SKETCHDUMP 🖤🌸🎧 drawing cartoons, reading comics, and kimono patterns (Patreon)

hello dear patrons! ☆ ～('▽^人)

Lately, I've been taking my time to intentionally study the art styles that inspire me. I recently made a trip to the library in hopes of finding a random art book that would pique my curiosity. I found this really cool (I forgot to write down the title OTL) book about art on kimonos and had fun poring over cloth patterns and sketching elements that I felt repeatedly drawn to. I've also, thanks to the library (jsyk I'm a massive library stan), been reading a lot of graphic novels and getting so inspired to make comics as a way to share my stories and anecdotes! You can see some of my elementary ventures into comic-making in the sketchbook scans. And that's another thing! I bought a new scanner that arrived just yesterday and tested it out to scan pages from my sketchbook. I'm thrilled by the quality of the scans and overall it's a major step up from my usual process of taking photos with my phone in unreliably lit corners of my home. xD 

It's been nice switching things up and finding inspiration in new places. I think that art and creativity are ever-evolving forces that change alongside you. I'm constantly finding new things that inspire me and it's been fun figuring out how to incorporate those influences into my art practice and what I'm trying to express. I recently taped up this page from Adam JK's book (Things Are What You Make of Them: Life Advice for Creatives) to remind myself to take my own advice:  

yup. exactly. 

thanks so much for reading and have a good day!

✦ vicki