Starting a new sketchbook today. Another tiny red moleskin.
I’m going to make a more conscious effort to draw less formal in this one. The last one had too many nice drawings in it. I poured my heart into it and after a while that back fired on me, the book got too precious and I found myself hesitating to draw. That’s bad for creativity so this one will be messy and off the cuff. Back to basics. Flow of conscious. Don’t think, just draw.
Lots of interesting drawings in this one. This sketchbook is dated 2006-2007. It documents my move from the US to Canada, the start of my professional career and the final days of my bachelor life. It was the sketchbook I carried while working on Space Chimps, and when I started developing my Dragon project, Wakefield also begins to surface in its pages. This book travelled with me to California, British Columbia, Costa Rica, Japan, Hong Kong, and Thailand. Lots and lot of random drawings in here. Have fun exploring.
This is a small Moleskine sketchbook only 2.5 x 4 inches. Drawn in Hong Kong, it took just over a month to finish.
Victory! Another sketchbook takes its place on the shelf. This one took far too long to draw. It was actually overtaken by two smaller ones. I made the mistake of going detailed on the first page. This doomed me ’cause I had to hold the same quality through to the end.
Yes, some of the drawings are from a story i’m working on but they are exploratory and no the caterpillar has nothing to do with it.
The final third of the book. I would have had posted it sooner had I not misplaced the sketchbook. It went missing for a few days. After a good deal of stress and several fruitless searches I found it, of all places, in my drawing bag. Boy did I feel like a fool.
Sorry for the long posting delay. To say these last three months have been busy would be an understatement. I had two book commissions, moved to California and started working at Lucasfilm Animation. The dust is settling now and I should have some fresh work to share shortly.