i’ve been drawing my entire life and i just now realized i’ve been taking my sketchbook entirely too seriously and i should treat it more as a cute little diary this inspired me to romanticize sketching

My dad was a fine artist and he used to ‘sneak up on’ his paintings to catch them unaware. So he could try to see them with someone else’s eyes or for the first time. Often I draw something and think it’s bad then look at it a while later and it looks much better than I imagined. Inspiring video I want to do a whole day of sketching too. Far too often it’s just a last minute thing or doesn’t happen at all.

The idea of just spending a day on a sketchbook, nothing else, sounds SO fun, I immediately imagined my perfect weekend day just like that...! I love the little drawing of the character (you?) lying down at around 13:40 and again at 30:40 haha, and loved the Sailor Moon and Kim Jung-Gi mentions, too. It was really interesting to see your drawings evolve throughout the day.

amazing accomplishment! i really love the variety (but with limitation) of materials and references you used. it seemed JUST challenging enough without too much fatigue/burnout. great work and love your line quality, esp with ballpoint pen

I started drawing way early but realized I really enjoyed it in basically the same way, my best friend in 3rd grade loved anime & “showed’ me how to draw in that style to the best of her 8 year old ability and those times drawing together helped fuel my creativity and love for character drawing today. I expanded beyond it, but it is at the core of my time as an artist.

Found this video, watched the first 2 hour/ rest sessions, and then decided that this is what I'd do with the rest of my day!!! Started at 8pm and finished at 4 am (it's Ramadan and I'm fasting which is why I'm doing this dead in the night ) I was on the last spread of a sketchbook so I managed to finish that, and get about 70% through a digital painting WIP that I had started in like ??? January??? But never worked on it past the sketch. Overall this felt very rewarding but difficult!! I seem to have struggled more 🫣 but that adds up since I also didn't really plan before starting this. Thanks sm for the idea!! I ended up rewarding myself for finishing with watching the rest of this video ✨

I'm so stealing this idea, this sounds like it'd make the perfect sunday

I'm not even half into the video and I wanna tell you that this idea is amazing, specially for people that are trying to recover space and time for their art ;; I've been dealing with an art block for years but just acknowledged it for what it is less than a year ago (': It's been an slowly and harsh learning process and i've finally been able to draw some stuff in my sketchbook and it feels so weird and incredible. Gotta give this a try and already separated the day i'll be doing this! ;; The 30 min doing nothing is specially perfect for me so it doesn't feel like a big big challenge knowing i can rest! Also, the working 8 hrs doing stuff that u really don't wanna do spoke to my soul lol. Thank you so much for the idea and I'll continue listening to the insights on your sketching (': (loving everything).

I just finished my final art exam and though the idea of sitting in silence for hours again is giving me flashbacks, it definitely helps. Managing to get an entire piece done is such a great feeling of accomplishment :)

The first major drawing you did looks a lot like the style you see in persona character portraits - really cool!

😄i love the way you played with the curse words....i kinda felt like relaxed ..no restrictions....i love. you now have a new subscriber.

Honestly, once I start, I could draw for 12 hours straight on the same drawing so the real challenge for me would be those half hour breaks of reflection. I think you’re really awesome for pulling through the whole day without any easy surge of dopamine from your phone

I love this idea!! I’ve been trying to be more intentional about setting time constraints around my paintings to help me loosen up, and I think this could be a really great way to do that and to encourage play. Thank you for sharing this- I’m definitely going to try it out!

This video is honestly inspirational! Spending that much time drawing but also having the breaks. I'm definitely gonna try this and if I enjoy it maybe ill do it semi-regularly! Keep making awesome content !!

This video WAS soooo inspiring to me. I have a lot of fatigue issues so I'm not sure I could start with 8 hours but i might try to do 4-5 soon and work my way up! and the sketches you made in this video were so wonderful, and the video itself really fun to watch!

Congratulations on doing this! Takes a lot of dedication🎉

This is honestly such an amazing excercise! I am not an artist but a musician/conservatory student! Now that summertime has rolled around and I don't have classes to keep me accountable I have really been struggling to create some sort of practice structure for myself. It is so inspiring to see someone so down to earth just creating for their own experimentation. I definitely needed the reminder that the best inspiration/motivation comes from just doing the thing you want to be doing! And that staying locked in doesn't have to be this super serious all-consuming daunting beast LOL. Thank you for putting this out into the world!! :^)

Very inspiring. I loved all your cute little self portraits 😊

Hi, this is my first time watching your video. I was just looking for something inspirational to accompany my drawing time, and that's when I came across your channel. I was listening to what you were saying about being ashamed of drawing in an anime style, which is exactly how I've been feeling lately. I just finished my BFA final year, and everyone has been telling me that my art style is too inspired by anime. It's not entirely based on it, but the influence is definitely there. I've been feeling stuck and kind of depressed, thinking that four years have passed and now they're saying I should do something else, something more original. It made me feel like my art wasn't 'arting,' if that makes sense. But hearing about your experiences, and knowing that you went through similar things with your teachers, really touched me. It made me feel like it's okay to feel this way about my own art. Thank you for sharing your story.

I loved your video, I feel way calmer now. Can't wait to see your next videos!

i couldn't help but admire your beautiful setup and space. love all your shelves and plants :-)

Great Challenge! Love the loose sketching and colors

im definitely trying this in the summer

I like this idea. I’ll have to try it.

i absolutely love the way you sketch and draw! my spring break just started so I have time to do something like this finally, ty for the inspiration & motivation! ❤️

What a fun challenge! I especially loved the fashion segment too!

This was an awesome video, made me extremely motivated to draw, thanks!

oh man this is such a good idea I kinda wanna try this too.... Ive been loving your videos, they're all so inspiring!

i love these types of experimental/challenge videos! you got a new subscriber :D

Ahhh!! I love your style. Honestly this sketchbook challenge had motivated me to get back into drawing 😍

you have inspired me to draw, thank you

I'm 100% gonna steal this challenge as well, seems like a lot of fun to do. Also adding those simple shapes as a background looks very pleasant so i'm stealing that as well.

What an interesting and great idea and experience. Love to see a lefty that holds the pen like that btw. ;)

This is a great challenge!! I will definitely do it myself this weekend. 😊❤

thanks for a great vid, i love this idea

The intro was so dramatic hahaha I love it 😭 Great challenge !

Rest is just as important as work 👏👏👏 this was a super cool challenge and it seems a lot more repeatable and sustainable than so many other time limit sketchbook challenges ive seen.

Love it ! Good job 👏👏👏

Que bueno que lograste este gran trabajo. Sigue así.

Love this idea. Will def try to do this challenge soon as well! I think not sleeping during break time would be my worry haha

i definitely want to give this idea a go myself! it was refreshing to hear someone verbalize the stigma against anime art and being able to release the shame behind creating/being inspired by anime. i needed to hear that, thank you! + what supplies are you using in this video? (specifically your sketchbook & the markers!!)

Your notes when you're writing are so honest I love it - at 13:55 "maybe its a caffeine crash - maybe its maybelline" aha my brain would have the same response and would also have written it in my sketchbook 😅 - well done on doing the challenge, very inspiring to see how you reflected on each session and how your work progressed throughout ☺

I wanna try this one day

Like the concept

i desperately need to spend more time writing so im gonna watch this and follow along! (tho i also have a lot of schoolwork so im probably going to watch in 10 minute bursts)

Definitely going to try this, I've been following a lot of content about controlling dopamine. Setting a whole day aside for sketching is a great way to incorporate that! Also what's the sketchbook you're using? I need one that sits flat and does well with alcohol markers.

Thanks for sharing this experience,

Wow....i have to do that! 😍😍😍

now im motivated to do this aswell omg

this is such an interesting concept !! i think i will give this a try and maybe even make a video about it LOL :P your videos have been really inspiring me on my art journey and learning to make art for the sake of art instead of making "content" :33

every page looks amazing! well done for completing the challenge 👏👏

I grew up being taught that anime and manga isn't real art either, so I was shy when I started drawing. I started drawing because of anime too 😊

This is very interesting, thank you.

im stealing this idea for my casual drawing/studying well maybe not the 8 hour part but maybe a few hours

Lovely

19:21 the cigarette upside down just make me laugh

The 2nd drawing the sea girl looks like pearl in Steven universe

Great video! What was the pencil and lead type used n Hour Two? I have trouble finding mechanical pencils and the right lead that seems to flow dark like yours does.

LOL omg. I love this XD

Honestly, if people disparaged the anime/manga art styles, it had to come from a place of jealousy or even misunderstanding of the weight such a thing carries in japan. If they only knew the struggle these japanese artists go through amiright?

I live in Japan, and for some reason it never occurred to me to look for art books at book off. My husband and I got there and get used dvds to watch but I've just written off all the books because I'm not a native speaker. I'm going to go back with new purpose next time!

not me watching this with my ipad in my lap waiting for me to draw

This sounds like a fun challenge! But I'd probably have to start off with 4 hours 😅

I loved this video!! I just completed this challenge, I made a video documenting how it went for me :,) (and I tagged you ofc!) Thanks for coming up with this idea, it was really fun :-)

Beautiful voice.

This is a really good idea! I might want to try it and maybe do a video, too (if that's ok with you?). Awesome work by the way! ❤

I love this! What is the black thing you’re wearing on your left hand? I’m also a leftie 😊

Awesome vid. & Subbed! OneNote to share: Ahmed Aldoori mentioned in a podcast with Jason Brubaker that his first name is just pronounced AH-med. No need for the affectation @ the end of the syllable. Cheers, friend 😃

At least I'm early.

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omg just discovered ur channel and im obsessed!!! i'm such an ipad kid and i desperately need to do a detox like this... would u mind if I also tried this challenge/made a video on it?? would tag u and shout u out as the original creator ofc!!

What is that black thing you are wearing? @7:27

What pencil is this???

I would probably get 4 drawings done in 8 hours 🥹

heard you talk about how you like drawing women in dinamic and fun poses an you NEED to look for bailarinas flamencas pics for reference!! you know, the typical spanish olé dancers, so so passionate and fun poses. you also get great unique hand references at once haha

Are you on rent or its your own place

Interesting video, but let down by the unnecessary swearing

so good!! i've been wanting to try a challenge like this - love how you make it approachable and acknowledge the difficulty ❤ vv inspiring

Great work! You inspired me with that idea and tomorrow I will do something similar, I hope I will get through it.🫣 btw I love the drawings from your last hour, and the Art book you used for it so beautiful I really want that book too. 😍