What Your Sketchbook Says About You

[@bobbyrebholz2183]

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[@eugenborcan]

I think mine says "This guy has no clue what he is doing" 😅

[@lt7388]

So you're saying there is no intent

[@eugenborcan]

@@lt7388 More or less...

[@seventhree7311]

and the church goes crazy, amen... LOL

[@patrickdelaurentiis6752]

The fear of the blank canvas, I could never quite put that into words until hearing you talk about it. I'm trying to learn sketching after virtually a 25 year hiatus of trying at all and learning.

[@bobbyrebholz2183]

Set a schedule for yourself each day and a little bit of that fear will be erased. It compounds, too.

[@TheAxebeard]

"The stuff that we draw reflects what we think in life"... Me looking at my bug-a-saurus sketch

[@CHUNKYNUGGET666]

I have hundreds of sketch books in all sizes! It shows I had promise but was always scared of pushing my boundaries. My sketch books are full of drawings, writings and inventions, believe it or not😅 I’m kinda arty in everything I do, it’s just my life now! I feel it’s a gift, it helps me in so many ways! I look at it as being able to imagine my way out of problems, and I do🙏

[@CHUNKYNUGGET666]

Oh and my favourite thing to draw is monsters or dark things.. I tattoo and do dark art 🥳

[@shrippie-4214]

I often draw anatomy and people, emotions, or abstract dream stuff I think its fun to bring something to life that doesn't exist or to recreate likeness hard lesson I had to learn is to the forms matter more than the detail lot more fun too

[@ExcooseMwah]

If there's one thing I need to fill my sketchbooks with, it's certainly my dreams. I do it sometimes though I don't currently have a dedicated sketchbook for it, I look at dreams as kind of being pure or raw creativity with how it can be almost random but vivid. It's also kind of tricky to capture a dream on paper and you usually have to do it very quickly when you wake up, they are very vivid but elusive at the same time. I also find that even if I'm able to draw it, my sketches are sometimes missing this hard to describe third aspect of lucidity. It's a certain feeling dreams have that I'm not sure how to replicate. It does also tie into my interest in wanting to do environments and landscapes, but ironically I draw a lot of characters instead, I guess characters are a lot more of a familiar and comforting as a process for me than landscapes, so I tend to resort to it when I want to draw for fun, but I actually do, ironically as an indoorsy person, have a big interest in environments.

[@Salomão-y6m]

As usual, another crucial lesson/explanation on how to improve one’s artistic ontology. This time more in the realm of psychology. OCD is a pathological trait I also struggle with. Thank you Mr. Rebholz, you’re very helpful. I suppose I rediscovered a few things about myself with this one in relation to my sketchbooks. God bless you.

[@nathanbluto1383]

mine basically became a journal, its a really wonderful tool

[@bobbyrebholz2183]

This is what I try to explain to all artists no matter how bad or good they are.

[@bayoucity1]

I have a copy of Wayne Barlowe's 1991 book, Expedition. Ecor-117 sounds like my absolute jam.

[@Sane-z4i]

Hey man js wanted to say i love ur vids and i like the lights u use its all very welcoming and calm. Keep doing wat u do bro ur vids always teach me smthing

[@Loona.arts128]

Hi, I love your teaching. It's really helpful.

[@dandelionfloof]

Your videos have been a massive help and inspiration for me Bobby! Thank you for sharing your experience and tips. As an artist who's had a year of struggling and art identity crises in my last uni year, i can proudly say that your input has helped me change my mindset on my art and create a healthier space. I enjoy creating again and strife to improve. As much as i adore your traditional works, i was wondering if you'd ever make a video showing your digital process? I've recently been getting into a mix of painting and photobashing digitally and i've never had so much fun working with different textures! I'd love to hear your thoughts when you create digital work.

[@bobbyrebholz2183]

Thank you! I'm glad they're helping

[@alicebeshay6124]

The funniest thing about you Bobby, is that all the creatures have very logical functions. Those ears and eyes have to work in reality😄

[@BonLee-jh5pk]

One of the reasons that creates anxiety is the thought of someone seeing my art and interpreting it in a way that I never intended. Hard to say that the way I mean it. It's like looking at Dali or VanGogh and seeing only the negative and not the positive of it.

[@BTT16]

I think sketchbook can honestly be anything...Some sketches are loose, some sketches are more refined, some sketches are full on renderings, which is okay. Some people take the word too literally and think sketchbooks are ONLY supposed to be loose scratches on every page, and they start impeding on an individuals process because that's not what they want. Those same people usually happen to be the ones that don't want us drawing creatures and demons heh.

[@Cearts]

Another one 🎉🫡😎. Loving the ears on this one. 😅

[@bobbyrebholz2183]

🙌

[@alericslingerland2559]

Have you ever used or considered using a lead holder for drawing, and if so what do you think about them? If not but you end up wanting to try one I recommend the faber-castell TK9400. Also, why is your work always so flippin cool. I am definitely trying my best to reach this kind of confidence/ professionalism in my drawing. P.S. Here's a fun fact for anybody that cares. Any hoofed animal is called an ungulate. Sorry for blabbing on, but I enjoy your videos and really want to "investigate" your style. (Edit) - I just realized how much this creature looks like a deer, elk, red stag, and I feel like if this creature had a hunting season on another planet, the legality of the harvest would be determined in how long his proboscises would be. Like an point restriction on the antlers on deer and elk.

[@Jedapoo]

Lol, mine is all over the place but one thing I've noticed is that I almost always mirror the emotion I'm feeling regardless of the expression on the referenced face.. I can also look back and see what it was about a sketch that was bugging me. Currently the profile view is killing me... Noses are bizarre and eyes viewed from the side are a bit creepy.😂

[@HumbleDuckM9]

Same 😂 I always have to keep my face in check when I draw in class

[@agusromero9148]

👏está criatura está sublime con esos detalles

[@RVX-X9]

This creature reminds me of the slug from Love and Monsters lol.

[@Gabimaru0473]

Cool drawing

[@bobbyrebholz2183]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@robertsmiley2207]

I definitely thought the ears 👂 were the eyes 👀

[@tonyleece5456]

Reminds me of a story Hap Henriksen told me years ago , he was a fellow sculptor that used to work for the same company i did. His speciality was wizards and dragons and he said that in the small town he lived in people actually crossed the road so as not to get close to him because in their eyes he sculpted evil hehe Its a mad world eh? :)

[@bobbyrebholz2183]

It really is!

[@Salomão-y6m]

What a cool monster!

[@henriquefeliciano5929]

Another amazing video!!!!! The best channel of drawing!!!!! Lets draw demons

[@bobbyrebholz2183]

Thank you so much 😀

[@titanmesozoicgd6943]

Remember kids, drawing creepy is therapy, remember to creep everyone out.

[@bobbyrebholz2183]

Yes!

[@GoJo-fh5xd]

Hi Bobby, I love your artwork and amazing creatures❤. It would be amazing if you could do some content about humanoid creatures, they always fascinate me and I am struggling to draw creative humanoid creatures, Pleeease 🥺❤ ???

[@bobbyrebholz2183]

Thanks. I have a dozen videos on that😉

[@seventhree7311]

my drawings say i should be taking schizofrenia meds LOL just like anime artist, gosh how i love animes/cartoons...

[@CHUNKYNUGGET666]

I’m loving this piece! May I ask? Do you have the creatures gestures and pose in mind before it’s actually sketched out? I imagine this creature is already designed and drawn. If you know the creature well enough I know creating movement gesture etc is easier. Otherwise I personally find it harder to create without a presketch. One off creatures I can roll with creating as I go although I like a generalised pre-sketch most the time.. cheers mate👍

[@bobbyrebholz2183]

There is no pre-sketch. But I had a pose in mind for a quadruped.

[@CHUNKYNUGGET666]

@ that’s interesting! I love the mouth and the amount of detail in the neck area! Quite a challenging area, the contouring lines that show bend and girth are great!

[@herbertcoxe3601]

If someone is trying to look out for you by telling you to not draw something they truly believe is going to bring trouble to you, and they are actually worried for your health so they leave a reasonable comment That’s 1 thing… but if someone is just being a asshole by telling you are going to hell and trying to force you to believe what they believe then I can see it being annoying as hell.. or when people advertise their religion without even commenting on the actual topic of the video.

[@jacqnsart9977]

❤Perfect

[@titanmesozoicgd6943]

my struggle from the past 5 days: covid :(

[@cozmoznova]

Wasn't betterhelp in a lot of controversy?

[@bobbyrebholz2183]

Not sure

[@kevin_horticulture]

I think it had something to do with the therapists being paid low or something. That said though, I used it for 2 months and it quite good. My therapist didn't seem particularly different from the handful of others I've seen.

[@henryzhang256]

nah its name has to be the gungleboggler

[@Onlyinsound]

I don't think creepy scary things that our imagination draws up are demons lol 😅

[@kaijuartist7367]

I have a question so how are you able to consistently stay on a drawing and not get burned out from doing it for so long

[@bobbyrebholz2183]

I love the process.

[@xFreebo]

How do you keep your sketchbook this clean? My artwork always end up on another page when i go higher than HB pencil

[@bobbyrebholz2183]

@@xFreebo black Prismacolor mixed in with graphite helps keep the graphite down.

[@justanotherjojofan5398]

22:42 Miyazaki be like

[@saveriogirolamo3612]

1:02 I´m absolutely fine with the Demons and scary stuff you draw, but I think the Commercials you do are a dark gate to your Soul. Just kidding, I love your Vids.

[@joelreidy2585]

Mine screams ADHD

[@HumbleDuckM9]

For the algorithm

[@robertsmiley2207]

Sometimes lol 😂🤣😂 all u draw is scary stuff not that I'm complaining like right now that looks like a xenophobic demonic sandworm that belongs in my necronomicon

[@RythymBeast]

Yikes this was a terrible video. Can't all be bangers I guess.

[@bobbyrebholz2183]

Sometimes messages hit home and folks aren't prepared to handle it. Bang on.