I've Got a Sketchbook And I'm Finally Using It!

I am a sketchbook addict. I love to draw but I haven't been able to in the past like, year. There was a lot of stuff going on that kept me from being able to sketchbook. Time constraints, fatigue, I just wasn't feeling it for a long time, etc.

But! Joy of joys, I have started again!

Now, I sketchbook for fun so these look nothing like my paintings. My doodles are very cartoon like and I often illustrate my stories because sometimes the ideas come out in images instead of words. I'll share with you what I have doodled in the past two days. I'm really excited about it.

I guess I could tell you a bit about each of the things I doodled.

This girly is Josephine. She has a lot of hair and she is really tall. She's from this idea for a children's or young adult fantasy story that I write in on and off that I loosely call Dreamweaver.

She is cast out of her village because her family upset the witch on the mountain. Josephine was always treated kind of funny by her village anyway because she was so much bigger than everyone else. She really has no other choice but to seek out the witch and apologize for her family.

So that first one was a really defined character that exists in my head, right? Well this picture I drew because I was watching Magnum P.I. and he was getting an award for saving a cat.

That's why I drew a picture of a girl holding a cat.

Also, I don't think I am all that great at drawing cats.


Below is another set of characters that go with a story of mine.

Okay, so I really, really like young adult fiction. It's sort of ridiculous how much I love young adult fiction so that's really what I like to write. It's not fair because I want to be all serious and write something that might change the world some day...


But alas, all that comes out of me is teen fiction. Not bad teen fiction!  I think it is loads better than some of the stuff that is out there that gives teen fiction a bad rap (also, the things that teens decide to read is crap and a lot of the really good stuff gets passed over).

Anyway. These two are from a story that I started in 7th grade. I'm really glad I didn't finish it then because I know a lot more than I did then and really reading my writing from that time is a little painful. These guys have lived in my head since then and they like to be drawn every once in a while.

By he way, he isn't naked or anything. I just don't like drawing clothes sometimes.

Okay, a lot of the time I don't like drawing clothes. But I am a fine art's major so I have drawn a lot of naked people in my time and when I'm sketching, clothes are a lot less important than balancing the image of getting the expression correct. Clothes are an after thought!



Look! I put clothes on this one-->

This is a picture that I drew of that character I have been writing about recently.  This is sort of what Artemis looks like right now. I had to have a picture of her if I was going to have pictures of the other main character. It just wouldn't be fair.

And pictures spark my imagination so at some point in my story, Artemis is going to deliver a baby.

Alright, this lady is actually inspired by this creepy doll that we have at my house. She has huge curly brown hair and a black dress and mysteriously moves around the house on her own.

She is currently sitting atop an evil looking iron cast pig with wings and she has this fabulous pink shrug. I did another picture of her and I called it "She Rides a Flying Devil Pig."

She may or may not be the evil witch in the same story that Josephine is from. 





Yep, just two days worth of sketching. That's how much I love to draw. I did three or four of these the same day that I did that really detailed painting of that girl. That was a really good art day.

I also re-watched every episode of the BBC's Sherlock series that day. So even my entertainment was top quality.

Maybe someone will understand this crazy compulsion to draw. I'm right here with you, random stranger! Stay strong!

KB