I was in a dollar store a couple of months ago when found their art section. Amidst rows and rows of cheap paint tubes, there was this cute black sketchbook. I mean, the stitching was all wrong, and when I picked it up it sent wafts of chemical waste my way, but something about it made me pick it up. It may have been because it was only a buck. It is 100% because it was only a buck.
I already have sketchbooks. About five unfinished sketchbooks. I buy them, draw in them for a couple of days and then forget all about that new habit of mine. Then why buy new ones rather than pick up the unfinished ones?
I can’t do it. An unfinished sketchbook is tainted. My failure of keeping up with sketching is written all over them and they reek of defeat. The only reason I don’t throw them away is that these were once trees and to me it’s akin to throwing away meat. They gave their lives for this sketchbook. So I keep them.
Anyway, I got a dollar sketchbook because at least I’m not throwing another 20€ at what is sure to be a repeat of all the past non-starters.
And…it worked? I’m cautiously optimistic, but it’s the longest I’ve been keeping up with it, so, fingers crossed. Below, are excerpts from the past few weeks of night sketching sessions.
And below that, are the sketches I’m doing for the ROOM SERVICE Kickstarter I mentioned the other day (which I’m drawing live on Instagram every day). We’re less than 10k shy of 100,000€ and we’re trying to get there as fast as possible to unlock our very cool stretch goal. If you haven’t backed our comics + horror movie campaign, I encourage you to give it a go, we’re really going all out with this!