My First Sketchbook

I would’ve liked to put the image of my newly acquired sketchbook up first, seeing how it’s the title of this post, but opted out because it wasn’t as appealing. Instead, the cover image of this post is the sketchbook’s first creation. A cartoon; crypto-style. I thought of the captions first and thought it was funny, all I need now is a couple whales:

Zoom in, little more zoom, almost there.. Splash!

Here’s how it started:
Seeing so many talented artists here, I started following several of you and after seeing all the amazing pieces, I decided to try out a couple drawings myself. For those 2, I used a number 2 pencil, a mechanical pencil and an 8 pack of Play Mate colored pencils I got at the grocery store. I did creation #1 after I got these in the mail:

8b and 8 colored mechanical pencils

But that still doesn’t explain the title of this post. I’ve never had a sketchbook before, I read a lot of posts here where people mention their sketchbooks. So I did a quick search, peddled myself to a local art store and there it was:

Brand new, not a drawing in it, even says “sketchbook.” And $4 off...? “Sold.”

I learned those mechanical colored pencils are real fragile. Either that or I have a heavy hand but the lead seems to break quite easily. Definitely can’t use them with the lead more than one click out.

Now I’m weilding 8 colored pencils from the grocery store, the 8 Pack of mechanical pencils with lead that won’t stop breaking and a brand new sketchbook. After capturing what a couple whales might say to eachother for the first entry, I flipped the page and added a second:

part 1

part 2 - I like lettering and line work

three - so I’ll put some letters on those hands

Now just some more detail

And then I peddled to the art store for a second time. That place is like an amusement park, only better! Whatever you can think of, they have it and they have a lot of it. I took more notes, and continue to do so, from all of you, and upon exiting the art store for a second time, I had 2 paper stumps, a 2, 4 and 6b pencil, and a couple different pens: white gel, black gel. Black ballpoint and a black fine tip.

Quite a few tools to choose from now, this could get interesting. Day 1 with these new pens and I couldn’t think of what to do first so I just started making shapes without an intentional direction, hoping an idea would manifest. It looked like this:

finally, I got an idea

Although I’m not sure when I’ll be able to post this idea as ‘finished,’ the beginning has been fun. My eyes get confused as I try to follow the lines and remember starts and finishes, over and unders. It’s fun! Hopefully it gets real loud and colorful. I have several pencils I can shade with now, that should help with depths. Here’s the start:

your guess is as good as mine what happens next

Thanks a lot for continuing to follow and support me. As I get more familiar with Steem, I’ll continue to add material for you. Along with art work, I look forward to sharing some music projects on here, too. I also like to write, record videos, or at least pretend I can, memorize poetry and - and - To Be Continued...