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We haven’t seen the illustrious sketchbook in years 🙏 thank you, oh benevolent goddess, for revealing to us the holy book

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a sketchbook is a moment in time when the urge to create a scribble, a drawing or to try a new art supply is there. I still have 2 books I started last year that are not anywhere near full...at first I kinda got sad and disappointed, yet inspired by seeing tours of them here on youtube but I realized, it's ok for it to be the way it is, cause like the art inside, it is you, you are the creator, the master - do what makes you feel good (part of it is for me to support the arts like your patreon)

I LOVE LOVE LOVE THE CHAOS IN EVERY SINGLE PRICKLY ALPACA VIDEO SO MUCH

Remember to take breaks, Kira! We don't mind waiting for videos, don't burn yourself out while doing things you enjoy!!!

SKETCH BOOK VIDEOS ARE NOT TOTALLY GONE LESGOOOOOO 🎉

For some colourful ideas, I think redrawing a fun picture but with different lighting to create a different mood (like making an idyllic home look like a horror setting, making a mundane cityscape look like a fantasy setting, etc)

I used to have a huge fear of insects. When I faced my first artblock, I almost accidentally decided to draw some spiders and butterflies. Now it's a thing I use to do to practice, and even draw insects from my yard too! My main theme is fairies and magical girls, but man... drawing something so complex and unique such as insects now, helps me so so much to improve! You did a great job for once more!❤

I'm so encouraged by how you talk about the importance of the maintenance of artistic practice - I'm literally years out of "fighting trim" when it comes to painting, drawing, and creating comics, but it gives me hope that it's a state I could build back to.

Ready to cry over the Buffy pages 🙏 there has to be some vampires and demons in there too!! Looking forward to it 😊

The most creative thing on your channel is how you come up with different ways to advertise squarespace every single video

I've done small colored stuff in my sketchbook where I draw a character based on the first 3 images I get on Pinterest- And then add the most vile colors possible to see if I can manage it to look nice. Usually I fail but it is fun to see which colors I dislike most from week to week! I hope you find some other fun ideas for your sketchbook, I love your artwork!

Please take all the time you need. If that means longer waits between videos I will still be cheering you on.

23:12 it's like you painted your own universe on your sketchbook

A warm-up exercise I like is 'stars and spirals'. Draw some stars on the page in a random arrangement to warm up drawing straight lines, then some spirals (curling out from the centre, curling in from the perimeter, clockwise and counterclockwise) to warm up drawing curved lines.

Hey this chaos looks happy! Like, it's your soul! Pretty! Cool! Mysterious! This is beautifuuul🤩🤩

So stoked to see some more sketchbook content!! As for a fun exercise to do in it I like collecting a ton of photos of animals or figure poses and doing a bunch of two minute sketches of them over lapping on one page using various coloured pens! It creates a very scribbled fun trippy look!

I am in love with your editing, IN LOVE! You my dear have such an amazing personality and your creativity is off the roofs and I freaking love it ❤ many hugs to you!!

OMG YAAAASSSSS FINALLY A SKETCHBOOK VIDEO 😭😭🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻 Studying can wait 🙄☝🏻

I also don't have as much time as I would like to draw but one thing I've found that helps me fill out a sketchbook and maintain my skill, is I'll batch drawings. Like I'll do like 2-3 pages of ruff sketches and then throughout the week will work my way through them, refining as much as they need and then start over the next week. This way I can be creative and warmed up every day without having to commit the time and energy to take a piece from start to finish every time.

Danm! Talk about a good artist!

Okay here's how I get my moths to be even. You take a piece of paper, fold it in half.... can you see where I'm going with this? -you sketch out half a moth, cut it out, open it up and then trace that shape on to your canvas. It's the only way I can do it. When I was little I wanted to draw the most perfect hearts and that's how I would do it. Still works.

random shapes challenges where u have to make art out of a buncha small random shapes is a really fun n good warm up that also fills pages, helps with burnout sometimes n can be really colourful!! other small doodle challenges are also really good for this!

I was about to comment, "hey! You should do some Buffy art!" and then you said you have a whole dedicated studies to Buffy in your sketchbook. Buffy's what I turn to whenever I have art block. Really excited to see what you've done with the cast of TV's greatest characters. Also, you've kicked ass this year, even if it kicked your butt back a little. Just amazing work all around.

I didn't realize how much I missed your traditional painting content until I watched this video!! Something about it is just so inspiring and makes me want to PAINT THINGS. Also yay the audio is fixed!!

How- I could never do that even with the help of Vincent Van Gough😭😭it looks so good💖

Omg i really Love how you put random things on the cover all together even though they don't connect with eachother much but each still have a special meaning. I think messy art often turns out really pretty!

One of my absolute favorite low-effort, low-commitment things to do in my sketchbook if I'm trying to throw more color onto the pages(and ur gonna love this) is sketch in at least 3 different colored ballpoint pens(like, different colors for each sketch, not 3 colors on one sketch unless ur into that), then use a different color highlighter or marker to block in the shading(I also like the Crayola SuperTips, I got more into them bc of your channel actually, but regular highlighters, stuff like the Tombow brush markers or even a quick wash of watercolor works amazing too). It's not adding much extra work if you're just looking to practice or warmup or whatever, but just slapping on some cell shading instantly makes it look like you put more thought into it than you actually did. I personally always have a couple of those multi-pens on me, Bic makes one with the pink, light green, light blue and purple, and you can find the standard black blue red green ones everywhere. I also really love those brush tip highlighters BIC makes bc they're shorter and thinner than a Tombow so they fit in my pencil bag easier(plus, idk what it is about a tip, but they're way less likely to bleed through the page? Tombow and the Crayola markers are good about this too, where you can go over an area several times without getting shadowing, but some of those cheaper water-based brush markers still bleed through after a few swipes). I also do my under sketches in colored pencils sometimes, but this one is more bc I have a bunch of short/broken ones knocking around my bag so I just use them bc I have them, the pen/highlighter one looks way better imo. Sorry for the text wall, lmao, oops *laughs in Too Much Gene*

They way you instantly drew me into to watching your video is amazing! I love your vibe and art

It’s beautiful Kira, don’t down yourself as a painter so much! How are you protecting/sealing it? (Sorry If you mentioned it already😅)

this is genuinely my FAVORITE genre of video from you, I absolutely relished in seeing the painting process!! my heart would sing if you’d make more videos like this🔮🔭

I got introduced to your channel through your sketchbook videos, so this is a nice throwback!

Amazing!!! The colors!!! The detail!! I missed your traditional art/ painting

you said you’re looking for finished art inspo. i struggle with the same thing and my best motivation for finishing a piece has always been trying to draw fae. because it’s just….off-kilter enough to hold my attention so that it isn’t pressuring and is still fun. i just find it super enjoyable and if it helps anyone that’s great

Wow, it turned out so beautiful. I love the point where you add the final highlights to everything. It feel like it gives it so much life!

This video came at just the right time, I just finish my sketchbook and was decorating the new one most of the day!

I’ve had an absolute terrible time dealing with a stomach virus (on winter break, no less) thank you so much for this video, I needed whimsical vibes 😭💕

Your art is always lovely. But GOSH do I love this piece you made!! It looks absolutly stunning and both the piece itself and seeing how you made it fills me with so much joy. Thank you for sharing your wonderful work with us!!

whenever i need to fill in spaces i draw very shapely animals. foxes, cats, mice, cockatiels, labradors, etc. push the shapes. make them in funny poses. cats are especially slinky so putting them in places after u have done main sketches is rly fun.

Fun excercises with colors: Silhouettes! Just draw random stuff, but start with the silhouette with a real chunky colored marker. Then lineart on top :D Negative space! Like the silhouette, but draw shapes around the characters instead! Pretty good for improving shapes and imagination. Fun way to draw buildings and objects too. Only-the-dark-colours! Step--up from the two last ones, a more intuitive way to do it too! Just draw all the darkest stuff, like dark clothes, dark hair, occlusion shadows, eyes, dark backgrounds, whatever! Just try to do it without a sketch and without any lineart. I normally do this digitally with the lasso tool, but I'm sure it works just great with a brush pen as well! Colour blocks! Similar to the above, but with colours this time! Pretty intuitive. Lastly, random colour palette generator! Self explanatory. Go to a colour generator, get two to five colors from there, and do a piece with only those! If you feel up for it, you can even exclude black and white entirely.

Just hoping you with time can achieve the industrial oven so you can get as much creative juices with all you love, but we all know that being an artist always means a little chaos and that’s awesome too😉

My favorite spread in my sketchbook is from when the power and internet went out. I couldn’t look up references so I took pictures of myself doing silly dances and goofy poses. Then I sketched them with ballpoint pen and added watered down gouache to color. It is a very dynamic, funny, full spread

Landscape thumbnails is something that I really love doing in my sketchbooks, four per page so they're smaller and not a huge commitment

whenever I'm stuck I like to draw those like, tiktok meme ones. you know, the "draw this feature if you have blue eyes" and etc. I hope you give yourself some good resting time. I love your work!

YESSSS!! SKETCHBOOK CONTENT!! Im so so so happy this is coming back, ofc I love everything you do but for me your sketchbook sessions and painting sessions were my favs. PLEASE BRING BACK SKETCHBOOK SESSIONS T-T

The amount of shear, raw serotonin I get from watching sketchbook content from this channel is mildly concerning and it's great ✨️😍✨️😍hope you and your executive producer have a wonderful Christmas season 💕🎄

Love love love you and your work plz Don't worry to much about what content we would and 'fixing' your sketches cause we love your art and you no matter in what shape or form, so take time for yourself to rest and take care of yourself 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤

To add more color to my sketchbook, I often use paint swatches from like the home Depot and either do posca paintings on them or draw on them. Also stickers!!

I've missed just her painting and sketch videos . Glad she posted this ❤

i dont sketchbook alot but i like making like diaries of my oc's days & just having them answering questions or drawing polaroids i've taken with them instead of me & my friends

Merch idea: This cover would make an AMAZINGLY satisfying puzzle. Please and thank you!

I'd love to see another painting over sketches video

I have to say I really relate to the feeling of being rusty as you focus on other forms of art and kinda push aside your sketchbook. I’ve started to get back into my sketchbook and I’m ready to buckle down and improve. Also if this is what your art looks like when you’re rusty, by the time you get back in the groove you will be absolutely unstoppable. Thank you for giving me inspiration! You make me want to keep painting!

i've done some paper collage illustrations this year, using colored paper and an xacto knife to make super graphic pieces. it's fun to give up the rendered look of paint or pen and focus more on silhouette and proportion in character design.

When I saw the community post about what we wanted more from your channel I was disappointed to find that sketchbook sessions were losing heavily but this painting on ur sketchbook video makes me happy since it’s pretty close 🤎

I would love a comic from you I would read it I love your story telling and the time you put into details when you make characters it has helped me with my art block. Also take time for yourself since your burnt out maybe a massage, yoga, walk outdoors and spa day keep yourself healthy. Also one day at a time❤🤗

two things mention in this video that immediately made me sparkly eyed LOL ummm 1. i was literally JUST coloring with posca markers?? absolutely love those bright opaque girlies!! Sometimes the texture can get a little odd and you have to make sure they're shaken up and ready to go, but overall i love using them in my sketchbook to color block around sketches or add fun bright elements to a dull spread. I hope you get to enjoy them soon! as for the 2nd thing oooomggg i can totally vouch for a secret messy sketchbook, she does wonders. Something about it taking off the pressure of having to show anyone or make it look nice just really brings out unexpected but cool drawings?? it's also great for experimenting with what kinda spreads you might like ^^ and if it goes well, it could be another patreon perk 😌 I've been enjoying all forms of your content this year! But definitely give yourself time to recover lol consistent creativity is very hard. I'm excited for future content as well

i treat my sketchbook like an artwork in itself, i just love making aesthetically pleasing pages between sketches and more finished illustrations, i do that by choosing maybe a specific set of art supplies or color palette i wanna use for each page (entire pages drawn with acrilic markers, or maybe a spread with a common theme of like a specific highlighter, which i abuse btw), or like a specific page setup (all colored pencil sketches, or completed sketches made with mutiple colored ballpoint pens, etc) either way, just literally have fun, draw what your heart desires, and remember that you can always start again by simply putting a colored post it note on top

i chronically draw and paint jellyfish in my sketchbook and each time i try to include something else into one to make it more interesting , cus they’re soooo pretty but so easy to draw , so jellyfish are always fun to paint !

I totally get the wanting to build an industrial oven for more pies! I've picked up so many hobbies! When I did a watercolour for my mom recently I was rusty as hell, and spent a while warming up to relearn how to hold everything! I love the chaos and colours in this painting, and I look forward to seeing more of your art!

I’m glad you realized how insane your schedule has been this year. Like I’m definitely not complaining whatsoever it’s made many of my weeks this 2023, but the amount of time I’ve told people “how tf has she done aaaall this just the past month?!!” are not few😂

So so happy to see traditional art again!

I love you talking & painting a sketchbook,I never thought of exactly using a sticky note of drawing characters/or a random person,then sticking them to your sketchbook,Apparently I can’t afford Sketchbooks especially like the ones y’all use,so I basically draw/color in my lined paper journal aka a notebook from the store,and I can’t even decorate my covers on my journals,I just found out that I could try to cut a peice of paper to the size of my journal ,though I can add stickers to them/also tape some paper that I drawn on and tape it on the top cover of my journal,also been dealing with Art Block but for the longest time,and then I just get bored of it all & leave it unfinished lol,but this has inspired me to do some art again 🖼️

18:40 fantastic tip! I remember I was doodling my hand onto sticky notes in class and I’m still really proud of those so noted (pun unintended)

You've inspired my sketchbook journey so much! When I tend to struggle to get going on a page, I put on some media that I enjoy and try to create a piece based on how it makes me feel and what vibes it gives off. Hope this comment helps in anyways

Some stuff I do to add more color in my sketchbooks is to do highlighter art :D Basically you sketch with a pale highlighter and no pencil, then line with a highlighter and color with a highlighter Its very fun and helps with anatomy

I like to put down some colored blobs or wavy lines of color with markers, between and in the background of my sketches, then doodle all over them with fine liners. It adds color and kinda unites disjointed sketches by having a cool background

ahhh i really love your character design videos, but it would be so awesome if you did a fun lil video on world building and do some paintings on that! especially with traditional painting or sketching (since for some reason digital painting streams give my eyes fatigue hahaha) like lil world building exercises where you do lil doodles of say a bird in X world, or a cafe or library here, or where one of your OCs works or lives, etc. Idk, i think it would be really darn cute :D

The holidays are delaying the heck out of us watching this, but I can't wait for a delightful Kira art video once we're past all the family visits!

Honestly I think your perfectionism is a true reflection of your drive as an artist. You won’t stop until your art is what you in-vision! And it always turns out so beautiful! ✨🍄🪲🐍🧋🪻🐈

PAINTING VIDEO FINALLY!!!!!!!!

YAAAAAY SKETCHBOOK❤❤❤

For me, I often will kinda do practice by redrawing black and white ink sketches by some of my favorite artists, but I color my renditions. Like, for example, I've been referencing the ink sketches of characters by Bruce Timm and coloring them, so I practice a different style while also practicing with color and stuff.

God I love your video's there so peaceful educational and beautiful. I love them. Keep up the great work excited for your next video

ive been here since kira had like 70k and its so cool how her audience and art has grown.

yay a new sketchbook video! Been really implementing that whole planning out paintings thing in my own art this last year and it really does help. Love, love, love this cover! It's such a cool ensemble and an amazing colour balance!

Ive missed the traditional art I absolutely love this !!!

YESSSS SKETCHBOOK CONTENT WOHOOOOOOO 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

In my sketchbook I like to do grab 2 colors (like red & blue) & do some lighting studies. It good practice & add some visual interest to my sketchbook🌻

Ooh ooh ooh!! You could do a character face study of the characters from Firefly!!

I’ve been doing this thing with my sketchbooks where I look through them and find something from exactly a year ago and redraw it and I don’t know it’s been so incredible to see the progress. I’d love to see something like that done by other artists to see how they handle growth. Love the video Kira, looks amazing as always

So excited for the sketchbook tour

Sometimes, when I have some left oover of paint (I use acrylic), I like putting it in my skechbook, and when it's dry, draw my ocs with a bic, and I draw the outline with white posca.

I love the chaos 😭

One of my favourite things to draw with poscas is birds… birds are so much fun in a chunky opaque style, and they can fit into the blank spots on other pages. Looking froward to seeing what’s in your sketchbook - the cover art is a great teaser.

this design would make a killer mouse pad

my go to sketchbook thing lately has been gel pens, like I'll fill a page with head studies each done with a different color and then I'll go back over each of them with a different color to do line art oh and filling things in with waterbased markers. It's reached the point that I hardly use graphite any more because I just like how colorful everything is. I also find that I like spiral bounds best because it feels less "important" like it doesn't matter if there are crappy pages I can always tear them out, hard bound makes me feel like every page needs to be it's own finished illustration for some reason

Sketchbook, yeeeeeeeeees! ♥

i am osessed with the way it turned out!

Honestly im just here for whatever art your whimsycal mind comes up with

I think it would help to set a rotating schedule of working in your sketchbook, digital designs, clothing, and props. If you still want to do a video a week it could be you do one of each type during the month or maybe you split the seasons into a month of one, then another etc. Whatever you do I can't wait to follow and encourage your growth!

Love it. Please keep more like this coming.

This painting is GORGEOUS

Early!!!! Ahhh,!! This was timed so perfectly because I just got a new sketchbook!!

for art inspo i love looking at japanese magazine spreads. They're very colorful!

aaah so excited to see sketchbook content again !! hoping there will be a sketchbook tour again sometime too !!

Oh that is a gorgeous sketchbook cover! As soon as I finished your video, I just had to do some sketching myself. Your work just makes me want to join in and be braver with colour honestly. Regarding exercises/ things to do that help me, I've found that getting a stack of blank stickers (you know, like the small labels for stickers or name tags) and using them as paper has done wonders for me. If they don't work out, you can just use paint pens over them and try again, or just throw them away; much like you've said with post it notes. If they go right, hey! You've got a sticker that you can put anywhere. Just small drawings in general where you don't necessarily have to do a ton of detail for them and it feels so satisfying. I try to go as small as possible; for example, I've drawn a full body picture of David from The Lost Boys where his face was smaller than a penny and I don't know. Maybe it's the size but it stresses me out way less and just kind of helps get me into the groove I guess? And drawing fan art (whether that's fan art of OCs or shows/ films I love). I personally lean towards 80s/90s films so the screenshots have that soft kind of fuzz to them, then just focus on the shapes; not details and it really does turn my brain around a bit and just helps so much. And I use a blunt pencil with a soft touch to knock out the initial shapes then build up the details with a sharper pencil. It just feels like less stress is involved. It's way easier to erase and little to no pressure. Like, I don't know if any of that will help someone else but I hope it does. Awesome video again. I hope you enjoy your break! You've totally earned it.

Maybe start a storybook sketchbook to get the feel of the flow and composition of a comic in preparation for your own one 💡

for me my sketchbook has to be pretty inside and out for me to feel even slightly motivated to work in it so I understand the need to paint the cover (looks insanely gorgeous by the way- the lighting effect on the lanterns and the flower details is so good I need to consume it) and the urge to cover up art I personally do not like or am not proud of. Other artists have tried to put me down for being too "instagram" at times but I find that is what helps me. also- your physical and mental well being are far more important than a video. I know theres a lot of pressure to upload but you are a human who needs and deserves rest. take more than a few weeks off if you need. Heck, take a few months off if thats how you are feelin