. That's a new record! 🤯

[@Kataraang0]

as someone totally not rushing to finish a portfolio for grad school, this was super inspiring

[@Edible_Kittens]

So happy to see another Singaporean artist making it big on KZbin. So rare to see one of us on here.

[@thelastcube.]

for long i've just treated my sketchbooks as a canvas, something where i should not mess up which was the thing that put me off drawing for a while recently there has been this paradigm shift, and this video & the discussion in the comments really helped explore that great vid

[@maxtheawesome4255]

I wish I could just be inspired by this sort of thing. I was suprised at how mostly relatable you were, often very skilled young artists are out of touch with others not at their level. I wish I could just appreciate the beauty in what others make, instead of turning that awe into self-hate. Really good video though. The only one of these types of video that I could. The fact you failed your goal, did touch me. As down as I feel, it reminded me that you are just a human like me. Edit: removed the self deprecating stuff, kept what I actually though was valuable in the comment.

[@maxtheawesome4255]

Aw hell naw, you can't just heart my emo comment, now I really should delete it haha Interesting. If you edit a heart'ed comment, it loses the heart.

[@Angel-ip7pw]

I think we should start classifying sketchbooks into two categories: sketchbook and artbook, or something. I dont think there's anything wrong with using a sketchbook for making high quality art pieces but its not really a "sketchbook" anymore even if you are using a sketchbook to do so.

[@krystalece8038]

I’m always so scared to start a text book. Watching all these videos makes me feel like you can’t mess up in any pages. It makes me feel like I’m bad at art because not all my drawings are perfect

[@ChromaMoma]

The mess is the best part

[@Bibifernandez1]

The kind of sketchbook video many ppl needed. Included me.

[@honeydae1485]

I love how this video shows up when I'm thinking about quitting being an artist. This helped me a lot. Thanks

[@namelastname3887]

Me: why is my back so bad Also me; 6:41

[@ChromaMoma]

Why can't I zoom in IRL

[@honeysal]

I love the ‘front’ i.. that really gets me for some reason. Thank you.

[@RetroDreamer]

The ending with the music felt like the end of a really good movie!

[@yazzytoube]

I love to see how diverse every sketchbook tour is but it’s always the same. It’s like their brains are neat and so should their sketchbooks

[@pegi7495]

I love how at the end you said that it was a good day

[@TeamHatchet64]

What I've come to find out while being in the journal subculture, is some will use the journals to help plan an artpiece, and some will deliberately create the whole artpiece in the book itself, kind of in a given genre of sorts.

[@paperbag9235]

Dude I thought you just started youtube cuz you draw so good and your video is great but you only have about a thousand subs. You are so underrated I M so glad I found your channel!

[@whitecat3972]

A couple of year back I used to fill 1 sketchbook per 1 or 2 weeks, it was really fun, now a days I pass days whiteout drawing. My sketchbooks where super messy as one (usually the right one) Page was a drawing or multiple ones and the other one (left page) was for thumbnails, quick little drawings messing with color, water color and various materials. I tried to had some clean sketchbooks with each page being a whole planed drawing, and that wasn't that fun as I hoped as I like to do full illustrations and all but having a full sketchbook just for that would stress me out more than making me have fun (too much Pages to look into) so I kept the sketchbook for messy and sketchy stuff and single pieces of paper and my computer for more finished stuff. :)

[@annamaura89]

Him: complaines about perfect sketchbooks Also him: shows us really nice drawings in his sketchbook No hate, i just thought it was funny. I love watching these sketchbook tours wether thought out or not

[@marisawu3646]

This was so inspiring! As a fellow asian, I feel so proud of you! Also, Thank you for this video! I have around 5 unfinished sketchbooks laying around: three “pretty ones” and two “battered ones” where I can do whatever I want. Honestly I had the most fun and learned the most in the latters. Sketchbooks are meant for that! Hope you’ve had a wonderful day😊✨

[@kimberleebrooks-trakis9563]

Your initial sketch book was just terrific. You should not have ever been worried.

[@meikahidenori]

a sketchbook can be whatever you want it to be - unfinished, messy, experiment, clean, organised... heck mine to encourage me to draw different things I turned it into a comic. No real plot, occasionally messing around with different shots, and rough sketchy as all hell. For me it was better than doing pages dedicated to hands, dedicated to feet ect... because I'm also a writer it's teaching me to tell stories visually and it's been fantastic. You do what you feel like with your books! However - If you're trying to do it for industry purposes... make sure you show your dirty roughs! Your messy ideas behind your peices. That will land you more jobs if you can show your process than only a book full of finished peices. All design industries want to see where and how you find inspiration, something art schools don't teach you when you're there.... but damn should. Your art is beautiful and your process is incredible, the skills you have built up are spectacular and been able to see how you think through your roughs is super wonderful.

[@nibernator]

It is empty practice if that is what you are doing. Filling a sketchbook in a set time like this can be useful if you are trying to push your imagination and check how solid your knowledge/draftsmanship is; you go to draw a crab and you try to draw it as true to your memory as you can while it is riding a ballistic missile into the wall. In that case you are "just messing around", but you are pushing your memory, imagination generation. You mentioned James Jean, and I think his sketchbooks were both very carefully crafted (I am sure he put an insane amount of hours in, and he even extols how important constant work is for an artist) and often with a hidden aim if not for his own words. He has said that his great arc of his art was to dive deep and reveal his subconscious. He wasn't "just sketching" (although I am sure he did that often), he was drawing often in a very specific manner. Then, once he "revealed" some interesting subconsciousness, he would use the seemly random objects to practice different textures (egg shell, scales, metal, etc.). This type of drawing is useful since artist must constantly conjure up new or novel ideas for themselves, and he was essentially training his brain to become more plastic and finely tuned for this type of art. Not all of his art was like that, but I think most other artists love his art for their expression and his particular type of line. Love you work!

[@oliibomb]

your explanation makes me feel a lot better about all those pristine sketchbooks ah

[@persephoneblack888]

Firstly. Your sketchbooks are everything you said the other sketchbooks were lol Second. To combat first page jitters I either start in the middle or back of the sketchbook. Sometimes I just draw on loose parts and paste them inside. :) Or draw with my tablet and paste them in.

[@raccoons_stole_my_account]

Modern internet culture is cancer and twice so for artists. It's like everything that could have gone bad did in the most spectacular way. Inspiration makes you self-conscious, choice makes you unable to choose, tools leave you clueless how to use them. I like your videos because you seem to be a real person, not a soulless printer that produces impeccable art on a 24/7 basis.

[@steffievandop807]

How has this man so much creative juices to fill 40 pages in 1 day and for fhe drawings to look so diverse... inspired me tho, i should really get into drawing more again

[@parisbreakfast]

Oooo Love the Post-it patch head idea!!!

[@sotea5]

Yo well done! Your art is really unique and I can relate to a lot of things here!

[@ChromaMoma]

Thank you so much! I'm glad someone out there can relate ❤

[@ParkerJPark]

When you were telling about your sketchbooks and the memories with them then you said "this one was a good day" the music started playing and everything, it felt like the end of a movie about an artist who finally achieved his dreams, and honestly I kinda vibed with it 😂

[@expresslysoy8573]

this is the channel that gave me my confidence back lol

[@ianwills1755]

Thank you for this video. I often compare my sketchbooks to the Cal Art projects and I always feel inadequate, but this video reminded me that sketchbooks are for experiments and learning! Thank you!

[@craigcasee7183]

when he said "i just fall back on my comfort zone..... i draw MECHS!" then banging out a sick mech. KILLER!

[@lanerog1847]

IMAGINE YOUR COMFORT ZONE BEING MECHS 👁👁 the talent is radiating off of you

[@cuteinjacksonsvoice]

I use my sketchbook as a.. how should I say it? It's like a journal, I always imagine how pretty I want to make it, but then it ends up like.. hm. There's a lot of Pinterest picture -studies-, stickers, trash, to do lists, random drawings from when I was bored in class, my dad's signature, idea lists, text of where the drawn person comes from to fill space, sketches for finished pieces, pages that I consider as finished pieces because it's the best I can do, a quote, homework notes from when I forgot to bring my homework planner to school, sketches for my cake, me trying out different styles, drawings other people made, and a stationary item that is for whiting out mistakes in your notes (and then you can write over the white space again) (my classmate wanted to throw it aways but I thought it was cool). So, I think your sketchbooks are very cool and nice. :)

[@giveupndie4559]

the fact that he doesn’t do pencil sketches before ink gives me major anxiety lol

[@sophiatheegg1736]

actually, how DID you get so many subs

[@Jichenwa888]

I love sketchbooks like yours. They have more character and don’t seem ‘filtered’.

[@sara_daria2]

Well calarts sketchbooks are especially made to get into the school. You can't just doodle some anime tiddies and get in yknow? You gotta think of what you're putting in there

[@hrita4488]

A cool trick for the first page is to leave it blank. That what I always do. It's good clear intro to your sketchbook

[@XtianApi]

I agree those "sketchbook tours" are art books, not sketchbooks. Sketchbooks are supposed to be messy, have grocery lists, mistakes and a few great pieces.

[@ellecoffey5595]

Whole video worth it for the "This one... This was a good day" line at the end ❤️

[@isaacjones5658]

What’s the song at the end?

[@sairymajhi4029]

How can you draw so effortlessly ???? Mad respect for you .. so much detailing and not just one type of sketches in the sketchbook .. seriously ,,you're so amazing !! Did you even use any references????

[@paranoidcomet]

I really love your drawings! You're amazing! I prefer drawing freely than being pressured to create a perfect sketchbook. I rarely see that in artists here in KZbin nowadays, so thank you for sharing this with us! I'm also happy that I finally got to see someone else using the Hi-Tec C as their drawing medium (or G-tec where I'm from). 😂

[@johnmobley9369]

I imagine you get some real gems by consistently putting things out in such a fashion. Must also be good for muscle memory:

[@JaredCullum]

This is such a great thoughtful video about making a sketchbook. I appreciate your vulnerability with process and thoughts.