EMPEZANDO UN NUEVO SKETCHBOOK

I bought this Sketchbook, but it's made of fabric and I can't stick anything on it. Ah, but anyway, let's see what he brings here. Well, obviously it doesn't bring anything but leaves. Ah, but let's try it. One of the most constant concerns, I think, for a cartoonist is when we buy a sketchbook and don't know what to draw in it at first. But I think I feel that many times we are very stressed because we want a sketchbook to be very impeccable and the whole show and I think that sometimes we don't give ourselves the time to experiment, to draw what we like. I don't know why there's pressure to have it perfect when a sketchbook can either be perfect or not. For example, in the last sketchbook, which I actually want to make a video for you, I dedicated that one so that the sketchbook would have finished pieces, and in the end, I had to appraise it because I sold some of the originals that were in that sketchbook. So, in my case, I feel that many times we don't necessarily have to have just a sketchbook. There are many times that, for example, I currently have a sketchbook to just scratch it and get ideas and at the part where I wanted all the pieces to be, it's already finished. And this one I started, I want it to be like, whatever, I mean, if something comes to mind I draw it, eh, if I want to sketch something I 'm going to sketch it. So, one piece of advice I give you is not to stress out because I see a lot of people very stressed about how they want to manage their sketchbooks, and this is a topic I've brought up on other occasions. For example, in other sketchbooks I had, they always told me, like, no, but that 's not a sketchbook, it's an artbook. And it's like, "Dude, people are going to handle their sketchbook however they want, like, there's going to be pages that are finished, there's going to be pages that are lined, there's going to be pages where you're going to pose, uh, draw something that you liked or whatever, because I feel like that's how you learn to draw." The problem, I feel, is when you share your sketchbook and then you start to compare yourself because maybe you see very immaculate sketchbooks and you say, "I can't do that." But of course it's not going to turn out the same for you because you're not that person. And I tell you, the meaning you give to your sketchbook is totally personal and you can have several sketchbooks at the same time. For example, I had a friend who only had a sketchbook to draw houses and that was it. And his whole sketchbook was specifically just drawing houses and another one where he had whatever . So take that advice and it may help you to have several sketchbooks at once or just have one, but the point is to enjoy it. So now I've started this new sketchbook which is from Marcacher, which has 52 pages, 250g. Ah, that's right, 220 g. Hey, it's not commercial. In fact, I did buy this one, it's not a collaboration. I wanted to buy it because I wanted to change from the ones that almost my sketchbook, eh, the ones I always bring are the ones we sell in the little store. So I said, well, I've been following them for a while, well, I've been using them and I said, well, I'm going to change. And I just wanted to try this one, which is medium, that is, the size is half a letter, it's my average, which I really liked because it 's also hot pressed, so it's very smooth, it almost has no texture and it felt really good with the wash. Hey, it says it 's mixed media, so it holds up well, and the paper didn't warp, the colors looked very vivid. So, 10 out of 10 in this regard for this sketchbook. But the only bad thing was that I didn't realize that the cover is like cloth. So, the truth is that it 's very boring because something that had me excited was that I could put stickers on it and I usually don't put stickers on my SketchUps because since we use ours, it usually has an illustration, so I do n't have to put anything on it. But here I said, "Ah, well I'm going to take advantage because it 's plain, but I never thought it was made of fabric." So, I don't know what you recommend I paint or do to it. I don't know if I should paint something with acrylics, but I'm afraid it might crackle, I don't know. You guys tell me what advice you give me to paint this sketchbook because the cover is so boring. But well, I was just telling you that I took advantage of it by starting this sketchbook because I'm really traumatized by the Silk Song game where Hornet appears and obviously I had already been traumatized by Hollow Knight, but now I'm traumatized by this one and I've been doing a lot of fan art and I said, I'm going to take advantage , I'm going to take advantage, I'm going to draw it and that's how I'm going to start my new sketchbook. So, here's the advice I give you: start with something you really like so that it motivates you, because I feel like sometimes we're as afraid as one of the blank page and two of just starting the new sketchbook because we want it to be perfect. And something we have to get out of our heads is that a sketchbook might not be perfect in your head . Well, yes, it's going to be perfect because I feel like your sketchbook is already perfect as it is. But in our heads we want all the leaves to be works of art and well no, I mean, here I did say, I already had a sketchbook where I wanted all the leaves to be like finished works. Here I'm going to give myself the chance to play a little more with everything. I mean, if I want to sketch, I'm going to sketch. If I want this one, because I don't know how to have finished works, I'm going to have them. I mean, I don't want to limit myself in that sense because something that did happen to me in my other sketchbook where I did want everything to be immaculate, well there were things that occurred to me and it was like, "Oh, but no, it was a show because sometimes I haven't brought my other sketchbook." That's the bad thing about having multiple sketchbooks, you have to carry several. But oh, I am very happy. I don't know if everyone is as happy as I am having multiple sketchbooks, because I feel like sometimes it's like, "Oh no, but there are a lot of them." But I enjoy it very much. So, not long after that I started having several sketchbooks at the same time and it's quite fun, eh, because I'm a person who gets bored very quickly and something that I'm going to have against me is the size, because this new sketchbook is letter size and my sketchbook where I only sketch with pen is also letter size, well, half a letter size, so ah, let's see how it goes. Let's see if I don't get bored too quickly because I want to finish everything, but well, let's see, the other sketchbook took me more or less time, I think it was like 5 months to finish it and still, in fact, I haven't even finished it because I'm missing two pages to paint them completely and then officially say that it's finished because there are the sketches, there are the sketches that I want to paint, but they are not finished. But anyway, that's the advice I give you, how to start your sketchbook. Grab something you really, really, really, really, really like. And whether it's sketched or finished, the point is to lose the fear of the blank page and the fear of saying it has to be perfect because, well, no, no, we're very spoiled. I feel that, because of everything that's shown to us on the Internet of Things, we want everything to be perfect, and I don't know, but well, no, I mean, most people who have a sketchbook are very versatile. So point number one, don't compare yourself to anyone else. They can be inspired, yes, but when you start comparing yourself and you start thinking , oh, no, it's not going to turn out the same for me, I don't know what, no, bye, it's done, bye, then you've lost. So, don't be that person and just enjoy it, enjoy it a lot, because I feel like a sketchbook is something very intimate where whether you want to show it to the whole world or not, you're going to show all the pages to the whole world, you know? I feel that many people do that, that is, we obviously share the things we like and not the rest. Whether it's because your perception is like, "Oh, it turned out bad." Or it's something very personal that you say, "I'm not ready to share it with everyone because I feel like a sketchbook is like a visual diary." But well, that's my advice and that's what I do now that I have the sketchbook and so I wanted to tell you about it. If anyone wants to take it, that's fine. If someone doesn't want to take it, that's fine too. And so, I tell you, don't be afraid of him. Right now, uh, I made several Silks Song characters and oh, also another piece of advice I give you is that a sketchbook is for studying, for experimenting, and for having a good time. And right now that I'm recording the audio, I've already written three pages. And the three sheets are from Hornet and The Little Game. So, I don't know what else I'm going to paint for him in the next few days. I'll share them with you on Instagram. And so, I hope this video has helped you, I hope you've had fun here chatting with me, and so, see you in the next video, and so, see you soon. I hope you liked all these tricks and oh, and the wash I used to not leave is the Winsor Newton. Yeah. And so, now I'm really leaving. I hope you liked it. Leave me your comments here if it was helpful. or what do you also recommend I draw in my sketchbook. And see you soon. Hais. [Music]