Sketchbooks are a place to develop ideas and images with the freedom to make mistakes and explore all possible outcomes. I tend to find it difficult starting a new sketchbook as i want every page to look good. I think it's important to discard any feeling of pride or ego in sketchpad work s it can hold you back and influence your decisions. I think i need to draw more freely and experiment with media and line to improve my drawings and concepts.
Although a sketchpad is a place to log ideas and concepts through both drawing and writing it is a good idea to keep notes minimal and keep any larger pieces of writing on a blog. It is important to understand and recognise transformative moments and make of note of which drawings represent these changes, these drawings should be uploaded to my blog.
Important things to remember
- Be stupid
- Be serious
- Be subjective
- Be yourself
- Make comics
- Write down all ideas
- Don't censor
- Don't tear anything out
- Don't be tentative
- Don't make illustrations
- Don't make it an academic document
- Don't loads onto each page
These are some sketchpad pages from Jared Muralt. He uses mole skin pads and draws across both pages to create one one bigger image. I'm not sure i could draw like this as i prefer a single sheet of A3 with nothing in the way to effect hand movement. His sketch pads contain a combination of full page illustrations and rough sketches.
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