Namu’s sketchbook p7
So, unusually, these are all in order of drawing, just to show the progress. We’re in mid 2016 now and I feel that here my sketching took a big step forward. Instead of ‘meh’ as I have with most older work, here start the sketches I can look back on and actually like.
The first few pages are a mix from all over the place. Some made at home, some in Germany, some in Italy. On the first page you can see the original concept for ‘Dreams!’ I don’t know why but I started making a conscious effort to put more time and thought into my sketches, even the free hand ones made on the train. I think it showed. It’s pretty funny to compare the front view killer whale on page 3 with the similarly posed one from 2 years back. See what I meant with improvement? :p
And then came the real game changers - the photo studies. That’s the last two pages (and the hippos on page 3). I love these. They gave the satisfaction of making something correct while giving opportunity to work on technique. They’re some of my favourite pages in my sketchbook!